“I didn’t have a broad concept of sustainability before connecting with members of the larger Oberlin community - the experience forced me to expand my definition”
“Sustainability is taking care of our children and grandchildren and great grandchildren”
“We’ve gone from fluorescent light bulbs to LED because we are concerned about what our carbon footprint looks”
“Oberlinians eat super local: almost 50% of residents grow some of their own food!”
“The kids go home and talk about what we’re learning about with electricity. They go home and talk about how to conserve and make less trash”
“The Slow Train Cafe and The Local are community-based enterprises. I think people can really feel that”
“Dance Diaspora taught me that with any space I enter, I should ask what kind of help people need”
“I care about amplifying the voices of marginalized students and community members”
“The Old South End Fire Company was located on South Main Street”
“Girls have learned how to take up space, support one another, be involved, create movement, and perform in public”
“If we can start as individuals, at least having an impact somewhere, and if everybody did that – it’d be a whole different planet”
“It takes just one person to start something, one person”
“Communities are sustained by the interconnections and the actions of their composite parts”
“Bikes are a fabulous mode of transportation, and bike lanes on College St. have increased their safety and usage”
“Nature is everywhere. By the roads, next to houses. It's a part of our community”
“Social justice and environmental justice come in all forms, but listening to others is always necessary”
“We have to realize that you can promote sustainability and have it be a huge cost-saving initiative in a business atmosphere”
“The only way to work through climate issues is to engage with democracy”
“Oberlin townspeople uphold and contribute to a culture of mutual aid and activism and support that naturally attracts other like-minded people”
“For one to maintain sustainability in every aspect of life, it has to be a labor of love”