Wed 24 Sep 2008
College Sustainability: Williams Gets a B+ (Amherst Too)
Posted by Guy Creese '75 under Academia, General, Education News, Mark Orlowski '04, News
Posted at 5:56 pmThe Boston Globe has published an article entitled, “Harvard, Dartmouth, UNH earn high ‘green’ marks,” in which it goes over the College Sustainability Report Card, published by the Sustainable Endowments Institute in Cambridge, MA. Williams received a B+, as did Amherst. Ratings probably of interest to Ephblog readers:
- Amherst College: B+
- Brown University: A-
- Harvard University: A-
- Hamilton College: B-
- Middlebury College: A-
- Princeton University: B
- Stanford University: A-
- Wesleyan University: B+
- Williams College: B+
- Yale University: B+
September 24th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Will this affect any applicant’s decision making?
September 24th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
I was at Middlebury a few years ago. They had a wood burning stove in the meeting room in their student union. Like many asthmatics I am very alergic to wood fires. Presumablly anyone with respiratory problems, who gets a tour of campus, will simply not apply. Suppose the new World Trade Center tried to heat with wood. Can you imagine the pollution and public health problems?
September 24th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
PS Ordinary home fire place fires don’t bother me. But, large heating units do. And the huge thing at Middlebury sure did. I suspect others with alergies are the same.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Note that Mark Orlowski ‘04 is the founder and key person at the Sustainable Endowments Institute. Previous posts here. Note the C that Williams received in transportation.
Is TNG still active? If so, a good project would be to estimate the carbon impact of student driving. How many students have cars? How many miles do they drive?
I bet that forcing all students to park at the most distant lot (Cole Field) would cut auto-related carbon emissions by more than half.
September 25th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Looks like some grade inflation (excluding Hamilton)…