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Cool Schools
Our annual honor roll of colleges that not only teach about a better world but also do something about it. With runners-up.
EDITED BY AVITAL BINSHTOCK AND MICHAEL FOX
Online exclusive! Get the complete rankings for the third annual Cool Schools survey, then listen to Avital Binshtock, Sierra magazine's lifestyle editor, on Sierra Club Radio discussing how and why we ranked the schools.
March for Survival
Kids from New York City seek kinship with endangered turtles in Puerto Rico.
ERIKA HAYASAKI
All Worked Up
Jockeying for justice as the new-energy economy takes off.
KATHERINE GLOVER
A Short History of Bright Ideas
Clean energy sources, as they were, are, and might be.
DAN OKO
Parks as Arks
In a warming world, national parks become labs where species learn how to survive.
JOAN HAMILTON
Gloryland
Fictional buffalo soldier meets ornery grizzly.
SHELTON JOHNSON
DEPARTMENTS
Spout
Innovation that pins you to your seat
Create
Clean slate for Copenhagen
Enjoy
º Tasting cereal seriously
º NASCAR's eco-agitator
º Poor misunderstood hemp
Hey Mr. Green
Are digital photos really cleaner than film?
Innovate
Air travel's new flight plan
Explore
Be like a bear in North Carolina
Act
Wastwater without the waste