Yale plans to be "Greenest University" (article)

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<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16830424/site/newsweek/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16830424/site/newsweek/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>awww, this makes me want to apply so badly now (but my grades and SATs are not good enough) cuz i plan on doing environmental science and policy :(</p>

<p>i guess i'll take this as inspiration for the school that i'll attend :)</p>

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awww, this makes me want to apply so badly now (but my grades and SATs are not good enough) cuz i plan on doing environmental science and policy</p>

<p>i guess i'll take this as inspiration for the school that i'll attend

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<p>That's lovely. How does that make it a great school? That it is socially conscious and it might genuinely teach students how to be socially conscious (do they need to be taught)? Do tell.</p>

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<p>i just want to attend a school that's not only environmentally conscious, but also one that can influence other schools and surrounding communities.
My friends and I have already been pushing towards cutting down energy usage and establishing a 100% clean energy policy and even planing and meeting our school district architect about constructing green buildings but we're not getting recogition for this becuz it's just a high school and not an ivy</p>

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<p>Yale still has a long way to go.</p>

<p>Stanford, Harvard and Dartmouth are at the top.</p>

<p><a href="http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/january24/sustain-012407.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/january24/sustain-012407.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Yale got a B+ rating not because of it's facilities or campus (all As) but because of the endowment related activities.</p>

<p>"Yale earned a perfect A grade for its efforts in administration, climate change and energy, green building, and shareholder engagement, but received a C for investment priorities and a D in endowment transparency."</p>

<p><a href="http://yaledailynews.com/articles/view/19593%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://yaledailynews.com/articles/view/19593&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I'm not sure what you define as "a long way to go", but if it's achieving Yale's goal of getting emissions down by 10% of its 1990 levels, you're right. If it's moving up from a B+ to an A- to tie Stanford and the like on our report card, well, all we need is a strong second semester ;)</p>

<p>Best,
DMW</p>

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<p>on a related note about 'green' universities, here are finalists for the College EcoChallenge:</p>

<p><a href="http://ecocollegechallenge.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ecocollegechallenge.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>our high school is participating in the MTV climate challenge too :) it's nice to see alot of colleges get into it...if anybody's reading this, who is your sponsor? ours is Student Sierra Coalition</p>