{"id":14468,"date":"2012-06-01T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=14468"},"modified":"2012-06-01T06:00:24","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T12:00:24","slug":"top-green-colleges-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/top-green-colleges-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top Green Colleges &amp; Universities in the US [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, we published a (very popular) \u00a0post on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2009\/08\/12-greenest-colleges-and-universities-in-the-us\/\">US&#8217; greenest college and universities<\/a>. As campus sustainability has taken off around the world, and more schools are making strides towards lower environmental footprints, that post probably needs updating. So, we were thrilled when we got word about this new infographic with new information on which schools are &#8220;making the grade&#8221; on the sustainability front.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look, and, like before, if you believe there&#8217;s a college or university not receiving recognition it deserves, let us know about it: leave your suggestions in the comments. (Click on the image for a larger version.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinecolleges.net\/2012\/05\/31\/the-greenest-college-campuses\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/infographics\/Greenest-Colleges-800.png\" alt=\"The Greenest College Campuses\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCompiled By: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinecolleges.net\">Online Colleges Guide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think your college or university is pretty green? Check out this new infographic on the best schools for implementing sustainability on campus, and see if your alma mater made the cut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":14469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1007,254,4961,446,3298],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Green Colleges &amp; Universities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More schools are touting their &quot;green cred,&quot; but which colleges &amp; universities are really making the grade in terms of sustainability?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/top-green-colleges-universities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Green Colleges &amp; 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