An Education in Green Living, DownEast
The latest issue of DownEast Magazine includes a great article called An Education in Green Livingabout education for sustainability efforts going on at Maine’s colleges and universities.
The article notes that fifteen Maine institutions have signed the ACUPCC – that’s about half of all of Maine’s the colleges and universities, and they represent about 75% of the students in the state.
The following schools are highlighted in the article (listed here with links to their pages on the ACUPCC reporting system): Unity College, College of the Atlantic, Bowdoin College, University of Maine, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Colby College, and the University of Southern Maine.
The article highlights Unity’s solar road trip, UM Presque Isle’s wind turbine, Bowdoin’s LEED certified hockey rink, UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, COA’sSustainable Business Program, and many other exciting initiatives going on in the State. Read the full article here.