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 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VT (2,350 students) Another college with Middlebury's record might have taken it easy on green initiatives this year. After all, Midd's outdoorsy intellectuals had already earned recognition for such ambitious projects as recycling materials from a demolished building. But the school pressed on, giving its study-abroad program a shot of green last fall: A partnership with a renewable energy company makes it easy f ... Read More About This College Middlebury College Website |
| Oberlin College Oberlin, OH (2,200 students) Oberlin College has demonstrated its commitment to the pursuit of sustainability on a number of fronts. An estimated 50% of the school's electricity needs are met using sustainable energy sources. Oberlin's innovative Center for Environmental Studies, a building the Department of Energy labeled as one of the “milestone” buildings of the 20th century, incorporates a 4,600 square foot (425 squar ... Read More About This College Oberlin College Website |  |
 | University of Colorado Boulder, CO (29,000 students) The University of Colorado is divided into several colleges and schools. While the College of Arts and Sciences is by far the largest, the university also consists of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the schools of Architecture and Planning, Education, Journalism and Mass Communication, Music, Law, and the Leeds School of Business. Most, if not all, of these colleges and schools al ... Read More About This College The University of Colorado's website |
| Arizona State University Tempe, AZ (51,000 students) Content coming soon... ... Read More About This College www.asu.edu |  |
 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT (10,750 students) UVM is currently developing a proposal for the Lewis Foundation to transform the University into a “a driving force that leads society by design to a sustainable and desirable future.” The University of Vermont has an active environmental council, and the sustainability staff include a full-time environmental coordinator and a green building coordinator. In 2006, two students led a drive to c ... Read More About This College www.uvm.edu |
| Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, NC (850 students) Warren Wilson College is a small liberal arts college in the Swannanoa Valley, North Carolina, near the city of Asheville, who they partnered with to purchase offsets for 100 percent of its carbon emissions. It is known for its curriculum of work, academics, and service, called "the Triad." The Triad requires every student to work an on-campus job, perform at least one hundred hours of community s ... Read More About This College www.warren-wilson.edu |  |
 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL (50,000 students) Content coming soon... www.ufl.edu |
| University of Washington Seattle, WA (39,250 students) Content coming soon... www.washington.edu |  |
 | Evergreen State College Olympia, WA (4,400 students) Content coming soon... www.evergreen.edu |
| Tufts University Medford, MA (8,500 students) Content coming soon... www.tufts.edu |  |