2: Green Mountain College: America's Top Ten Coolest Schools

TOP TEN: AMERICA'S COOLEST SCHOOLS

Courtesy of Andy Duback

Cattle helped Green Mountain, in Poultney, Vermont, achieve climate neutrality. The school gets upward of half its energy from Central Vermont Cow Power, a utility that harnesses biogas from manure. Above, students learn to drive GMC's oxen for spring plowing. The school's agricultural projects are an experiment in fossil-free farming—instead of tractors, draft animals do much of the work. Score: 81.1

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