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e360.yale.edu - 10/12/2009
U.S. Schools Going Green Despite Falling Endowments, Study Says
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A growing number of U.S. colleges and universities supported green initiatives during the last year despite declining endowments, according to a report released by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. Twenty-six of 332 schools evaluated in the College Sustainability Report Card received the ...

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Colleges Greener than Ever Despite Economy
EarthFirst.com — ... list are Amherst College, Arizona State University-Tempe, Luther College, Macalester College and the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Ultra-green list veterans include Brown University, Carleton College, Middlebury College and Oberlin College. A few of last year’s highest fell off the list, including Dartmouth. Congratulations to all the colleges that made it, and everybody else who moved up a grade for 2010. Keep it up! Link [Green Report Card] via [Yale Environment 360] ...

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