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Welcome to EcoChallenge!

Watch the short video below to learn the basics.
You'll be an EcoChallenge expert in no time!

Northwest Earth Institute
EcoChallenge
October 14 - October 28, 2016

Collective Impact

Small actions add up to big impact — this is what happens when thousands of actions are taken together.

Have you joined the challenge yet? Be part of the collective impact.

  • 244,442
    actions COMPLETED
  • 8,326
    participants
  • 447
    teams
  • 45
    countries
  • 55
    states and territories
  • UP TO
    2,653
    conversations
    with people
  • UP TO
    18,506
    disposable cups
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    437,534
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    2,446
    hours
    volunteered
  • UP TO
    138
    letters or emails
    sent to public officials or leaders
  • UP TO
    6,833
    lightbulbs
    replaced
  • UP TO
    1,593
    locally sourced meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    18,123
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    14,041
    miles
    traveled by bike
  • UP TO
    38,051
    miles
    traveled by bus
  • UP TO
    21,430
    miles
    traveled by carpool
  • UP TO
    5,490
    miles
    traveled by foot
  • UP TO
    151,268
    minutes
    of additional sleep
  • UP TO
    230,917
    minutes
    spent exercising
  • UP TO
    342,684
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    135,449
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    452
    neighbors
    met
  • UP TO
    5,929
    organic meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    1,102
    outdoor meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    2,059
    people
    helped
  • UP TO
    911
    phone calls
    made to public officials or leaders
  • UP TO
    81,202
    plastic bottles
    not sent to the landfill
  • UP TO
    2,915
    pounds
    waste composted
  • UP TO
    62,279
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    901
    pounds of paper
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    3,054
    zero-waste meals
    consumed