UC Davis Makes List of Top 10 Greenist Schools

Photo courtesy of Karin Higgins/University of California, Davis, via Sierra Magazine

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Sierra Magazine has released it annual rankings of thegreenist universities in the country. Of 153 schools ranked, UC Davis came in at #2.

Here’s what Sierra Magazine said:

UC Davis’s academic programs stand out for their environmental focus. The school offers nearly 300 undergraduate classes about sustainability, plus specialized institutes, like the Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory (which just netted $10 million from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to study delta smelt). Aggies get ample opportunity for field research and have access to professors who regularly deliver game­-changing findings. A third of residence-­hall food comes from sustainable sources, and 70 percent of the produce is organic or comes from within 250 miles (or both). Above, senior U Teng Long discusses her energy-­efficient lamp design with Michael Michael Siminovitch, who directs the school’s California Lighting Technology Center.

And the complete TOP 10:

1. UC Irvine
2. UC Davis
3. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
4. Colorado State University
5. Oberlin College
6. University of Connecticut
7. UC San Diego
8. University of Washington, Seattle
9. Lewis & Clark College
10. UC Berkeley