Students interested in a hands-on environmental education need look no further than the Eco League. The five liberal arts schools in this consortium-Alaska Pacific University, College of the Atlantic, Green Mountain College, Northland College, and Prescott College-approach nearly every course with a single goal for their 2,900 students: the active pursuit of environmental studies. The Eco League schools pride themselves on integrating experiential learning into the curriculum-from for-credit backpacking trips to analyses of "leave no trace" ethics and how education can affect avalanche safety. That's why Sierra highlighted their efforts last year. Checking in with the Eco Leaguers, we found that adventures and accolades haven't distracted them from reaching even higher. College of the Atlantic has started paying to offset all its greenhouse-gas emissions. Green Mountain College now gets more than half its electricity from generators powered by methane from dairy cow waste.
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