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Green Mind Control Bethany Stotts, April 29, 2010 A review of the Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges shows that environmental “literacy” has become a mandatory education component at over three dozen “green” colleges, with entries for 37 of the 286 campuses indicating that these schools have an “environmental literacy requirement” for the student body. As examples given in the guide show, environmental “literacy” includes not only learning about environmental issues but teaching students to adopt green lifestyles and how to reduce their carbon footprint: For example, the guide states that at New England College “…every NEC student receives...

37 Green Indoctrinators Bethany Stotts, April 29, 2010 My column today discusses how, according to The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges, the 37 colleges and universities listed below have an “environmental literacy requirement” for all students. In the dorms, student groups enforce “green” behavior such as reducing one’s carbon footprint. “[The University of Maine’s] new student orientation includes sustainability programming, and Eco Reps in residence halls coordinate recycling programs and lead other environmental initiatives,” states the guide. At the University of Northern Iowa, “UNI Energy! is a student organization that energizes students in residence halls to calculate their...