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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Explaining Human Actions:
The Vayda Tradition
Discussion and reception
December 11th, 2009
3:00 to 5:00 pm
Douglass Campus Center
Douglass Lounge
Rutgers University
For more information click here
Rutgers University Global Intiatives
"
Ecologies in the Balance thinking through the crisis...."
Social Choices and Climate Change Series:
Lectures and Discussions
10 FEB | 12:35PM | Blake Hall, room 131, Cook Campus
International Institutions and Climate Change
Ted Parson Professor | Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law, Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Human Ecology
and the Initiative on Climate Change and Social Policy
3 MAR | 12:30PM | Blake 131, Cook Campus
Social Science and America's Climate Choices
Paul C. Stern Director | Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, National Academies of Science
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Human Ecology
and the Initiative on Climate Change and Social Policy
Ecologies in the Balance series 2009-2010
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THE EPIB TRAIL: EPIBers Around the World
Enjoy the latest edition of our newsletter:
The EPIB Trail: An EPIBer’s Guide to the Galaxy Vol 2 Issue 3
Spotlights:
Volunteer and Travel ~ Page 1
EPIB Goes Global ~ Page 2
EPIB Trail Guide with Dan Cirenza
Travel Scholarships
Did You Know? Eco-Travel
EPIB Goes Global: Travel Stories~Page 3
Study Abroad: Summer in the Carribean
Iowa Bound: Service Trip with AmeriCorps
International Environmental News Highlights~4
Eco-Comic
Dr. Clark’s Strange News
Eco-Trivia
Thanksgiving Food Safety
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Please take a few minutes to enjoy the following environmental podcasts and visually enhanced podcasts created by undergraduate students for Caron Chess and Jesse Schibilia course Blogging and Podcasts for the Environment. All the videos are now on Youtube and we hope they will be the latest viral videos that are not only funny but include an important environmental message. Please share them with everyone you know! The Podcasting course offered by the Department of Human Ecology will be available during the spring 2010 semester. For anyone interested in the course, please contact Dr. Caron Chess (chess_c@aesop.rutgers.edu).
These podcast episodes reflect students' understanding that changing behavior requires more than providing information. Defining behavioral goals and considering audiences' motivation are at least as important. Rutgers' School of Environmental and Biological Sciences funded this pilot class "Blogging and Podcasting for the Environment 11:374:493," taught by Caron Chess and Jesse Schibilia.
Podcasts (short films)
Title: Green Bob and Pals
Description: Green Bob takes you on a tour of the Rutgers Dining Services food supply chain. He wants you to encourage locally grown produce and pesticide free farming.
Students:
Kim Lourenco
Jaclyn Mandelbaum
Janine Oman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMYo4A90EAQ&feature=channel_page
Title: Tap out bottle water!
Description: Join the movement to tap out bottled water. Push for hydration stations. Check out cool reusable bottles.
Students:
Shannon McDonald
Christopher McNamara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYYdN69W2w&feature=channel_page
The Great Race
Description: Two ladies race to the Grease Trucks, one on a bike, one in a car. See who wins! Bike Libraries (like the New Brunswick, NJ Bike Library) reduce CO2 emissions by providing free bikes and help with repairs. Re-cycle. Get exercise. More bikes, fewer cars!
Students:
Lila Nadelmann
Lynne Ricicki
Kimberly Shubert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH_ueQBlebU&feature=channel_page
The Ecoteers do an Extreme Green Makeover!
Description: The Ecoteers help two Voorhees Dorm residents act locally and think globally by giving their room an Extreme Green Makeover. Learn how cheap and easy it is to be more environmentally friendly.
Students:
Kevin Anderson
Manfredi Giliberti
Rachel Weinrich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WVSfPyKLog&feature=channel_page
Visually enhanced podcasts (Audio with images)
Dining Hall Pigs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N-RH8JEPds&feature=channel_page
Tap out bottled water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEriXJBbE0g&feature=channel_page
Check out the New Brunswick Bike Library!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndYvZQ6Kzb0&feature=channel
The Ecoteers take on Voorhees Dorm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXe3e-yvk3Q&feature=channel_page
Visit the class blog: http://rugreens09.wordpress.com
Have a great summer everyone!!!!
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