Welcome to eco-my-flat!
Eco-my-flat is a competition and workshop programme running throughout the first semester in 2010. It's aimed at helping students save money and become more eco-friendly (with some great prizes to be won along the way!). It's open to all UC students who are flatting. Find out more about how the competition works. Keep checking this website for updates about how the competition is shaping up for 2010!
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Eco-my-flat News
| 6 June 2010 - The winners for eco-my-flat 2010 have been announced! Frew Frew won the category for most improved, and Tauawhi won the Most Inventive and Supreme Flat award. A fantastic result! Read more here (pdf 122KB) |
| 18 May 2010 - With just over a week to go till the end of the competition, the judging panel has now been announced! The four panelists include TV personality Te Radar and Christchurch City Councillor Chrissie Williams. Read more here. |
| 25 February 2010 - Registrations are now open for eco-my-flat 2010! Sign up here! |
| 7 January 2010 - The UC Sustainability Office has just released its eco-my-flat booklet! It's crammed with useful tips for budding eco-flatters. Read it here (pdf 1.71MB). |
| 1 December 2009 - Eco-my-flat to run again in 2010! Read media release here. |
| 25 November 2009 - Sponsors for the 2010 competition have been confirmed. Check out our sponsors page to find out something about what kind of prizes and giveaways you can expect. |
Last year's eco-flatters
Here's what a couple of last year's eco-flatters had to say about the competition.
The Lotus Garden intend to keep going with their eco-plans:"We fully intend to keep initatives that we’ve started like vegan dinners and no electricity nights going as well as work on new projects like the compost heap and a flat hammock. So YAH!! I think ‘Eco My Flat’ has been an overwhelming success in our flat and I really don’t care if we win a prize or not because I'm so happy with how sweet the flat mates have been." |
Winkle's Lair found inspiration to change different parts of their lives:
"The world needs to move in a new direction, but every time we eat, drive, take the bus, or turn on a light; energy, material, the ‘fabric’ of the earth if you will, is being used and changed. This project shows how many ways everyone can change so many aspects of their lives, often with personal benefit, to start moving in that new direction. No one knows how far that is, but you’ve got to start." |
Competitor Blogs
All eco-my-flat competitors should post blog entries giving details of their progress throughout the competition. Prizes are awarded for the best blogs and the blogs are partly used as evidence in the eco-my-flat judging process. View all 2009 and 2008 eco-my-flat blog entries (hosted at carboncreditcollector.com, courtesy of Ooid).
More Information
- If you have any questions about the competition, please contact competition coordinator Matt Morris at matthew.morris@canterbury.ac.nz.
- Find out how the competition and judging works
- See a list of our wonderful sponsors
- See the full 2008 competition results
- Check out our sustainable flatting tips
- Track how the competitors are doing on their blogs