Northwest Earth Institute

Campus EcoChallenge

Campuses for Change

EcoChallenge is a fun and social way to take measurable action on the issues you care about. Take the challenge, and see how a few weeks of learning and action can add up to a lifetime of positive change for you, your school, and the planet!

join 1171 other participants

Campus EcoChallenge is powered by Northwest Earth Institute, a sustainability organization that provides innovative social and digital tools designed to change the way individuals live in and interact with natural and built environments.

We envision a world where everyone has the hunger and power to collectively learn and act on solutions to transform environmental and social systems, and heal our connection to each other and Earth. Learn More > >

Better for our bodies, better for our planet - alternative transportation is the way to go!

See the actions

Challenges

596 participants

362 participants

388 participants

302 participants

155 participants

219 participants

326 participants

243 participants

Create Your Own

24 participants

See all challenges and actions

Campus EcoChallenge participants

see all participants

0123456789

0123456789

0123456789

0123456789

Waste

Julia Kagan

Dickinson Green Devils

Historically, marginalized and low-income communities live closer to landfills, contributing to a multitude of health problems. I will find out how I can limit single-use items and do my best to limit the waste I generate.
Simplicity

David Gladson

PLNU Sustainability in Action (BUS475)

I will limit my social media use to once each day reducing my daily use by 20 minute(s)
Health

Clara Roth

Dickinson Green Devils

Both system and personal sustainability are important! I will develop a plan with my medical professionals to achieve my best health and live my life to the fullest.

Collective Impact

View total impact

Participant Feed

view full feed

December 13 at 8:46 AM

I really like talking to other people in my community because I think that it helps me better understand my own affects and what is going on around me. When I get to help out other people, even if it's just baking bread or making hats for homeless people, it feels like I'm giving back a little with all of the luck I have been given.

Havah Blais
December 13 at 6:22 AM

1st day of Audit Waste:max amount of waste (up to now):- train and metro ticketsFuture solution: I've checked and found out that they can be bought online, without needing a material ticket: I'll adopt this way from now on

Rossella Papa
December 13 at 4:45 AM

That's probably because we don't have landfills in front of our eyes. And even because we're not completely aware of the destination of tonnes of our sorted trash: I've recently discovered that European countries, USA and Australia send our sorted trash to places, as Indonesia for instance, where it's not economically possible to recycle all,...

Rossella Papa