“My work feels rewarding because I know I’m helping people eat and plant healthy food”
“Everyone here seems to be conscious of the environment and their own resource use”
“Oberlin is a great town for families - it’s easy to get around and get to know people. Everyone is so friendly!”
“Pure and clean is what we strive for...everything you see is sustainable from the spoons...to what's in our cabinets”
“Did you know that over half of Oberlin residents practice nature’s form of recycling: composting?”
“Interviewing members of the Oberlin community and learning their wisdom reminded me how easy it is to reach out, to make time for the people and to combat isolation”
“My climate action is to help other folks reduce their utilities consumption”
“It's an amazing feeling to be part of a movement that's greater than you are — to know that you can really change the world”
“Sustainability is asking yourself ‘Am I living a lifestyle that can be perpetuated and shows respect for the future?' It is about being more mindful of one’s mark on the planet”
“It was international, so to have people, thousands of people, perhaps millions, doing this collectively around the world is really powerful”
“How cool would this be: you grow up here and go to college in some big city, and people find out you're from ‘Oberlin’ and instead of it being this small town that no one knows, it’s the town that paved the way for the country to become more sustainable”
“Social justice and environmental justice come in all forms, but listening to others is always necessary”
“You can walk or bike anywhere in Oberlin”
“It would be great to see more people adopting a vegetarian way of life”
“The Oberlin fire station re-uses grey water collected from porous pavement in the parking lot and from the roof for toilet flush water”
“We have to take care of the environment because this is the only Earth we have to live on!”
“Sustainability is about protecting our resources. Sustainability is being able to reduce the way we use resources to the ultimate end”
“Oberlin has always been at the forefront of important issues of the day. The challenge of climate change is no different”
“It'’s really about continuously building or beautifying the Oberlin situation”
“Oberlin is changing. It’s a good time to be in Oberlin. I feel like there are some remarkable things happening”