“My congregation encourages community gardening and participation in the City Fresh program”
“I’ve learned a lot through conversations with Oberlin community members”
“I now see challenges such as the pandemic, as opportunities to grow”
“The whole world is a community, one single community”
“My climate action plan is being vegan”
“The environment is the world we leave behind. Kendal residents do the things they believe will make a difference”
“Oberlinians eat super local: almost 50% of residents grow some of their own food!”
“My climate action plan is to promote the Oberlin Winter Market digitally”
“One of our philosophies is to be as environmentally friendly as possible and to also give back to the community”
“Starting young and getting young people involved is important. Soon, they're going to be in charge”
“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”
“Our son is in kindergarten so it’s our first Ecolympics! We’re excited!”
“This has always felt like a very beautifully laid out city. [Nature] is definitely a very valuable part of the community”
“The Garden is a place where I can be useful and connected to both a community organization and a natural ecosystem”
“I jumped at the chance to be involved with Oberlin’s Underground Railroad project -- I learned this history in the fifth grade and it stuck with me”
“Without basic appreciation and commitment to interpersonal friendships, a community cannot be formed or maintained”
“There are a lot of different voices coming from the town that you wouldn't expect”
“I love Ecolympics very much!”
“It is through conversations with community members that we can learn to understand, empathize and to collectively push forward”
“We have been talking about the Bioregional Dashboard a lot at the end of the day when we look at the graphs of electricity and water use for that day”