{"id":786,"date":"2017-08-17T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/semba\/?p=786"},"modified":"2017-08-21T12:15:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T16:15:20","slug":"uvm-rated-a-top-green-university-by-princeton-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/2017\/08\/17\/uvm-rated-a-top-green-university-by-princeton-review\/","title":{"rendered":"UVM Rated A Top Green University by Princeton Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the Editors<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The University of Vermont is one of only 24 universities nationwide to make the Princeton Review\u2019s \u201cGreen Rating Honor Roll\u201d in recognition of sustainability-related practices, policies and academic offerings. From the University&#8217;s press release:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe schools on our Green Rating Honor Roll demonstrated a truly exceptional commitment to sustainability across critical areas we looked at \u2014 from course offerings and recycling programs to plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions,\u201d said Robert Franek, the Princeton Review\u2019s editor-in-chief. \u201cWe salute their administrators, faculty and students for their collective efforts to protect and preserve our environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Franek noted the increasing interest among students in attending \u201cgreen\u201d colleges. Among nearly 10,500 college applicants the Princeton Review surveyed in 2017 for its College Hopes &amp; Worries Survey, 64 percent said having information about a college\u2019s commitment to the environment would impact their decision to apply to or attend a school.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cUVM\u2019s Green Rating scores show the results of our individual and collective decisions to live more sustainably,\u201d\u00a0Gioia Thompson, UVM&#8217;s director of the office of sustainability,\u00a0said. \u201cThe interviews of students show how strongly students identify UVM as a place where people act in support of sustainability locally and globally.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUVM\u2019s status as a green school is a core part of our identity and definitely contributes to our appeal for prospective students,\u201d said Stacey Kostell, vice president for enrollment management. \u201cThe Princeton Review Honor Roll designation is a confirmation of what those of us who are part of the university see every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Criteria for Green Rating<\/strong><br \/>\nGreen Rating scores are based on data obtained in 2016-17 from colleges responding to the American Association for Sustainability in Higher Education\u2019s (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS). Earlier this year, UVM earned a STARS Gold rating.<\/p>\n<p>UVM earned a top score for its achievements, which included the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Its offering of multiple sustainability-focused degrees, including Environmental Studies, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Sustainable Innovation MBA, and Community Development &amp; Applied Economics.<\/li>\n<li>Its alternative transportation options, including free transit passes and a bicycle-sharing program with bike storage, shower facilities, and lockers for bicycle commuters.<\/li>\n<li>Its waste practices and policies. Forty-five percent of UVM\u2019s solid waste was diverted from landfills through reuse, recycling, and composting.<\/li>\n<li>Its commitment to \u201creal food.\u201d 21 percent of UVM\u2019s food was certified as local, organic, fair trade or humanely raised.<\/li>\n<li>Its public greenhouse gas emissions inventory and climate action plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UVM\u2019s Office of Sustainability keeps track of sustainability data and oversees UVM\u2019s Eco-Reps program. The Eco-Reps program cultivates environmental responsibility by training student leaders to promote sustainable practices (like the daily experiences of recycling, using active transportation, eating local\/organic food, and contributing to energy efficiency) at the university and encourage environmentally responsible behaviors among peers.<\/p>\n<p>Gioia Thompson, director of the Office of Sustainability, gives credit to the UVM community for the Princeton Review designation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUVM\u2019s Green Rating scores show the results of our individual and collective decisions to live more sustainably,\u201d she said. \u201cThe interviews of students show how strongly students identify UVM as a place where people act in support of sustainability locally and globally.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Editors The University of Vermont is one of only 24 universities nationwide to make the Princeton Review\u2019s \u201cGreen Rating Honor Roll\u201d in recognition of sustainability-related practices, policies and academic offerings. From the University&#8217;s press release: \u201cThe schools on our Green Rating Honor Roll demonstrated a truly exceptional commitment to sustainability across critical areas &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/2017\/08\/17\/uvm-rated-a-top-green-university-by-princeton-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;UVM Rated A Top Green University by Princeton Review&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4489,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[163314,426994,221,425248],"tags":[17503,41478,4433,551],"class_list":["post-786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-us","category-awards","category-environment","category-green-leap","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-innovation","tag-sustainability","tag-vermont"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8b9n0-cG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":788,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}