GMO’s Annual Green Schools Posts in 2017

Research suggests that business schools are not adequately preparing
students to meet the challenges of climate change.
Sustainability-focused pedagogy is rare. Even rarer are schools that
teach science-based sustainability strategies. As the primary drivers of climate change, the role of the business
community is crucial. Read more »

Portland
school board is standing up to protect our children’s access to the
truth about climate change. The GOP has been behind consorted attempts
to deny children access to a fact-based climate education. In some
cases, educators are all that stand between our kids and Republican
lies. Read more »

Republicans Censor Climate Information in Schools

Climate denial is alive and well in the GOP. Republican legislators are
conspiring to deprive kids of a science based climate education. In at
least one state they have already succeeded. Earlier this year
Republican lawmakers in Idaho voted to remove all fact-based references
to climate from the state’s science curriculum. Read more »

The fossil fuel front group known as the Heartland Institute is at the
forefront of efforts to deceive our children. Climate denial comes in
many forms but the most unconscionable disinformation efforts involve
the targeting of kids in their classrooms. Whether they call themselves
climate skeptics or climate realists, the goal of climate deniers at the
Heartland Institute is to misinform the public including our children. Read more »

ACADEMIC DEGREES

For the last seven years the Universitas Indonesia has been ranking
institutions of higher learning in terms of sustainability. The ranking
is called the UI GreenMetric World University Ranking.

The idea of this ranking system was born out of a 2009 conference hosted
by the school. The “International Conference on World University
Rankings” addressed the fact that many school rankings failed to include
carbon reduction efforts.
Read more »

15 Greenest US Colleges & Universities (2017)

BestColleges.com has named the top 15 US colleges and universities in
2017 based upon AASHE’s ratings. Each year the Association for the
Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) creates a list
of green schools that have engaged in successful eco-initiatives
on-campus and within their surrounding communities. AASHE’s list of green schools is consistent with their efforts to
coordinate and strengthen campus sustainability efforts. Although this
list is not endorsed by AASHE, it does rely on the organization’s STARS
ratings. Read more »
 

The majority of the world’s green schools can be found in a handful of countries. According to Eduniversal
rankings of the best sustainable development
and environmental management masters degrees some countries stand out
both for the number of schools offering green masters degrees and for
their respective positions within this ranking system. When broken down
into regions GreenMetric’s top 50
gives Europe the edge with 22 universities followed by North America
with 13 universities. The Far East has 9 universities in the top 50.
Latin America, Australia and the Middle East came in 4th, 5th and 6th
with 3, 2, and 1 universities respectively. Read more »