2014 September/October Sierra Magazine

2014 September/October

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Feature

America's Greenest Colleges 2014: The Top 10

The colleges at the top of our annual "Cool Schools" ranking have sustainability woven into their very culture

By Avital Andrews

September 1, 2014

A detail of Pam Longobardi's 20-foot-long Economies of Scale (2013), made from plastic debris the artist found in oceans from Greece to Alaska.
Cool Schools 2014

Can Art Schools Save the Planet?

Art professors and students lit fires under the civil rights and antiwar movements. Can they do the same for environmentalism?

By Amy Westervelt

July 25, 2014

The 500-foot exhaust stack of the Mohave Generating Station in Laughlin, Nevada, was felled by explosives on March 11, 2011.
Feature

Falling Stock

As renewables get cheaper and climate risks grow, Wall Street sours on the coal industry

By Richard Martin

July 25, 2014

Stanford’s decision to divest its $18.7 billion endowment of coal stocks is a narrow response to the Fossil Free movement, but it carries a lot of clout.
Feature

Financial Statement

Universities divest from fossil fuel stocks—with varying degrees of commitment.

By Reed McManus

July 25, 2014

Will off-grid solar fix India's energy problem?
Feature

Waiting for Light

Will off-grid solar fix India's energy problem?

Text and photographs by Jake Abrahamson

July 25, 2014