In 2006, while sweeping away the Green Cup and $1037, Mather HoCo showed that student events planners held a lot of sway in their house's awareness of and participation in energy conservation efforts.
Since then , REP has enabled all HoCos to compete towards Green HoCo, an honor which will count 15% towards every house's final Green Cup Score (and awards its house an additional ice cream study break for receiving 1st or 2nd place). Green HoCo will be based upon a portfolio of actions that either engage their house residents or reduce the overall environmental impact of HoCo sponsored events and HoCo operations.
This portfolio will be submitted in the spring semester, but should be started at the beginning of the year.
Green HoCo Deadline: April 22nd, 2010.
Starting this year, we'd like HoCo's to keep their portfolio in a Google Doc, as this allows other HoCo members to add achievements easily. (to learn how to set up a Google Doc, click here ).
In 2008, Mather maintained their 1st place title. To see their submission for the 2007-2008 competition, and get inspired, click here.
Lowell came in an incredibly close 2nd, with an entire month of green events. Check out the details here.
(HoCos and HoCo Members are of course still encouraged to submit Eco-Projects, which bear on the environmental impact of the house in general, count for an additional 20% of the House Green Cup score, and are eligible for individual prizes of up to $150!)
Past Correspondences for Reference
The Scoring of Green Cup and the Role of HoCo
Harvard-Yale
How To Set Up a Green HoCo Google Doc:
1) Somebody needs to have a Google account (preferably your Rep, or your Green HoCo liason).
2) In your Google account, go to documents, and then to New->Spreadsheet.
-You can set up your spreadsheet to look like this:http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pZ6RcrdJFSACDL7LhTLSpbA
3) You should go to share in the upper right hand corner, and set the share level to editable and send it out to your HoCo members
Once you have the doc, you can also make a form that will fill out your doc automatically.
4) Go to the FORM dropdown--->Create Form.
5) Edit the introduction text, choose what are required fields, and share it as well. Here's an example version that goes with the spreadsheet above (feel free to try entering something): http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cFo2UmNyZEpGU0FDREw3TGhUTFNwYkE6MA.