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Green Mountain College: An Eco Tinge to Every Major

High school and college students are more ecologically aware than ever, but a desire to help the earth doesn’t have to mean giving up your passion for art, literature, education and psychology to focus on traditionally “green” careers. More and more colleges are tying the environment to every program of study, including Vermont’s Green Mountain [...]

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College Students Seek Out More Green Classes

Students at colleges and universities across America aren’t just going green in their daily lives – they’re soaking up as much education about sustainability and other green topics as possible.
University officials made more green-themed classes available in recent years in response to what they saw as a ‘green trend’, and were stunned by just how [...]

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Green College Students Descend Upon Copenhagen

Where are all the eco-conscious college students? Sitting back in front of a warm fire with a hot spiked beverage in hand, where we’d all like to be during the holiday season? No, indeed – thousands of them are in Copenhagen right now, pushing for urgent action on climate change.
The Wall Street Journal reports that [...]

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College Students Travel, Learn, Give on Eco Surf Volunteer Trip

For college students who love travel, surfing, the environment and helping others, there’s nothing quite like the Eco Surf Volunteer effort. This program – which is truly in the spirit of one of our favorite green celebs and do-gooders, Jack Johnson – takes groups of students to historic beach town of Canoa, Ecuador for surfing, [...]

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Colleges Greener than Ever Despite Economy

Rotten economy? So what?! Colleges around the nation are still going green despite declining endowments, according to the new 2010 College Sustainability Report Card results, compiled by the Sustainable Endowments Institute.
Twenty-six out of 332 schools evaluated for the report card got the highest possible grade of A-minus, determined by a number of criteria in areas [...]

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For Shame: UGA Tailgaters Leave Behind Trash, Sewage

Jerkass fans of the University of Georgia football team descended upon the Athens, Georgia campus last weekend and left a wake of trash, abandoned grills, urine and feces behind when they left. And this is far from the first time it has happened.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that tailgaters left the lawn covered with 70 tons [...]

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