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Make Orange Green (Power) Challenge
Fall 2009

                      2009 Winner (Spring)

                      Rules and Scoring
                      Scoreboard
                      Programming ideas for RAs
                      Power Challenge Poster

Power Challenge 2009 (Fall)

For the 5th year residence Halls will compete against each other to see which hall is the best at Making Orange Green!!

Competition Dates: October 5th – Nov 2nd, 2009

Halls** will compete in:
• Programs  
• Of
• Water Use
• Electricity Use
• Recycling

      **All scoring will be based on per capita recording to make scoring fair.

The winning hall will be announced on Tuesday, Nov 3rd.
The winning hall will receive:
1-    Bragging Rights
2-    The Make Orange Green Challenge trophy- “MO Green”
3-    The RAs and directors in the winning hall will get a catered meal from Moe’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Rules and Scoring

Point System

For each of the 4 weeks in October, recycling totals will be recorded, electric and water meters will be read, and reports from RAs on environmental programs will be tallied from each of the 11 Residence Halls on the main campus(North and South Carrick are combined for this competition).

The Hall with the most points at the end of the competition wins.
Here’s how the points will be awarded each week:

Programs Of Conservation    
Programming will be based solely on straight points.
Bulletin Boards = 1 point for each week they are up
RA-Floor Program = 3 Points 
Hall Program = 11 Points
To receive these points, email a picture (if possible) and a description of the event or bulletin board to recycle@utk.edu as soon as it happens.  

Water Conservation
11 Points will be awarded EACH WEEK to the hall that uses the LEAST amount of Water per capita. 10 points will be awarded for 2nd place, 9 points for 3rd place on down to 1 point for 11th place.

Energy Conservation
11 Points will be awarded EACH WEEK to the hall that uses the LEAST amount of energy per capita. 10 points will be awarded for 2nd place, 9 points for 3rd place on down to 1 point for 11th place.

Recycling
11 Points will be awarded EACH WEEK to the hall that recycles the MOST per capita. 10 points will be awarded for 2nd place, 9 points for 3rd place on down to 1 point for 11th place.

 

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Programming Ideas for RAs    

Be sure to take photo(s) of the event and send with an explanation of the event via email to recycle@utk.edu to get points for your hall.

Host a CD/Game Exchange – place unwanted CDs, games, etc. in big trash bag; each person who donates an item gets to select an item on a 1-for-1 basis.

Create a Bulletin Board – create a bulletin board that promotes the MOG Challenge

Host a Recycled Fashion Show – hold a competition to create fashion items out of recycled products (cardboard, paper clips, etc.).  Appoint a judge to determine which design is best.

Hold a ‘Green Games’ or ‘Eco-Olympics’ – create fun games from recycled materials.

GAME IDEAS:

Go Bowling with plastic bottles- Instead of bowling pins, use some 1-or 2-liter plastic bottles and a ball.

Kick the Can­- You never knew this game was recycling!

Recycle Toss- Shoot your recyclables into the bin to score.

Capture the flag in the dark- Turn off all the lights to save electricity and play capture the flag- or other games- Do it in the dark!

Have a Recycled Paper Airplane Toss Competition-

Have a Recycled Art Competition- similar to the fashion show, only people create things they don’t have to wear.

Have a Poster Contest with Environmental Themes- Appoint a judge and give out some recycled prizes- go to Goodwill or Salvation Army to get them.

Have a “Switch Your Thinking” Pledge Drive- Get the cards from us and have your residents pledge to Switch their Thinking.  The 4 commitments fit perfectly into the competition

Hold a Q&A session- Ask and answer questions about ways residents can meet the POWER Challenge.

Invite Gordie or Jay to do a presentation or answer questions- We’re more than happy to come to one of your programs to give a presentation or answer questions. Email us at environment@utk.edu or recycle@utk.edu.

 
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And the Winner is . . .


CLEMENT HALL

They scored the most points in our Make Orange Green POWER Challenge (Spring 2009), and brought home the trophy! The trophy will be engraved with the name of the hall and will move year to year with the competition. They also were awarded a basketball signed by Coach Bruce Pearl that the hall will get to keep.

Thanks Clement Hall for all your great efforts! Thanks to all the halls who made efforts this year to Make Orange Green!
 

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For more information on The University of Tennessee
 recycling program please contact:

Jay Price, Environmental Coordinator
974-3480
recycle@utk.edu