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These Are the Greenest College Campuses in the U.S. [2022 Rankings] 

These Are the Greenest College Campuses in the U.S. [2022 Rankings] 

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and experts say that a combination of technology, education and activism will be necessary to slash our carbon emissions and preserve the planet. Universities are hubs of innovation and research, so it’s no surprise that top institutions are already pioneering efforts to combat […]

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    35 Students Occupy DEQ Lobby Demanding Investigation of Illegal Coal Ash Dumping

    35 Students Occupy DEQ Lobby Demanding Investigation of Illegal Coal Ash Dumping

    By Virginia Student Environmental Coalition [Update: 17 students have been arrested. For the latest update via Twitter, click here.] Thiry-five students from the Virginia Student Environmental Coalition are refusing to leave the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) lobby until the director, David Paylor, complies with their demands regarding Dominion Resources’ dumping of coal ash […]

    Earth Institute Students Help an Urban Farm Rethink Its Future

    Earth Institute Students Help an Urban Farm Rethink Its Future

    In the Fair Haven section of New Haven, Conn., rates of obesity and diabetes are high, and access to healthy fresh food can be limited. For some residents of this low-income neighborhood, New Haven Farms is just what the doctor ordered. The small non-profit agency grows vegetables on several plots around the city, and conducts […]

    14 Passionate Young Leaders Inspiring a Just and Thriving Planet

    14 Passionate Young Leaders Inspiring a Just and Thriving Planet

    It’s hard to believe 30 days of this invigorating and mobilizing global challenge has come to an end. For the past five years, the Bay Area-based non-profit Turning Green has hosted this worldwide competition, Project Green Challenge (PGC). Its goal is to inform, inspire and mobilize, to create a global call to action for college and high school […]

    It’s Our Generation, It’s Our Choice: Climate Justice Now

    It’s Our Generation, It’s Our Choice: Climate Justice Now

    When I learned about climate change for the first time in middle school I was stunned; stunned that I hadn’t found out before, that this wasn’t something my parents talked about every day. The atmosphere might heat up to to the point that the earth would become uninhabitable? I could not comprehend why everyone in […]

    12 Universities Leading the Charge in Serving Locally-Sourced Food

    12 Universities Leading the Charge in Serving Locally-Sourced Food

    Many cafeterias around the U.S. are working to provide students with healthy, sustainable meal options. To do this, colleges and universities are changing the way that they purchase and prepare food in their cafeterias and many of them are beginning to source food locally. Universities can play a big role in their local and state […]

    20 Greenest Colleges in the U.S.

    20 Greenest Colleges in the U.S.

    Which schools are shaping our eco-leaders of tomorrow? Each year, Sierra—the Sierra Club’s magazine—ranks the greenest colleges and universities in the country, and by the looks of this year’s list, many of those schools are in California. Announcing our ninth annual ranking of America’s greenest colleges! Did your school make the list? http://t.co/fQMvh4ZMew #coolschools — Sierra Magazine […]

    Urban Greenway System Will Link 60 Miles of Trails

    Urban Greenway System Will Link 60 Miles of Trails

    By Emma DiPasquale Emma DiPasquale is a rising senior at John Carroll University. She studies English and environmental studies and hopes to pursue a masters degree in English literature with focus in environmental theory. Emma worked as an intern at EcoWatch last summer. It was a cold winter evening in February when citizens gathered at […]