Green Mountain College continues to attract nationwide attention as one of the top colleges in the country for environmental programming and operations.Sierramagazine, the official magazine of the Sierra Club, announced today thatGreen Mountain Collegeranked eighth in the nation in its annual "Cool Schools" survey. Earlier this month, GMC received a perfect green rating of "99" in the 2015 edition ofThePrincetonReview'sThe Best 379 Colleges.
Sierra's "Cool Schools" list recognizes colleges and universities that are creating tangible change in all categories of greenness – from what's served in dining halls to what's taught in lecture halls to what's powering the dorms. This was the fourth time in five years that GMC has ranked among Sierra's top ten schools.
GMC also received a perfect "99" green rating in the 2015 edition ofThePrincetonReview'sThe Best 379 Collegesguide released last week.ThePrincetonReviewtallied scores of 861 higher education institutions based on environmentally related practices, policies and academic offerings on a scale of 60 to 99. Only 24 colleges nationwide received a perfect score, and this was the third year in a row that GMC has made thePrincetonReview's Green Honor Roll.
"Green Mountain'sstrategic plan, Sustainability 2020, keeps us on the cutting edge of sustainability in academic programs and operations," saidAaron Witham,Green Mountain College'ssustainability director. "Our students, staff, and faculty are always thinking about how to push us into the next frontier."
GMC is the first college in the nation to achieve climate neutrality through campus-wide efficiency, adoption of clean energy, and purchase of local carbon offsets. In 2013, theGreen Mountain Collegeboard of trustees approved divestment from 200 publicly traded companies, which hold most of the world's known coal, oil and gas reserves.
Sierra's complete 2014 rankings, with comprehensive descriptions of each school's environmental efforts, are availablehere. To learn more about whatGreen Mountain Collegeis doing to make its campus more sustainable, visit the College'ssustainability website.
Green Mountain Collegewas founded in 1834 and takes environmental, social and economic sustainability as the organizing principal of its curriculum for undergraduate and graduate programs.
SOURCEPOULTNEY, Vt.,Aug. 12, 2014/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Green Mountain College