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    • September/October 2009

    2009 September/October

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    Sierra's third annual list of America's greenest colleges and universities
    Cool Schools 2009

    Honor Roll: Top 20 Cool Schools 2009

    Sierra's third annual list of America's greenest colleges and universities

    By Avital Andrews

    September 27, 2009

    Graduating trainees at Solar Richmond, a green-collar job program in California's Bay Area, celebrate a successful installation.
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    All Worked Up

    The new issue in environmental justice: paychecks

    By Katherine Glover

    September 1, 2009

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    Cool Schools 2009 Full Ranking
    Cool Schools 2009

    Cool Schools 2009 Full Ranking

    The complete list of Sierra's 2009 Cool Schools participants

    September 27, 2009

    Game-day pollution: going, going, gone
    Cool Schools 2009

    Environment 1, Pollution 0

    Game-day pollution: going, going, gone

    By Kathleen Nye Flynn

    September 30, 2009

    Sierra's third annual list of America's greenest colleges and universities
    Cool Schools 2009

    Honor Roll: Top 20 Cool Schools 2009

    Sierra's third annual list of America's greenest colleges and universities

    By Avital Andrews

    September 27, 2009

    Kicking Coal Off Campus
    Cool Schools 2009

    Kicking Coal Off Campus

    Filth is Flunking

    By Frances Cerra Whittelsey

    September 30, 2009

    A comprehensive guide to the most eco-enlightened U.S. colleges
    Cool Schools 2009

    Live (Green) and Learn

    A comprehensive guide to the most eco-enlightened U.S. colleges

    By Avital Andrews

    September 29, 2009

    Green jobs
    Cool Schools 2009

    What's Next: Green Jobs

    You Got Your Environmental Studies Degree. Now What?

    By Lea Hartog

    September 30, 2009

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