5 Reasons Everyone At UMass Needs To Join ECOREP

You just need to.

1. You'll talk about issues that affect ALL OF US...and learn about new ones too!

As well as learning about the different solutions people to have to these problems #Creativity

Growing food underwater anyone?

Nemo's Garden project

How about a cheeseburger made from plants?

That can create the taste of meat, even the blood too?!

Impossible Foods

2. You'll have an amazing team to support and make sure you grow. Sustainably, of course ;)

Your student facilitators and program manager (#TeamECOREP)

3. You'll be involved and off yer butt!

Trash Sorting Skillz

BeeKeeping Trip

ECOREPs at the BeeKeeping trip learning about BeeHives

Amherst Climate Change March

Game Day Challenge - GO UMass!

Sustainable UMass @UMassSustain

Won 1st-, 2nd- Pl Honors in #GameDayChallange thanks 2 student volunteers & @UMassFacilities https://t.co/XpmrmeDgRR

03:33 PM - 05 Jan 2016

Via Twitter

ECOREPs gather during tailgates to minimize waste disposal and divert recyclables from going to the landfill

The Results...

Sustainable UMass @UMassSustain

on 10/3 .@UMassAmherst collected 6,230 lbs of #recycling Today we will collect even more 4 the #GameDayChallenge

02:21 PM - 17 Oct 2015

Via Twitter

4. You'll create your own sense of community...

A Fall 2015 word cloud of what the ECOREPs wanted their semester to be!

5. ...and make like-minded friends!

ECOREPs at the Amherst Climate March

And most importantly: You'll have so much fun :)

There's always time for a selfie

Are you ready to be a force of nature?

SIGN UP ON SPIRE BY FINDING THE CLASS ENVIRSCI 197D (Fall) or ENVIRSCI 297F (Spring)

Via umass.edu

We learn and talk about various environmental issues such as waste, recycling, ocean plastics, the horrors of the clothing industry, food systems, cause marketing, mountaintop removal, fracking, palm oil, and sooo much more. We meet once a week from 5:30-7pm Tues or Weds.

ECOREP is about creating a community full of environmentally conscious students in an environment that promotes learning, listening to each other, creativity and passion. We want our ECOREPs to be able to take the skills and knowledge they obtain in this class and to use it to reach out to the rest of the community and increase awareness. #EnvironmentalLiteracy

If this sounds like something you want to be a part of, sign up on SPIRE and look for the class ENVIRSCI 197D or 297F

See you in the classroom... and the environment!