Teacher wins contest for air video
By THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN
A Bakersfield man has won the 2011 For Reel Video Contest, sponsored by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.
Joel Dipert, 28, is a teacher at Fremont Elementary School, and he submitted the winning entry about the benefits of cycling. The contest asked entrants to demonstrate how they help improve the valley's air.
In his video, Dipert performed a self-written rap about how and why he cycles to work.
Dipert will win an iPad and his video will be aired on a local television station.
"It feels great," he said Tuesday. "It's going to feel even better tomorrow when I get my iPad."
Dipert said the contest showed him how much people care about the air around them, but that there is still much work to be done.
"I hope people become more conscious of clean air," he said.
Dipert's video can be viewed at http://www.healthyairliving.com
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