“We can help improve the water clarity in Plum Creek by stopping pollution”
“Be open to new ideas, seek consensus, but recognize that climate change will not pause”
“It’s important to buy locally and use the local stores and restaurants to try and keep those folks going”
“Installing sustainable methods of living to the youth of the community”
“It's important to take care of the environment because right now, there's a lot of pollution. This hurts the plants and animals, which hurts us because we lose our food”
“Communities are sustained in everyday interactions and person-to-person networks that make life easier and more enjoyable”
“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”
“Positive feedback is important – if I work to inspire others to make better more sustainable choices than those people will inspire others and so on”
“I feel really good about the collaboration and what we started with the Experience Oberlin website”
“I strive to make my business a microcosm of this really lovely community”
“Composting is something my wife and I have been doing for a long time”
“Oberlin is very conscious about sustainability and climate change, and anything that is going to help the environment”
“We want Oberlin to be a place that businesses look to as doing the right thing -- being mindful of the environment and the people that live in our community”
“Gratitude is very important. When community members take the time to chat with me, help me out or answer a question, gratitude for this goes a long way”
“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 saving the planet, and everybody has to have a part of that”
“The environment is the world we leave behind. Kendal residents do the things they believe will make a difference”
“My experience interviewing Oberlin community members showed me that students can play a strong role in the communities they are a part of”
“Sustainability is being really conscious of how your body feels and what it needs”
“Our core values of excellence through rigor, innovation, and challenge align with the City’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality”