American Campuses Get Greener Than Ever – Kaplan College Guide – MSNBC.com

American Campuses Get Greener Than Ever – MSNBC.com: “As vigorously as colleges are encouraging students to research environmental problems, students are prodding colleges to purchase renewable energy and set ambitious carbon targets. In part because of student lobbying, Middlebury College in Vermont adopted a goal of carbon neutrality by 2016, says Nan Jenks-Jay, dean of environmental affairs. ‘Students were telling us, ‘You’re not doing enough’,’ she says. Undergrads at dozens of schools have gone so far as to vote for increases in their activities fees to help finance green initiatives.”