Building Better Communities: Bloustein's Environmental Analysis and Communications Group

<p>This week on EJB Talks <a href="http://eac.rutgers.edu/jeanne-herb-executive-director/" target="_blank">Jeanne Herb</a>, Director of the&nbsp;Bloustein School's <a href="http://eac.rutgers.edu/" target="_blank">Environmental Analysis and Communications Group</a> (EAC), returns to talk to <a href="https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/shapiro/" target="_blank">Stuart Shapiro</a>. Jeanne gives the history of EAC and an overview of its vision of&nbsp;community-based environmental planning, its connection to health and equity, and their growing focus on&nbsp;the intersection of environment and people in both the natural and built environments. Jeanne highlights some of their largest projects. The exciting work she talks about includes the&nbsp;Megalapolitan Coastal Transformation Hub (MACH), a&nbsp;five-year research endeavor, in the New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia region, with 10 other institutions besides Rutgers,&nbsp;led by Professor Bob Kopp, researching&nbsp;the factors that inform coastal climate change decisions. Other highlights of EAC's research include a focus on local public health capacity, particularly in New Jersey, research support for the state Division of Disability Services'&nbsp;Inclusive Healthy Communities program, and Jeanne's continued commitment to teaching future leaders via her graduate course&nbsp;at the Bloustein School on communicating science with decision-makers.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ejbtalks/message