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Oberlin College tops the green list

 

By: MATT SUMAN, Morning Journal Writer

10/29/2007

 

OBERLIN - The national magazine for the nation's oldest grassroots environmental group, the Sierra Club, has named Oberlin College the most environmentally friendly school in the country.

 

The November/December 2007 cover story of Sierra, the Sierra Club's magazine, named Oberlin College number one among America's Top 10 "Coolest" schools.

 

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The Top 10 Greenest Colleges and Universities in the U.S.

By Jennifer Hattam, Sierra Magazine.

Posted November 6, 2007.

 

Higher education has responded to growing demand for more environmental focus -- here are the 10 best.

 

During finals last winter at Northeastern University in Boston, students blew off steam playing Guitar Hero, producing the video game's juice with a pedal-powered generator. Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, handed incoming freshmen energy-saving compact fluorescent lightbulbs along with their campus IDs. And collegians nationwide turned down thermostats; performed waste audits; and lobbied their schools to reduce energy use, provide healthier and organic food, and set a sustainable example for the rest of the world ...

 

... More at http://www.alternet.org/environment/67015/

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