“Oberlin is so small that you don’t need to drive your car to the grocery store or library”
“Keep remaking and keep reusing over and over again, so the Earth doesn’t run out”
“As a Conservatory student working for the OES, one of my goals was reaching Conservatory students who might not think about sustainability already”
“If it's a nice day, why not be outside?”
“If a kid is in my Environmental Science class or in any class about environmental issues, they take those thoughts and lessons home”
“Our culture desperately needs the generations taking care of each other”
“Meaningful community-based work takes consistent and thoughtful engagement”
“My experience in Oberlin has taught me that positive change occurs when people love their communities, and they love their helping roles within their community”
“I’m old school. I don’t buy anything pre-made. It takes more labor to control it from start to finish, but the quality is better”
“Oberlin community members care about where their food is coming from and that it is sustainably sourced”
“Oberlin just fits well with my idea of social justice and ecological awareness”
“Since its beginnings as the first rail line in Oberlin, the bike trail has connected both physical places and people travelling together”
“People are very adaptable in our community and they are very supportive”
“An important part of our faith is to to make use of all these gifts of God, but not to exploit
them, to make sure that they are there not only for us, but for future generations”
“Sustainability is being able to re-instill the values that we’ve kind of lost in our society: conservation, recycling, composting”
“Oberlin is just a fantastic little place; you get to know everybody and everybody gets to know you. You’re not looked at as being different or strange”
“Pure and clean is what we strive for...everything you see is sustainable from the spoons...to what's in our cabinets”
“Human energy is really important to sustainability”
“We load our garden with begonias and impatiens, the birds just come to you.”
“Painted with changing messages of all types, Oberlin’s rocks at Tappan Square connect the town and school”