Join the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, the Ecology Action Center, and Heartland Community College’s Green Institute for the kick-off of the Illinois Green Office Challenge of Bloomington-Normal, a friendly competition amongst organizations looking to save money by conserving energy and water, while reducing waste. This year provides an opportunity for participating organizations to build on last year’s experiences and take on new cost saving conservation practices.
The Challenge is played like a game, where participants can score points for fulfilling or issuing specific sustainability challenges to colleagues and competitors. The Challenge website provides participants with the information and tools they need to compete, and participants can share best practices and ideas with their peers at fun networking events held within the Bloomington-Normal Community. Participants will be acknowledged for their hard work through media, peer recognition and year-end awards. A Kick-Off event will be held on Monday, February 29, 2016 at 3 p.m. at the Normal Public Library in Room A.
The Illinois Green Office Challenge has expanded across the entire state this year, with the help of local champions such as Ecology Action Center and The Green Institute at Heartland Community College. Training and program support is being provided by Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, a division of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
There is still time to join the Challenge; organizations can register now online or at the kick-off event on February 29, 2016.
The Ecology Action Center is a not-for-profit environmental agency with a mission to inspire and assist residents of McLean County in creating, strengthening and preserving a healthy environment. The EAC acts as a central resource for environmental education, information, outreach, and technical assistance in McLean County.
