NMH’s 1st Green Clothing Swap and Fashion Show will take place on Friday, January 28 in Alumni Hall. Dorms sponsor models (and win potential intramural points), while students create designer teams for re-used and non-fabric outfits in three categories: casual wear, haute couture/fancy fashion, or wildcard (anything goes, as long as it’s appropriate). See the complete list of rules.
During the grand finale, EcoLeaders will be selling organic chocolate.
At Creative Craft on Friday, 8-9 pm, in Blake atrium, students can participate in the Green Cup Structure Challenge. Competitors must build a structure within the alotted time using ONLY recycled materials. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place structures will be determined by a distinguished panel of judges.
The heat is on…
One week to go in our dorm competition to reduce electricity consumption, and Rikert is standing strong in the lead. The field is awfully competitive when it comes to intramural points! Remember, your dorm will receive one intramural point for every percent reduction you make (up to a maximum of five points).
1. Rikert (27%)
2. Hayden and MacKinnon (23%)
3. C1 (20%)
4. Tron (10%)
5. Shea (8%)
6. C2 (6%)
7. Wallace and C5 (2%)
8. North Farmhouse (1%)
9. C4 and Crossley (no change)
1st is Rikert with 27% decrease
Close 2nd: MacKinnon and Hayden with 23% decrease
3rd: C1 with 20%decrease
4th: Tron with 10 % decrease (same as yesterday)
5th: Shea with 7% decrease
6th: C2 with 6% decrease
7th: C5 and Wallce with 2% decrease
8th North Farmhouse with 1% decrease
9th: Crossley with no difference
10th: C4 with an increase! (washing machines consume a lot of electricity)
All the dorms consumed same amount of electricity as they did yesterday.
Visit the Facebook page for NMH Goes Green and watch the videos, follow the links, or check out the events.
-Still in 1st is Rikert with a – 26% decrease (1% more consumption than yesterday though)
-In a close 2nd is Hayden with a – 23% decrease (also 1% more)
-Third is Mackinnon with a – 22% decrease (same)
-Fourth is C1 with a – 20% decrease (2% more than yesterday)
-Fifth is Tron with a – 10% decrease (same)
-Sixth is C2 with a – 7% decrease ( 1% less than yesterday. Way to go!)
-In a close seventh is Shea with a – 6% decrease (1% more)
-Eighth are C5 and Wallace with a – 2% decrease ( 2% more)
-Ninth is Crossley with a – 0% decrease (1% more)
-And last but not least is C4 with a – 3% increase (2% more than yesterday)
Almost all of the dorms have increased their electrical consumption with the exception of Mackinnon and Tron who stayed the same and C2 who lowered it by 1%.
After the long weekend, our Green Cup Challenge standings have changed. Mackinnon took the lead before break, but Rikert did an amazing job of turning everything off over the weekend and regained the lead. Cottage 4 has come a long way in the standings– watch out, C5! Cottage 2 and Tron also made big improvements over the weekend. It’s anyone’s game!
1. Rikert: 29%
2. Mackinnon: 26%
3. Cottage 1: 24%
4. Hayden: 23%
5. Overtoun: 15%
6. Cottage 2: 9%
7. Shea Family Cottage: 7%
8. Cottage 4 and Cottage 5: tied at 5%
9. Wallace: 4%
10. Crossley: 2%
11. North Farmhouse is still showing an electricity increase, but know that they know where they stand, they are stepping up!
We hope everyone unplugged everything in your rooms on campus & we hope that everyone’s gonna be GREEN even when they’re away from NMH !
Tips for the weekend”
~Turn off the lights every time you don’t need them in your room, your bathroom, your friends room, your kitchen, your dining room, your basement, etc..
~Shower for a smaller amount of time; someone else needs that water more than your hair does..
~Only do your laundry when its really dirty. You only wore that shirt once. You can barely see that stain.
~CAR-POOL !! You need to get into Boston?! Me too! Let’s take one car instead of two.
~Turn off your computer when you’re not using it. Facebook, Skype, and Twitter will still all be there in the morning.
STAY EFFICIENT NMH
-From all your friendly neighborhood GCC reps.
Below are the standings in the Green Cup Challenge at the end of Tuesday, without separating by large and small dorms. The dorms are ranked from the largest percent reduction in electricity consumption (#1), to the smallest percent reduction.
1. Rikert (with no change from the previous day)
2. MacKinnon (with a 2% improvement over Monday)
3. C1 (saved 1% more, total, than they had on Monday)
4. Wallace (only 2% below C1)
5. Hayden (1% behind Wallace)
6. Overtoun (made a big leap into the reduction category today, from a 1% increase overall on Monday, to three-day 5% decrease!! Nice work!)
7. Shea (made it into the reduction category today, with an overall reduction of 2%, showing steady improvement every day)
The following dorms are still showing an increase over baseline levels, but are making big improvements every day!!
8. C2
9. Crossley
10. C5
11. C4 (total electricity consumption has dropped from 71 kwh on Sunday to 41 kwh yesterday– nice improvement! keep up the good work!)
North Farmhouse data will be available in 2 days.
The Green Cup Challenge is underway! The battle begins, and Rikert emerges as the clear leader after day one (with a mind-blowing 21 percent decrease in electricity consumption). Mackinnon follows close behind (way to be, Mack!), followed by Cottage 1. The rest of the dorms demonstrated an increase in electricity consumption over baseline levels (probably due to the fact that day one was a weekend day), but 27 days remain in the competition– it’s anyone’s game…
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