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Top Ten Greenest Colleges in the U.S., 2010

The Sierra Club selected the top ten most environmentally friendly colleges and universities in the country. Results are based on clean-energy purchases, green-building policies, bike facilities, food served in dorms, and recognition by environmental organizations, among other factors.

Rank	School
1.	Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT
2.	Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
3.	Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
4.	University of Washington, Seattle, WA
5.	Stanford University, Stanford, CA
6.	University of California, Irvine
7.	Northland College, Ashland, WI
8.	Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
9.	College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
10.	Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

Source: The Sierra Club. Web: Sierra Club

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