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Table of Contents: September/October 2012
Cover: Artwork by CHARLES WILLIAMS/AGENCYRUSH
THE TOP 10 Sierra's sixth annual ranking of America's greenest universities. AVITAL ANDREWS
THE WIZARD OF OBERLIN David Orr wants to turn everything emerald. First in his college town, then across the world. BOB SIPCHEN
DROP OUT OR STAY IN? Two young eco-geniuses chose separate paths. CAROLYN COTNEY & JAKE ABRAHAMSON
INVESTING IN THE FUTURE Venture capitalists mine schools for clean-tech entrepreneurs. AVITAL ANDREWS
COAL ON CAMPUS #FAIL Sierra Student Coalition activists push schools to clean up their acts.
MAKE LIGHT At India's Barefoot College, unschooled women from all over the world become solar engineers. NATALYA SAVKA
STRIP MINE HOLIDAY Climbing and kayaking fixed Fayetteville's economy, but now a mountaintop-removal mine might bust it again. JESSE WOOD
KEEPING BUGS (AND BEARS) AT BAY Eco-repellents that really work, including a DIY mosquito spray. MICHAEL FRANK
SPOUT College daze
LETTERS What our readers have to say
CREATE Closeted conservationists
ENJOY º Green gummies º Jessica Alba: Loves kids, hates chemicals º Pimp your dorm room
REPURPOSE Shampoo bottle into cellphone holder
ASK MR. GREEN Organic or local?
ACT Tracking food scandals in China
EXPLORE Geirangerfjord, Norway
MIXED MEDIA The creative side of clean energy
GRAPPLE º Don't know much about climate change º Critter: Original Blue Bloods º The world's coal stack º Let's all eat bugs º Worst. Congress. Ever. º Up to Speed
ESCAPE To an Ecuadoran rainforest
SURVIVE You're deep in the woods when a tree catches fire. Now what?
INNOVATE Juicing cars vs. electric roadways
COMFORT ZONE World's coolest student center
BULLETIN º Nurse shows kids wild time º Dancing polar bears
LAST WORDS The ants go marching