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 like administration, climate change & energy, food & recycling, green building, student involvement, transportation, endowment transparency, investment priorities and shareholder engagement.

That’s up from just 15 schoools getting an A-minus last year. Among the new schools on the list are Amherst College, Arizona State University-Tempe, Luther College, Macalester College and the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Ultra-green list veterans include Brown University, Carleton College, Middlebury College and Oberlin College. A few of last year’s highest fell off the list, including Dartmouth.

Congratulations to all the colleges that made it, and everybody else who moved up a grade for 2010. Keep it up!

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