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Our April 'Where are the Showers' EPIB Trail Edition!

FROM THE EDITOR:
Hello everybody! We hope you enjoyed your Spring Break and the beautiful weather we have been having. As finals are approaching please remember to relax, visit professors office hours, and to think about the awesome plans you may have this summer! This month there are a lot of fun events, such as Rutgers Day, which will be held on April 28th this year. Check out our new page focusing on the Human Ecology Departments affiliate club, Students for Environmental Awareness. Learn about what SEA is up to, upcoming events, and how to get involved. As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions and are always looking for new writers! If you are interested in writing for the Trail next semester, please feel free to email us (don't forget you get a credit for doing so)!
As a final note, thank you to our wonderful staff for all of their hard work this semester and congratulations to graduating seniors! Even though you are moving on from Rutgers, don't forget to keep in contact with your professors. Let them know what you're up to and keep them updated with any internship opportunities you may be able to pass on through your jobs after graduation to current EPIB majors and minors. Have a great summer & see you next semester!

Happy Trails!
Dayna

To see past issues of the EPIB Trail please click on the following link: http://humanecology.rutgers.edu/newsletter.html

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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

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