Sustainable Universities fall in two

Sustainable Universities falls into to two schools (note the pun).
1) Those that have greener campuses in terms of reduced usage of resources and renewable resources.
2) Those that teach sustainability programs academically.
Of course, doing both is entirely possible… and even highly synergistic.

Here’s a few sources of Green campus and green(er) universities:

Plus there has been some rather interesting reports on the topic in August of 2014. So this list should be updated soon.
Keywords: Best Universities, Green Education, renewable energy, sustainability, sustainable education, sustainUcation 

First published on www.SustainUcation.com, here.

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