The Sierra Club just released its 3rd annual Cool Schools list. It ranks colleges and universities on a range of "green" criteria including efficiency, energy, academics, purchasing, and waste. The University of Colorado comes out on top with an A+. The University of Washington, Middlebury College, the University of Vermont, the College of the Atlantic, and Evergreen State College aren't far behind. All of them got an A+ too.
Sorry to say, the University of Connecticut did not do so well. We're #93 out of 135 schools ranked, but at least we passed -- with a C-. Yale did much better. It's #14 and got an A. Harvard's #11, and Brown's #64, Amherst's #71, and Williams is #52. Neither Princeton nor Cornell seems to be ranked.
You may also want to take a look at the College Sustainability Report Card. Colorado still beats us by a healthy margin, but at least we don't look quite as bad.
Sorry to say, the University of Connecticut did not do so well. We're #93 out of 135 schools ranked, but at least we passed -- with a C-. Yale did much better. It's #14 and got an A. Harvard's #11, and Brown's #64, Amherst's #71, and Williams is #52. Neither Princeton nor Cornell seems to be ranked.
You may also want to take a look at the College Sustainability Report Card. Colorado still beats us by a healthy margin, but at least we don't look quite as bad.
Hat tip: Grist.
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