According to the results of Sierra Club’s latest “Cool Schools” rankings, Midwestern institutions of higher education lag far behind Western and Northeastern schools in the pursuit of sustainability.
The region stretching from North Dakota down to Kansas and across to Ohio has just one representative in the top 22 most sustainable campuses: Wisconsin’s Northland College, at number seven. Out of all 162 schools in the rankings, 34 are in the Midwest. Out of the list’s top 50 schools, just six come from the Midwest.
The Midwest still surpasses the sordid South, which has 24 schools on the list. The West has 46, and the Northeast leads the way with 58.
The Midwest’s fatal flaw is its addiction to dirty energy. read more
Welcome to the OSEC blog!
That’s right people, the Ohio Student Environmental Coalition now has a blog. Welcome! What is it for, you might ask? Well, I’ll tell you: I imagine that the blog will be used for a number of things. For one, it’s a great place for campus and community organizers to post up[...]