The Sustainable Endowments Institute has recently released it’s annual Green Report Card of the nation’s universities. The Institute was founded in 2005 and is a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers. According to the Institute:
The College Sustainability Report Card is the only comparative evaluation of campus and endowment sustainability activities at colleges and universities in the United States and in Canada. In contrast to an academic focus on sustainability in research and teaching, the Report Card examines colleges and universities, as institutions, through the lens of sustainability.
The Report Card is designed to identify colleges and universities that are leaders in sustainability. The aim is to provide accessible information for schools to learn from each other’s experiences and establish more effective sustainability practices.
How did participating Oregon Universities do?
More detailed information on Oregon State University here, University of Oregon here, Oregon Institute of Technology here, Lewis and Clark College here, Reed College here, and Willamette University here.
Apparently Portland State University didn’t provide information for the survey. We hope next year some of those grades will improve and PSU will take part.
