Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Welcome to Matt's Smoke Free Zone

 Hello everyone my name is Matt Koski and I'm a senior here at UMD. My major is health education w/ a community concentration and a psychology minor. I also plan on obtaining a license here at UMD to teach special education. I've been in college for quite some time now and want to be finished!; although I did take about 2 and a half years off from college to work full time. My interests include: hunting, fishing, sports (I played football, basketball, and baseball all through high school and played football and baseball in Junior College), fantasy football, walking, the outdoors, playing video games, going to movies, and just relaxing at home. My family has a lake cabin on Lake Vermillion and a hunting shack up by Canada which I really enjoy being at. I grew up in a very small town in which my graduating class was about 40 people. I also grew up in the country so that's probably a contributing factor as to why I love being outdoors. My blog is going to be about the outdoors/wilderness and why we should preserve/enjoy them more than we do as a society. I would also like to add things on the benefits of not smoking and the harms that second hand smoke causes.

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There are 6 possible types of posts on my blog. They include:

  1. Advocacy Project
  2. Eye Openers
  3. Reflections
  4. Eco-Chic Lifestyle Change
  5. Read 'n' Seed
  6. Share and Voice
The members of my group are:
  1. Brenda@Barefoot in the Backyard with Brenda
  2. Dane@Dane's Trail of Health
  3. JD@Earth and Me with JD
  4. Sam@Sustainability with Sam
  5. Alicia@Out and About with Alicia
  6. Molly@Molly's Rico Eco
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Well that about wraps it up for the introductory portion of the class. I hope my first blogging experiences are good ones and I hope to hear from all my fellow group members very soon. Talk to ya soon.
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5 comments:

  1. Alicia@Out and About with AliciaSeptember 26, 2010 at 9:53 PM

    Hi! I really like the topics you are focusing on especially the smoking issue. Smoking has been such an important topic within the last few years that it is a good idea to address it for this class. I too grew up in a smaller town so I like to do stuff outside like run, play basketball, sand volleyball, and pretty much anything else. I am really excited for our group to start blogging so I can see what people's interests are!

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  2. Molly@Molly's Rico EcoSeptember 27, 2010 at 7:01 AM

    Hey Matt, I think this will be a good blog for me to read, as I am in the process of quitting smoking :-/ I'll be intrested in reading what you post!

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  3. Sam@ Sustainability With SamSeptember 27, 2010 at 7:37 AM

    Matt I totally agree with you about talking about smoking I think that it is a very important issue to adress. We all know the effects it can have on us but it is important to let others know as well. Just like Alicia said I also grew up in a small town and enjoy being outside and enjoying the outdoors so I'm very excited to follow your blog and read what you have to say. I hope you enjoy your cabin on Lake Vermillion its beautiful up there!

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  4. Dane @ Dane's Trail of HealthSeptember 27, 2010 at 10:58 AM

    I am happy to be following a smoke free blog! I have never smoked a cigarette in my life and would like to keep it that way. Part of that reason is I love to play sports and be active as hobbies, and I think that smoking may hold me back in the things I like to do.

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  5. Brenda@Barefoot In The Backyard With BrendaSeptember 27, 2010 at 11:39 AM

    Hi Matt! I am also a Community Health major and minoring is Psyc! It's awesome that you are really into sports. I also played three sports in high school and I play volleyball here at UMD. It's my fifth year here and I'm ready to be done as well. Let's have a good semester and have fun blogging together :)

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