The Sierra Club just released their 2009 ranking of "cool schools" -- colleges and universities that are doing the most to help the planet. Schools were judged in a range of areas such as waste management, food usage, energy efficiency, and academic foci. It's a study that wouldn't have generated much interest a generation ago, but today two-thirds of college applicants say that a school's environmental stewardship could influence their enrollment decision.
Only six colleges and universities earned the top grade of an "A+": the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Washington at Seattle, Middlebury College, the University of Vermont, the College of the Atlantic, and Evergreen State College. To see how some of your favorite schools scored, check out the complete ranking of 135 colleges.
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