Join the Libraries Green Committee and the Sustainability Institute for the Penn State EcoChallenge 2017, a two-week competition October 11–25 that involves changing one — or more — habits that benefit our planet. Together, we’ll show that our individual changes can add up to real impact. Last year, over 8,000 people participated in the challenge, taking almost 62,000 actions and made lasting impacts like avoiding use of over 440,000 gallons of water and traveling over 80,000 miles by foot, bike, bus or carpool.
During the competition, you’ll connect with other EcoChallengers and earn points for accomplishing your challenge. The combination of collective inspiration, camaraderie and friendly competition makes change a little easier, and a lot more fun. The Challenge is open to all faculty, staff and students, so ask others to join as well. Last year, the largest competing team had 580 members, an easy number to beat with Penn State passion!
Registration for the Penn State EcoChallenge team is easy with just a few steps:
- Visit our Penn State team’s site and click on “Join this team” (referring to our one Penn State team)
- Type in your email, a password, and your geographic and demographic information
- Select your challenge(s) from among the ones offered, or create your own. You can also check off all the actions that are already habits, creating your own sustainability profile.
- If you want, write a note in the blogging space on why you are joining and what you want to personally get out of the challenge.
- Add the EcoChallenge app to your phone
- Welcome to the Team