Sierra is ranked top 10 greenest universities in the United States

Sierra has America's greenest colleges for seven years ranking was, so we know what a campus can make a difference.

Every "cool schools" issue sent will push we it reminds that are LEED certified buildings equipped with low-flow toilets and equipped with recycling bins push Kohlendioxyd levels lower, and reservoirs are empty and trees longer fuller, landfills.

But what about the students? The most powerful renewable energy resource that is to generate these sites freshly trained young people. And universities Crow, an eco-education - teach young people about the State of our planet - puts us on the right track. Is it, though?

We carried out to find out, and it looks like the answer "Yes".

Only a few universities actually measure whether its environmental curriculum makes a difference after students graduate. But the anecdotal evidence is encouraging: history, according to the story confirmed that the protection of the environment around students sticks while studying with them.

A single class or Professor can activate a life green. He four years at a place that grows an own organic food, runs on alternative energy, compost, limited cars and pursues goals, like a stamp be CO2-neutral or zero-waste goes. In the meantime, adult education centres and vocational schools are fillers until green workforce.

Of course, it is easier to measure brick and mortar heart and mind, so that our ranking is its focus on the more quantifiable aspects of the functioning of schools. The year's list stems from an extensive questionnaire that asks about everything from where a campus draws its energy, whether his landscaping using native plants and the canteens and cafeterias offer recycled napkins.

We have responses from 162 qualified schools, then crunched the numbers. A perfect score would be 1,000. Our top-ranked school charged 850, proving that even the nationwide best has improved.

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Hybrid tops annual "Greenest" list of vehicles

The Toyota Prius C led an energy-efficient economy (ACEEE) American Council 15th annual "greenest" car reviews in a list published on January 16th. The compact, which debuted in the US market last year, had a "green score" of 58 in the ACEEE measure of comprehensive eco-performance, the evaluation of the vehicle of 53 miles per gallon (MPG) is reflected, in town and 46 MPG highway. Overall was the list of hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles (EV) dominated.

Rounding out the top were five Honda 1.8 l plug-in hybrid FIT, Prius Prius and the Honda Civic Hybrid. The Ford focus with a lithium-ion battery on 10th place. The Scion IQ and the Mercedes-Benz Smart ForTwo Coupe were the vehicles only non-hybrid, non-Plug-in to the list.

Fuel consumption for EVs is provided in miles per kilowatt-hour while the rating for plug-in hybrids in MPG for petrol and in miles per kilowatt hour for electric operation is intended. ACEEE is a non-profit organization that acts as a catalyst, energy-efficiency policies, programs, technologies, to promote investments and behaviors. See press release ACEEE.

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