No Impact Week for Universities
Register for your University’s No Impact Week here
The No Impact Project wants to bring the No Impact Experiment to your university this year! We’ll customize this dynamic, eight-day program to fit your goals and your campus’ culture and location. This is a great program to help students become acquainted with your sustainability practices and resources on and off campus. Please contact Lilly@noimpactproject.org to begin the process.
In order to make the experience as high impact and relevant to your campus as possible, we will work with you to:
- Create a localized supplement for the guide, i.e. pointing participants to local resources
- Create a marketing strategy for students to maximize the level of participation
- Coordinate a social networking platform
- Provide a guide to help you run daily workshops
- Set up a registration page and coordinate all messaging to students throughout the week
- Send out pre and post week surveys and share the data with your preferred academic department
- Offer suggestions for special events, speakers, and film screenings to build community amongst your student body. We have found that participants get so much more out of the week if they have a chance to connect with others, share their experiences, and learn together.
Universities we have partnered with:
Auburn University
University of Colorado Boulder
Columbia University
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Georgia Southern University
Hunter College
Illinois State University
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Toluca
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Indiana Wesleyan University
University of California Merced
Montana State University
University of Notre Dame
Ohio State University
Rollins College
Santa Fe University
Texas State University
University of North Carolina Wilmington
The New School
Penn State Behrend
Mercyhurst College
Hesston College
Grand Valley State University
Northern Arizona University
University of California-Merced
Arizona State University
Allegheny College
Gannon University
Edinboro University
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Viterbo University
Western Technical College
Upcoming Partners:
San Diego State University
Loyola University Maryland
Georgia Southern University
… and more to come!
Localized University Addendums:
A Student’s Journal from No Impact Week
Rollins College Students Make “Mt. Trashmore” Out of Recyclables
An Energetic Discussion About Energy
“My favorite part about NIW was sharing a local meal with members of my team. On Wednesday two of the team members and I sat outside on the Campus Center roof and ate food that I had brought…I had so much fun making everything the night before, sharing it with friends, and being able to talk to them about where EVERY ingredient in our meal came from.” – Alicia, IUPUI
“My roommate and I discussed the experiment, and how to keep it going. Actually, we want to find ways to make it last, and maybe implement some of the challenges better. We identified that the energy challenge was difficult for us to accomplish. We were surprised to learn that we depended so much on the television for entertainment…I think we are going to attempt to cut back on the television and continue to turn off the air conditioner units and the power strips when we are not using the devices.” – IWU Student
“No Impact Week was a great success. Highlights include our on-campus farmers’ market (over 30 vendors!), a talk on sustainability and food, a panel discussion on the state of water in Texas, and a film series. All events were well attended.” – Jon, Texas State University
“I’ve learned a lot about myself and the kind of person I want to become, and I’m very excited to work towards living a very happy and environmentally sustainable life.” – Student survey respondent
“It was both fun and educational to take part in this week’s experiment and I will try to continue to make less of an impact as much as I can.” – Student survey respondent
University of California Merced students created a bicycle-powered smoothie maker! See it in action here.
Students sorted out recyclables from the trash they collected over No Impact Week and donated the refund to United Way.