September/October 2010

2010 September/October

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Cool Schools 2010: The Top 100 Schools
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The Top 100 Cool Schools

Our fourth annual list of America's greenest campuses

September 26, 2010

Community gardens are, by definition, welcoming places.| Photo by Sara Stathas
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Planting Seeds

In New York's urban core, pastoral dreams take root

September 7, 2010

In China, on-campus environmentalism is a young but ever-growing movement. And it starts with the students.
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First Steps

In China, on-campus environmentalism is a young but ever-growing movement. And it starts with the students.

By Adam Minter

September 28, 2010

Cow manure becomes cost-effective horsepower thanks to engineering technology professor Eric Leonhardt. And his biogas is cheaper than a gallon of milk.
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The Latest From the Labs

University researchers around the country are leading us back to the future

By Edward Humes

September 28, 2010