Green Mountain College Tops Sierra Club’s ‘Coolest Schools’ List

Sierra magazine has released its annual list of the "Coolest Schools" in the U.S. — a roster of colleges and universities that the publication scored the highest in combatting climate change and teaching students about sustainability.

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Don’t Just Watch the Disaster in the Gulf Unfold, Do Something to Help

A Brown Pelican covered in oil floats in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo by Julie Dermansky. If you’re like me, you might be getting tired of seeing all the terrible images of the BP oil disaster and not being able to do anything about it.

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let’s get political.

You’ve changed your lightbulbs and switched to non-toxic cleaners, but if you’re looking to help make some bigger changes, it’s time to get political. This site is all about small changes that add up to make a big difference, the way every single vote in an election adds up to declare a winner. Use your voting power and your voice to help influence environmental policies in your school, your office and other parts of your community.

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dig deeper.

These days, it’s more than just sexy to be green — it’s trendy too. While we think it’s great environmentalism has gone mainstream, it also means it’s a little harder to wade through the not-so-green stuff to get to the real deal.

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Are Professionalized Environmentalists the Problem?

Image credit: Sierra Club Not long ago I was musing about the futility of painting those whose actions or politics we oppose as eco-villains —the subtext being that civilized debate and even (gasp!) compromise might get us further than conflict and grandstanding. But flicking through the pages of the UTNE Reader this weekend, I read an alternative viewpoint. Maybe the mainstreaming/mellowing of environmentalism is exactly why we are making such slow progress.

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Transformer Furniture: Sofa Becomes Punching Bag

We love transformer furniture, where a single item serves multiple functions; we are particularly fond of transformers that give you a workout. Designer Tobias Fraenzel, known to TreeHugger for his wonderful ping pong door tries his hand at a different sport: boxing…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Coal Fight Night: Sierra Club Vs. Peabody Next Week in St. Louis

About 84 percent of Missouri’s energy comes from coal, the “most dangerous substance” known to man, according to Bill McKibben. The state’s heavy reliance on coal makes it an interesting venue for next week’s live streamed debate between Fred Palmer, VP of Governmental Relations at Peabody Energy and Bruce Nilles, director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, moderated by Bryan Walsh of Time Magazine.

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Sierra Club Offers A Trip To Hawaii For An "Eco Hero"

The venerable Sierra Club has launched its first iPhone application, which allows users to pledge to do a variety of things for the environment like plant a tree or cook an organic meal. Pledgers are automatically entered into a contest to win a roundtrip airfare for two, lodging, and a full-day tour of Volcanoes National Park, all for becoming what the Club dubs an “Eco Hero.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Rumble in the Lumberyard: Major Environmental Groups Support FSC

Monte Paulson’s series in the Tyee on the battle over certified lumber concluded with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) accusing the US Green Building Council, administrators of LEED, of ” a conspiracy to monopolize ” while the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) says that proposed changes in LEED would be “a huge step backward. Now the major green NGOs have weighed in, with a letter to Rick Fedrizzi of the US Green Building Council. The Sierra Club, Greenp..

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The Sierra Club (and the Planet) Will Miss Greg Haegele

For several years now, Treehugger readers have been reading weekly posts from my colleague and dear friend Greg Haegele, Deputy Executive Director here at the Sierra Club.

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