What is the EcoChallenge?

The Northwest Earth Institute’s EcoChallenge is a two week event promoting sustainable living, and the power of taking one step toward a healthy, vibrant, sustainable future. Participating is simple—first, choose an EcoChallenge category--commit to saving water or energy, reducing the amount of trash that you generate, increasing alternative transportation use, boosting sustainable food purchases, or choose your own EcoChallenge. You can take on the Challenge individually or as part of a team. By taking on an EcoChallenge, you’ll find out how to reduce your impact, create lasting new habits, have fun working toward your goals, and hopefully open up a dialogue about sustainability with your family and friends too. Whether the EcoChallenge is your first step toward a lower impact lifestyle, or you’ve been around the environmental block many times, we invite you to Challenge yourself this October 1 - 15. We all have a very important role to play in creating a sustainable future—now is your opportunity to make a commitment to change! Register today, and join a growing community of people who are taking action on behalf of the planet!

Taking the EcoChallenge really is simple—you’ll register, choose your EcoChallenge, create your personal EcoChallenger page on the website, tell your friends and family what you’re up to (and invite them to join too!), and then, on October 1st start working toward your challenge goals. Remember that we’re all on our own path, so start from where you’re at. Every step counts in the effort to create a sustainable future, and many people making small changes in their everyday lives add up to real change!

Find out why you should take on the EcoChallenge!