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Eco-Representatives - not offered in '07-'08
Fall
2006 How
to become an ECO-Rep
Do you care about the environment? Be an ECO-Representative!
Learn how our lifestyle affects the environment!
Compensation: $150 for the semester Eco Representatives What
is the ECO-Reps Program?
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
Introduction
& Waste Management (870 KB)
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. 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 University
of Dartmouth Harvard
University Sewanee
University Stanford
University University
of Vermont Yale
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