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Do
you care about the environment? How
to become an Eco-Rep |
Be
an Eco-Representative
Learn
how our lifestyle affects the environment!
Get to know your dorm-mates!
Encourage eco-friendly living!
Compensation:
$150 for the semester
Held during the fall semester (not being held Fall
of 2007).
Bi-Weekly class, plus activities
Time commitment: Class for 2 hours every other week, activities &
homework (you can set your own hours for these): 2-6 hours per week; less
during midterms and finals.
If you are interested in being an EcoRep in the future, e-mail tina.woolston@tufts.edu
What
is the ECO-Reps Program?
The Eco-Reps program was designed and run by Anja Kollmus from 2000 to
2006. It was run through the Tufts
Climate Initiative,
with financial support from the Tufts
Institute of the Environment.
In the Eco-Reps program students learn how their lifestyle effects the
environment and they engage in many on campus environmental activities.
The program helps increase overall student awareness of environmental
issues and promotes green campus initiatives, such as recycling, Do
It In the Dark!,
CFB
exchange, feast,
etc. The Eco-Reps program usually runs in the fall semester. Students
who successfully complete the entire semester receive a stipend of $150.
The ECO-Rep program is a hybrid between a regular course and an internship. ECO-Reps have a weekly class. Each class is organized around a particular topic, including recycling and waste prevention, climate change, water resources, food and the environment, population, and consumption.
Download
the Manual
You can download each chapter as an editable Word Document
Introduction
& Waste Management
(870 KB)
Water
(940 KB)
Climate
Change
(2200 KB)
Food
(720 KB)
Population
(220 KB)
Consumption
(860 KB)
Anger
and Despair, Anyone?
(300 KB)
Sample
Program Activities
Eco-Reps
engage in on-campus greening activities. Typical activities include checking
on recycling, talking to students, conducting surveys, putting up posters,
organizing events, etc. (see more details below).
At each meeting, students are given a project sheet with a theme that specifies what the requirements are (including estimated time for each activity). Here is a sample of a typical activity sheet.
Read
a chapter in the Eco-Rep Manual (30 minutes). Eco-Reps are given
a manual at the beginning of the semester to use as a guide and resource
for information on the topics covered each week.
(You can download the manual at the top of this page)
Interview Students in Your Dorm (40 minutes). TCI staff developed a questionnaire for students asking about their level of awareness of environmental issues, individually, on campus, and globally. Goal is to educate the Eco-Reps while conducting the questionnaire and to start discussions about some of the topics the program will address during the semester.
Carry out a Climate Change Education Action (1-2 hours). Guided by three goals—educate people about climate change, educate people about TCI, and get people to conserve energy—Eco-Reps are asked to create an action, define the message, identify barriers to action, and develop a plan to address the barriers. Students also evaluated their activity before and after the action to understand the success.
Continue to check recycling in the dorm (30 minutes). In one of the first meetings, students are asked to evaluate and monitor recycling in their dorm. Each week part of the Eco-Reps responsibility involves checking to make sure that recycling is working (if not, identifying and solving problems such as not enough bins, unclear identification, contamination, etc.).
Links to Eco-Reps Programs at Other Campuses
University
of British Columbia Bowdoin University
of California at Berkeley Carnegie
Mellon Connecticut
College Dartmouth
College Harvard
University Sewanee
University Stanford
University University
of Vermont Yale
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