| Goucher Earns an A- on Sustainability Report Card |
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MICUA Matters Spring 2011
Goucher College is getting greener, according to the Sustainable Endowments Institute. The institute raised Goucher’s grade for sustainability efforts to an A- in its annual College Sustainability Report Card. Goucher earned As in five categories. The University of Maryland, College Park was the only other institution in Maryland to receive the report card’s highest grade.
Now in its fifth year, the report card examines the sustainability of each participant’s environmental practices, policies, academics, and endowment. The 2011 report card assessed the efforts of 322 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada based on 52 indicators that fall within nine main categories—Administration, Climate Change and Energy, Food and Recycling, Green Building, Student Involvement, Transportation, Endowment Transparency, Investment Priorities, and Shareholder Engagement.
Since signing the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment in 2007, the Goucher College community has made important strides in efforts to become more environmentally sustainable. The College has completed a campus-wide greenhouse gas emissions inventory, partnered with Zipcar, purchased Renewable Energy Certificates, began composting all the food waste in the dining halls, and started a new major in environmental studies, among other initiatives.
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