THE 10 COOLEST SCHOOLS, 10 YEARS ON

摘要

Ten years of doing something will invariably make you better at it. And so it goes with Sierra's ranking of America's greenest colleges. This issue marks a full decade of our efforts to champion the schools that prioritize environmental protection. When we launched Cool Schools in 2006, we covered just 10 colleges. Today, we administer a 64-question survey that engages the participation of more than 200 universities. We run their answers through a custom-built algorithm that spits out a score for each school. Our yearly ranking has helped higher-ed institutions justify establishing a sustainability department and secure money for things like solar panels and living roofs. This year, it also amplifies the voices of student activists who demand that their school's endowment divest from dirty energy.