Earth Equity News

Ranking Colleges by Greenness. By Kate Galbraith, NYTimes, August 20, 2009. "The Princeton Review, best known as a test-preparation firm, recently came out with its second annual green ratings. Fifteen colleges earned the highest possible score -- including Harvard, Yale and the University of California, Berkeley. Another group, the Sustainable Endowment Institute's Green Report Card, rates colleges on several different areas of green compliance, such as recycling, student involvement and green building. Its top grade for overall excellence, an A-, was earned by 15 schools. Top honors in both rankings were awarded to Harvard, the University of New Hampshire, Dickinson College and Middlebury College. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education is also piloting a sustainability tracking system... The Sierra Club released on August 20 its annual ranking of 'eco-enlightened' colleges, with top honors going to the University of Colorado at Boulder. And, for aspiring M.B.A.'s, the Aspen Institute puts out a biennial Beyond Grey Pinstripes survey of which schools make the most effort to offer a social and environmental context for understanding business issues. The next survey is due out in the third week of October."