The Green Cup
Behold it, in all its glory! It can be admired in person in the Adams House servery, where it currently resides. But that could change at the end of this year. Which house will wrestle it from Adams' grip? We won't know until the next Harvard Earth Day celebration on April 24th!
Green Cup History
Green Cup has a proud history, beginning with Ecolympics in 1990.
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| At the 2006 Harvard Yale Tailgate, Mather house HoCo built a 1:50 scale replica of its house and and courtyard, to demonstrate its recycling prowess. Afterwards, the display was recycled. |
After the Olympics Committee objected to the name in 1992, the name was changed to Green Cup.
The goals of Green Cup were to provide Harvard College students with:
- Feedback on the ecological impacts of their daily use of energy and materials.
- Support for innovative new ideas that reduce campus environmental impacts.
- Prizes and recognition for their efforts.
Dozens of other universities have been inspired by Harvard's inter-dorm competition.
Green Cup has historically been a partnership between the Environmental Action Commitee and the FAS Office of Physical Resources. In 2003, at the request of the EAC, REP began administering the competition.
Past Winners and Timeline
- 2009-2010: Who will win?
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2008-2009: Adams
- 2007-2008: Cabot
- 2006-2007: Cabot
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2005-2006: Mather
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2004-2005: Currier
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2003-2004: Currier
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Fall 2003: Green Cup redesigned by REP.
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2002-2003: Quincy
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2001-2002: Pforzheimer
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Fall 2001: Ecolympics revived by the EAC (John Hsu '03 and Wendy Liu '03).
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2000-2001: in hiatus
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Fall 1996: Eliot
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Fall 1993: North (renamed Pforzheimer)
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Fall 1992: Ecolympics renamed at request of the Olympics Committee.
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Fall 1990: Ecolympics founded by Brian Trelstad ('91).
As you can see, our historical records of the Ecolympics are incomplete. If you have any information about past winners, please share it with us so we can add to our archives.
Contact: Brandon Geller, Brandon_Geller@harvard.edu.