“Doing more from scratch and having gardens on site, kids are more engaged in thinking about their food”
“People in Oberlin care about the community and living sustainably”
“The sense of community is my favorite thing about Oberlin for sure - the friendships I’ve made with co-workers, customers and their kids”
“To make the world a better place, we could plant more seeds and trees so we can have more oxygen”
“...there is no guarantee that all of the resources that we draw from the earth will always be here”
“In the meadow, it was quiet. It was nice to look at the flying things.”
“I think we need to do as much as we can to diversify; we need to be able to offer in our services what folks are willing to purchase”
“Ecolympics is about what we can do at home and how we can all be involved in the community”
“There are endless good ideas out there in Oberlin that are waiting to be heard, I want to go hear them”
“Oberlin is a microcosm – a collection of people with so many different backgrounds, coming together in a peaceful way”
“Resilience is not immunity or perfection. When I don’t feel very resilient at all, other people are able to step in and together we have some sort of patch-work, makeshift resilience”
“It’s a privilege and an honor to work in Ohio’s first green fire station and for a community that takes great pride in sustainability”
“Northern Ohio is beautiful even in the middle of winter!”
“We are just a really creative and innovative community”
“I look to be a leader in energy consciousness and give recommendations to other fire departments”
“We have everything you need – art, theater, lectures, good restaurants. Oberlin is just an ideal place to live and bring up kids”
“There are so many opportunities to save money on energy efficiency! We are trying to make information on local and federal incentives easily accessible”
“Creative and community driven...Oberlin students will be our next leaders”
“We always try to stay cutting edge”
“A good coffee shop creates a sense of warmth, inclusiveness, patience, understanding and humanity”