Greenest Colleges in America

TheDailyGreen.com:

When it comes to protecting the planet, many schools have given it more than a college try. In fact, America's institutions of higher learning are some of the best incubators of sustainable solutions to myriad problems, and they are molding and inspiring the bright minds that will inherit the environment from the current generation of leaders.

Today's cutting edge colleges and universities have gone way beyond simple recycling to starting organic gardens and farms, installing green roofs and solar panels, treating wastes with "living machines" and offsetting all emissions. Some colleges are as large as small cities, while others only have a few students. Some are household names with multi-billion dollar endowments, and others are newcomers with bootstrapped budgets. To try and work toward rigorous criteria for assessing environmental impact, the Kentucky-based Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education has launched a pilot program.

In the meantime, here are some of the colleges that excite us with their strong commitment to going green. Thankfully, the list isn't comprehensive.

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Comments

[francoise]

Congratulations to the students and staff of these colleges ! The students are our future, they're well educated and they'll show the way.

In the Universities of California which are mentioned in the top ten list, next to a third of the students are foreigners, most of them from China. These foreigners will help to resolve the environmental challenges all around the world.

University of Utah in Salt Lake isn't mentioned here, although the science teachers are all doing a very good job. They're insisting on the need to go green, they're giving lessons in organic gardening. There's a free bus and trax system for students. The rooms aren't overheated any more in winter... although they're still over refrigerated in summer.

Bravo to the students and their great teachers !

[garbovatwins]

At this very moment, the means to reverse the damage you are doing to your world is being discovered in your institutions of higher learning. Pure thought creates, before it is corrupted by greed. Look to these institutions for the keys to your future.