What is the CORE Challenge?

The CORE Challenge is held by Tino Eco aimed to spread awareness on climate change and instill habits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is targeted towards teens near Cupertino; however, people of all ages in the U.S. are open to join (you will only be receiving gift cards if you are not able to physically receive the prizes). We have a variety of tasks that participants can complete to earn points for prizes.

How it came to be

Tino Eco aims to spread awareness on environmental issues and promote climate education. Therefore, we proposed the CORE Challenge to SVCE, a competition with a variety of tasks to inform participants about greenhouse gas emissions. Upon completion of a task, participants will earn points for prizes. By holding an interactive competition, we hope to motivate more people to gain awareness about climate change. Small Competitions: Use your creativity to spread awareness about carbon footprint as well as a chance to earn $100. Prizes (more awards, better prizes) may change due to participation and quality of work.

Brought to you by:

Tino Eco

Tino Eco is the host of the competition, organizing things forms tasks to making the website. We are a youth-led non-profit that is based in the Bay Area. We accept members from all throughout the world to help in initiatives like our blogs. We aim to spread climate awareness as well as involving youth in our journey, creating a space for them to implement their ideas as well as exercise their full abilities and talents.

Silicon Valley Clean Energy

Tino Eco was able to make this competition possible through the generous funding of SVCE. Silicon Valley Clean Energy is a local, not-for-profit public agency, dedicated to providing benefits to our customers and community. They provide local residents and businesses with clean energy at affordable rates and innovative customer programs to help Silicon Valley go electric.

Acterra

As Tino Eco’s fiscal sponsor, Acterra received the grant on our behalf to fund this competition. Acterra is a Bay Area nonprofit and a Green Business that upholds sustainable practices. By bringing people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet, Acterra advocates for climate change education through promoting and supporting renewable energy, clean transportation, and food sustainability.

Research Team

The research team works on the basic skeleton of the competition. We work on things like making up tasks, writing descriptions, and choosing prizes of the competition. The team consists of 3 members: Erika Li, Clarabelle Wang, Alice Ou.

Website Team

The website team works on the website for the competition. This includes the front end, back end, design, and more. The team consists of three members: Yuleen Lee, Telin Lee and Melinda Kuo.

Outreach Team

The outreach team works to spread word about our competition and ensure those who want to join know when and how to access the necessary information. We are in charge of communications and advertising. In our team are Aahelie Bhattacharya, Serene Kim, Katelyn Lai, and Zehra Naqvi.