Can Green Cup go the distance?
By North by Northwestern Staff
    Photo by Cassi Saari / North by Northwestern

    Welcome to Point/Counterpoint, where two writers sound off opposite positions on issues that matter to the Northwestern masses.

    This time, we discuss Green Cup 2009, a contest to use the least water and electricity between residence halls, put on by Students for Ecological and Environmental Development (SEED). How well does Green Cup effect real change and environmentally-sound habits? Click on the quotes below for the two sides of the argument, then leave your own opinion in a comment.

    “Green Cup’s goal is to educate about the consequences of and solutions to environmental disaster. If a participant turns his or her lights out even once after the contest is over, this is success of no small consequence.”
    –Jesse Sleamaker, SEED Co-Chair    		 “Will six weeks of me turning off the lights in my hallway help me preserve the planet once I ditch Evanston for the real world? I know that my not showering for three days doesn’t help me form any particularly good (or hygienic) habits.”
    –Amanda Litman, Opinion Writer

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