Middlebury one of Sierra Club’s top 10 "Cool Schools"

Middlebury one of Sierra Club’s top 10 “Cool Schools”: “Middlebury College, the school that spawned the national Step It Up protests against global warming is all about energy—in both senses of the word. Students lobbied hard for the $11 million biomass plant now being built, which will be a big player in making Middlebury College carbon neutral by 2016. They’ve also convinced residence halls to lower their thermostats two degrees in the winter; exchanged more than 2,000 incandescent lightbulbs for energy-efficient ones; and worked with the college’s ski facility, the Snow Bowl, to offset its carbon dioxide emissions.”

Note: Middlebury is #6 on the list.