Everest Challenge – Be the change campus challenge 2024 fall
Organized by the Sustainability Centre, this semester’s Campus Challenge encourages you to take the stairs instead of the elevator and prove that your class is the most determined at our Faculty!
How does the challenge work?
- You can find colorful coins next to the reception desk. Pick one up – the receptionist is watching 😉
- Walk up to the third floor, and before you reach the top, drop the BLUE coin into the small box at the stairwell.
- Pay attention to where you drop it because each class has its own collection box! (We’ve created 5 categories: 1. BSc/First-Year FOKSZ, 2. BSc/Second-Year FOKSZ, 3. BSc Third Year, 4. MSc First-Second Year, 5. PhD students and staff.)
- Every week, we count the coins, and to keep it fair, we adjust the results by considering the size of each year group. This ensures the outcomes are proportional.
- Our challenge: to conquer as many 8,000-meter peaks as possible – starting with Mount Everest. Each coin equals 10 meters of climbing.
- Don’t forget to take the stairs on your way down too! In the stairwells between the second and third floors, you’ll find GREEN coins. Drop these into the year-group-specific boxes located on the ground floor.
Every week, check the progress of your class on TV!
Challenge duration: 18 November 2024 - 18 December 2024
Why stairs?
Walking is man’s best medicine. (Hippocrates)
- An active body equals an active mind – better performance in tests and classwork.
- Burn calories, not electricity – contribute to a greener campus!
- In a typical building, skipping the elevator can save 0.3-0.6 kg of CO2 per day.
- Big steps, small carbon footprint!
- You’re just a few steps away from a free workout!
- Climbing a standard-sized stair burns approximately 0.09 calories per step (climbing from the ground floor to the 3rd floor with 70 steps burns 6.3 calories per trip).
- Climbing stairs requires 8-11 kcal per minute on average.
- Climbing more than five steps a day significantly reduces mortality risk.
- Active stair climbers are fitter and have higher aerobic capacity.
- Climbing stairs helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints.
- Stair climbing can increase the amount of “good cholesterol” (HDL) in the blood.
- Climbing just two steps a day can result in a 3 kg weight loss over a year.
- Studies show that office workers can save up to 15 minutes a day by taking the stairs.
Ready for the challenge?Show that your class is the most enduring - climb Everest!