Already contemplating on where to send your little greens off to college when the time comes? Check out these top green colleges that impress both academically and environmentally!
- University of Colorado, Boulder – At the foot of the Rocky Mountains CU created the first student-directed recycling center in 1970.
- University of Washington, Seattle – This top school is currently the pilot site to test the first compostable paper soft drink cups.
- Middlebury College, Vermont – Middlebury’s biomass gasification plant reduces the school’s carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent.
- University of Vermont, Burlington – Biodiesel buses, green buildings, and the eco-conscious student body keeps this college on the top of the list.
- College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor Maine – Over 90 percent of this campus’s lighting comes in the form of compacted fluorescents and a new wood-pellet furnace heats 20 percent of the school.
- Evergreen State College, Olympia, Wash – This college purchased a convoy of electric vehicles and runs a sustainably-managed farm where it teaches courses in organic agriculture.
When your little birdies are ready to leave the nest or even when you are ready to set sail, consider these top green colleges.
Written by Greenista Girl Brianne
Photos by Wonderlane
Tags: colleges, green, university
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