The sites below aim to help you find the right green-leaning campus, cause, or contest. There's no way we've uncovered all the good ones, so tell us what we've missed in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
Green College Rankings
- Sustainable Endowment Institute's "College Sustainability Report Card"
- Princeton Review's "Green Rating Honor Roll"
- Kaplan College Guide's list of 25 green colleges
- Sierra Club's list of 10 "Cool Schools" taking action on climate change (and five schools that get failing grades)
- "Beyond Grey Pinstripes" [PDF], a report that ranks MBA programs on how well they integrate social and environmental issues
Activism
- American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment
- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
- Campus Climate Challenge
- Energy Action Coalition
- Focus the Nation
- Net Impact's Campus Greening Initiative
- National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology program
- Power Shift 2009
- Power Vote
- Sierra Student Coalition
Awards, Contests, and Fellowships
- Earth Island Institute's Brower Youth Awards
- National Wildlife Federation's "Campus Ecology Fellowships"
- National Wildlife Federation's "Chill Out" contest
- Focus the Nation & Clif Mojo's Project Slingshot contest
- Sierra Student Coalition's info on grants, fellowships, jobs
Tools and Tips
- Dorm TerraPass, a carbon-offset program for college students
- Grist's green school shopping guide
- Treehugger's "green your dorm" guide
Entertainment
- "Save the Ales" parties [PDF]
- Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Campus
- A green spin on sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll
- Grist's list of 15 green musicians and bands
- Jason Mraz talks to Grist about adopting a more sustainable lifestyle
- Xavier Rudd talks to Grist about greening his tour
Home Economics of the JP Green House, Part 1
The Wind Kids: How high school students helped bring a wind farm to Milford, Utah
The night I slept with Jim Hansen
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