UConn is Cool and Green

Sierra magazine, the official publication of the Sierra Club, recently announced the top “cool schools” in the United States.  The rankings are based on the school’s efforts at solving environmental issues and operating sustainably.

UConn was named the number-one cool school for offering more than 600 sustainability-related classes; reducing its water use by 15% since 2005; and, over the past two years, retrofitting 13 buildings to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Also, more than a quarter of the food served in UConn’s dining halls is processed within 100 miles, with many ingredients harvested right on campus.

Sierra magazine’s top 10 cool schools of 2013 are:

 

1. University of Connecticut (UConn) (Storrs, CT)
2. Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)
3. University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA)
4. University of California, Davis (Davis, CA)
5. Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
6. Green Mountain College (Poultney, VT)
7. Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
8. Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
9. American University (Washington, D.C.)
10. University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)

The Hartford Business Journal also reported that three other Connecticut schools made the list: Wesleyan University (No. 83), Eastern Connecticut State University (No. 136), and Connecticut College (No. 142).