Environmental competitions in dorms

     Dorms on a school campus are great places to host environmental competitions. They are educational, green the campus, and show that sustainability can be fun and easy.

Competition ideas for dorms:

• First dorm to organize a recycling schedule
• Dorm with the most “eco rooms”
• Dorm with the least electricity and water usage per capita
• Dorm with the least number of take out orders per capita
• Number of people in the dorm who participate in other eco projects

     Each dorm is different in design, year built, and type of people living there. It can be fun to look at how these factors influence competition winners. Would it be easier for a small dorm to get a recycling center online first because there is less recycling? Would having more people in a large dorm make it easier because their schedules would not overlap as much?

     The winning dorm for each competition would receive a prize and a final prize could also be awarded for the dorm which wins the majority of the competitions. Gift cards to local stores and online relators are great environmental prizes. Walking to a store and ordering online have less of an impact than driving to the store or mall. [1]

Citations:[1]: Pennybacker, Mindy. Do One Green Thing. St. Martin’s Press NY. 2010. Print

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