Campus Press
Harvard Independent:
Harvard 101
June 14, 2002
"With events like the monthly Green Cup, in which the House with the greatest reduction in energy consumption receives a Ben and Jerry's study break, and a special area at Springfest for Earth Day, environmental groups are pulling Harvard's attention towards conservation and earth friendliness. This movement promises to blossom in the next year."
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The Harvard Crimson:
Currier Wins Green Cup
April 26, 2004
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For Week, Quincy to Try Wind Power
April 20, 2004
"...The main impact of switching to wind power for a week will be on raising environmental consciousness around the University."
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' Cup' to Award Green Innovation
March 23, 2004
"Many students leading challenge teams in the competition said that House pride and rivalry motivated them to lead groups aiming to help the environment - not to mention their chance at winning the jackpot."
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Harvard Pushes Energy Reduction
May 3, 2002
"The group has reinvigorated the Green Cup, a monthly contest that awards the most energy-efficient undergraduate House with an ice cream party."
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Earth Day Celebration Shares Springfest Crowds
April 29, 2002
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Environmentalists Seek Campus Unity
November 9, 2001
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Environmental Contest Underway on Campus
November 9, 1996
"The competition, which began this week and will continue until April 24, is co-sponsored by the Department of Physics, which is paying about $5,000 to cover advertising costs for the competition."
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Eliot House Wins Green Cup Prize
February 26, 1996
"This year, the committee decided to award gifts 'under the idea that [house residents are] being rewarded rather than the house committee being rewarded,' Raezer said."
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Diverse NoHosers Boast Spirit, Unity
March 6, 1993
"'We're good at energy conservation because we're into the body heat thing,' Chung says. 'We have a lot of romances within the house. It's part of our inclusiveness.'"
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Tackling The Environmental Crisis
March 2, 1993
Brian Trelstad '91, the founder of Harvard's Green Cup, presented a poster and said he will continue his efforts in citizenship trainings, focusing on strategies for more effective environmental advocacy at the state and local level.
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Green Cup Winners Named
January 21, 1993
"The competition, formerly called the 'Ecolympics,' will award monetary prizes to individual house committees for the first time ever. North, which came in first, will receive $300. Second place Currier will receive $100, as will Mather, which placed in third."
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Ecolympics Is Revived
October 29, 1992
"'In the past two years, there has been a five, 15 or 20 percent decrease depending on the month,' said Michael N. Lichten, acting director of physical resources. 'We would be happy to get a five to 10 percent decrease per month this year.'"
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Ecolympics May Have to Give Up Name
April 24, 1992
"The United States Olympics Committee notified the University earlier this year that they consider the use of 'Ecolympics' violation of their trademark rights."
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Spring Fling Kicks Off Today
April 24, 1991
"The EAC will take the occasion to hold the Ecolympics final ceremony, announcing the overall winner of the energy-saving contest."
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Cabot Turns Trash Into Art
February 15, 1991
"An exhibition of trash art by the Cabot House superintendent is tantalizing residents with visions of an Ecolympic triumph."
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EAC Students to Bring Trash Bags to Class
November 7, 1990
"Wong hopes that this demonstration will provide Harvard students 'with a concrete idea about how much they throw away in a week.'"
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The Harvard Crimson Op-eds:
Quincy Gets Winded
April 23, 2004
"The House began a week-long purchase of wind power, a renewable source of energy that does not damage the environment like fossil fuels do... The University itself should also consider what it can do to promote renewable energy in Massachusetts."
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The Green Games
May 24, 2000
"What's the Green Cup, you ask? I answer: It's because of people like you that there's no forest in the rainforest and those darling little snail darters are no longer darting. You should be ashamed of yourself."
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Publicity Needed For Cup
February 29, 1996
"... as the time for accounting came up, people might even bring in the bag of newspapers gathering dust in their rooms or the ready-to-collapse pizza box pyramid down to the recycling room. The last-ditch effort to bring the number down might turn into a massive room cleaning, beneficial to students for hygiene purposes if nothing else."
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The U.C.: There's Hope Yet
December 16, 1995
"'Pinch the Grinch' charity drive encourages the Houses and first-year districts to compete with each other in giving to local charities, along the lines of the '"Green Cup.'"
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How Green Is Harvard?
April 7, 1994
"Look around your room and take a measure of your impact. Do you leave you computer on all the time? How many of those 300 watt torchiere lamps do you own? Do you leave the lights on when you go out? Little things done by a few thousand of us have a huge impact."
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Fine House
March 13, 1993
"Eliot tower, shining brilliantly under a bright and extensive collection of flood lights must also make for an equally impressive electric bill. This is my theory on Eliot's traditionally dreary Green Cup performance."
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A Modest Plan for Square Reform
February 7, 1993
"We can turn down the heat until we get frostbite, we can dim the lights until we go blind from reading in the dark, we can win as many Green Cups or Ecolympics as we want, but as long as the Square remains the way it is, Cambridge will never get into compliance with the Clean Air Act."
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Sorry Competitions
October 28, 1991
"Ice cream was a key to Ecolympic's success--not as an end, but as a means."
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An Unhealthy Secrecy
May 8, 1991
"Ecolympics raises awareness of the national need to conserve energy."
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What Jack Kemp Could Teach PBH
December 3, 1990
"I may have begun turning out lights for economic reasons, but the habit has become ingrained. Now I am conscious of the larger reasons for my action. What began as a crass motive has become an altruistic one."
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