The REAP Community Campaign runs from May 15th to September 15th, 2021.

1. Teams of households will organize and compete to achieve the highest scores on reducing their collective carbon footprints. Teams can organize from friends, families, neighborhoods, workplaces, faith-based groups, etc.
2. It is useful to have a point person or Team Captain to organize the team and meetings.
3. Teams need to sign up and utilize a low carbon living workbook, along with a carbon calculator to measure results. 
4. It takes 4 meetings to go through the workbook, or about 30 to 60 days. With the campaign running 4 months, teams do not have to start immediately.
5. When the results are in, the top three teams will win $500 prizes! 

Downloadable REAP Campaign Pamphlet

For questions, please contact campaign coordinator ned.noel@eauclairewi.gov or dial 715-839-8488.

The City has 50 copies that are available at the City's library. These will be available to checkout starting in early May since the library has moved to a temporary location. 

Only Team Captains should checkout the free workbook so others are available for other teams. Additional copies may be purchased at the author's website or new and used versions from various online retailers. This is not necessary though as teams go over the workbook in depth at in-person/virtual meetings. Teams share actions, learn from one another, and spur each other on at meetings. The workbook makes holding meetings easy with discussion guides.

A preview of the workbook, along with some downloadable content can be found here.

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To calculate your footprint, visit the workbook's carbon calculator at https://www.empowermentinstitute.net/community/low-carbon-diet/household-co2-calculator 

1. Complete your baseline carbon footprint assessment before you begin the workbook. Give this value to your Team Captain to record. They will pass this initial team score onto the campaign coordinator.

2. After your team completes the workbook and finishes actions, add up all the carbon dioxide pounds that were lost. Give your value to your Team Captain to minus the number from your initial carbon baseline. They will then report the final team score to the coordinator.

To sign up and record carbon reductions use this REAP Campaign Team Spreadsheet.  This sheet can be used by participants to track progress. To help you find local resources, there are many action tips per workbook strategy included. Also see the REAP Plan Executive Summary for even more actions.

Team Captains, please submit the pre-and-post team scores to campaign coordinator, Ned Noel at ned.noel@eauclairewi.gov. For questions, please call 715-839-8488.

Prizes:

Two (2) $500 prizes will be awarded to the top two teams for the largest amount of carbon dioxide pounds reduced. This is defined by team per capita. That is, per person or householder actually playing. A team consists of at least three distinct households.

One (1) $500 prize will be awarded for the largest team size and that demonstrates evidence of carbon dioxide pounds reduced.

Prizes can be chosen from the following:

• $500 Chamber of Commerce Buy Local Bucks
• $500 donation to a local charitable organization
• $500 in plants/trees for a local city park/open space

Rules:

The City has the right to award winners as it sees fits per the above conditions. Team results must arrive by the deadline of September 20th. Falsification of results will be grounds for disqualification.