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Middlebury Building Recieves LEED Platinum Ranking
Middlebury College’s Franklin Environmental Center became only the nation’s seventh building to receive LEED platinum certification. The platinum standard is the highest level of building sustainability in the LEED green building rating system. ...
Recyclemania Results Are In!
After ten heart-pounding weeks the Recyclemania contest has come to a conclusion. The big winner this year is Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Kalamazoo took home the title of Grand Champion with a cumulative recycling rate of 58.93%, besti...
Yale Discussion of College Sustainability Initiatives
A panel discussion on sustainable policies at universities concluded Yale’s four-day sustainability summit. The panel members were Davis Bookhart, director of the Johns Hopkins Sustainable Initiative, Leith Sharp, director of the Harvard Green Camp...
Ripon College Gives All Freshman Free Bikes
Ripon College, a liberal arts school in Wisconsin, (also the alma matter of Harrison Ford, thank you Wikipedia) has begun the “Velorution” (read: French word for Bike + Revolution ). Beginning with the class of 2014, incoming freshman will recei...
Majoring in Renewable Energy
The New York Times has an article about the new rise in technical renewable energy degrees. This fall the Oregon Institute of Technology will graduate its first class renewable-energy systems majors. The Oregon program was the first four-year undergr...
Columbia Residence Halls Go Green
Columbia University announced plans to renovate its dorms in order to make them more environmentally friendly. The plan fits in with the school’s commitment to New York City Mayer Michael Bloomberg’s “30 in 10” program which aims to reduce c...


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