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The Green Report Card lauds colleges making a 4.0 in green

October 8th, 2009 · No Comments

By Ashley Phillips
Green Right Now

The Sustainable Endowments Institute released the 4th edition of their annual College Sustainability Report Card 2010, also known as the Green Report Card on Wednesday.

Founded in 2005 and supported by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, the Institute supports the advancement of sustainability in higher education. It boasts that its college ranking project had a response rate of 96% in 2009, giving the Green Report Card had the highest response rate of any college sustainability ranking or rating service. The Green Report Card graded 332 universities on a scale of 1 through 4 on their performance in nine categories:College-Sustainability-Report-Card_July-21-783305

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    Sierra Mag Lauds Ten Universities That "Get It"

    September 9th, 2008 · No Comments

    By Barbara Kessler

    College-bound high schoolers looking for an environmentally conscientious college should have no shortage of guidance this year. The Sierra Club has joined the Princeton Review in assessing the green creds of U.S. universities.

    Actually, the venerable environmental group was first out with the idea, launching a “Cool Schools” rundown in 2007. Their second annual review, in the group’s Sept./Oct.Sierra magazine, settles on list of the top ten campuses — Ten That Get It — that includes colleges of all sizes from the East to the West.

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