What is Green Games?
Green Games is a student-led environmental competition between the UNC housing communities with the goal of promoting sustainable behavior and environmental education.
Residents can earn points for their communities by participating in programs, contests, and events organized by their community’s student leaders. Anyone can participate!
Already hosted a Green Games Program? Submit your program for points by contacting cbarello@ad.unc.edu and earn points for your community! From here, you’ll gain access to a shared log to track your points.
Program Themes
Check out recent and upcoming Green Games program themes! Click the link below for more on this month’s theme.
September Program Theme – Recycling & Composting!
Do your residents know what they can and can't RECYCLE and COMPOST on campus? Do they know where to properly recycle and compost things on campus? Do they know what happens to the recyclables and compostables when it leaves campus?
Categories: Green Games
Connect With Green Games
Green Games Intern
Program Ideas and Points
Get ready to earn some points!
Bonus Points!
- For each event you host, you’ll earn the number of points specified in the nearby Green Games chart, along with +2 points per resident in attendance!
- Stay tuned for details on special CONTESTS!
- Do a program that corresponds with the Monthly Program Theme for an extra 30 points
- When RA’s and Sustainability Officers attend meetings for Green Games, they earn extra points!
In-Community Programs
- Make valentines out of recycled paper, repurpose old t-shirts, decorate your own reusable shopping bag… Get creative!
- Invite FLO Foods or another organization to present about the importance of eating local and organic
- Host your own “cooking show” focused on sustainable cooking and eating!
- Reduce food waste by creating “recycled recipes” out of leftover meals or ingredients
- Host a presentation on sustainable transportation methods–provide information on bus routes, invite a representative to speak about Tar Heel Bikes, plan a walking tour of Chapel Hill/Carrboro, etc.
- Invite a guest speaker or representative from an environmental organization or student group to talk about a special topic
- Host an “Environmental Trivia Night”
- Plan a scavenger hunt to find wasted sources of energy on campus
- Rent a projector and show an environmental-themed film or documentary
Other Programs
- Volunteer at Carolina Campus Community Garden, Hope Gardens (contact nchopegardens@gmail.com), or Battle Park
- Organize a group of students to do a roadside or campus cleanup
- Get a group of volunteers to help restore old bicycles at The ReCyclery in Carrboro
- Learn about the benefits of renewable energy while volunteering at Piedmont Biofuels
- Organize a cleanup of Bolin Creek
- Collect excess/unused (fresh) food from students before a holiday break and donate it to the local homeless shelter
- Create a pledge (with the help of your residents) about energy and water conservation, waste reduction, etc. and then have students sign it and distribute it to their friends!
- Host a hard-to-recycle items drive for items such as batteries, styrofoam, electronics, or fluorescent bulbs. Contact OWRR and EHS for help!
- Take a group to visit NC Botanical Gardens or Duke Gardens and learn about flora and fauna native to the Southeastern United States
- Schedule a tour of local farms through Carolina Farm Stewardship Association to learn about local agriculture
- Get a group of students to walk or bus together to the Carrboro Farmer’s Market on a Saturday morning
- Take a sustainable walking tour of green buildings on campus
- Plan a short hike or day trip to Eno River State Park or Carolina North Forest and learn about local wildlife and ecology
- Ice cream social where residents bring their own bowls and spoons
- Pizza party where residents bring their own plates (including information on how to recycle/compost pizza boxes!)
- Sustainable cooking class where residents bring their own plates, utensils, and ingredients to make “recycled recipes”!