About the Ecolympics

The Ecolympics is an environmentally minded competition between the residence halls at Oberlin College. Participants will compete in a variety of events to earn points for their dorms, with the grand prize awarded during April 24's Closing Ceremonies.

Building on the success of Oberlin's annual Dorm Energy Competition and organized in part by students in the Environment and Society course, Ecolympics is an energy and waste reduction, and environmental education contest held among dorms. The competition will run Wednesday, April 1 to Friday, April 24.

Attend events, participate in competitions, and earn points for your dorm!

 
AMERICA’S GREENEST CAMPUS CONTEST

April 1- 22 (Earth Day)
Sign up to reduce your carbon footprint as much as you can and help Oberlin win some awesome prizes! Students can also earn Ecolympics points for signing up AND for reducing their carbon footprint.

DASCOMB TUPPERWARE TAKE-OUT

April 1-23
Sign up to get a Tupperware container and earn points for your dorm every time you use it during Ecolympics. You also earn 25 flex points each time you use the container. Just make sure to write down your name when you check out.

KILL-A-WATT PROGRAM

April 1-23 at 11:59pm
Students can monitor appliance efficiency by checking out a Kill-a-Watt at Mudd or the SCTR libraries. Write down your name, T#, and dorm when you check one out and earn points for Ecolympics.

WASTE AUDIT AND RECYCLING COMPETITION

April 1-24
There will be two waste audits conducted in your dorm during Ecolympics. The more you recycle between the two audits, the more points your dorm will earn. But beware--if you recycle less than your previous audit, your dorm could LOSE points in the Ecolympics competition.

POOP CAMPAIGN

April 6–20
Get 25¢ AND earn points for your dorm by using the toilets at the AJLC or the composting toilet in the Lewis Annex next door. Just sign the sheet on the wall outside the bathrooms when you go #2. We take crap from everyone! **Collect your quarters at the Closing Ceremonies celebration in Wilder Bowl.**

DORM ENERGY COMPETITION

April 9-23
A two-week competition between dorms to how much energy they reduce overall in comparison to their average usage from fall semester and how much energy they can reduce in one day. This competition will have a special prize separate from Ecolympics.