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COA Tops Green College List for Third Year Running

College of the Atlantic’s commitment to sustainability—through grassroots campus initiatives, community governance, and innovative academics—wins the college the #1 spot on The Princeton Review Guide to 399 Green Colleges for the third year in a row.
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Sustainability Opportunities Abound at College of the Atlantic

COA’s pioneering, trans-disciplinary curriculum is ranked among the Top 10 for integrating sustainability education, according to the 2018 Sustainable Campus Index, a publication featuring high-impact and innovative initiatives from colleges and universities worldwide.
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Energy Retrofit is All-Hands Effort

There’s plenty of opportunity to get involved with practical energy work and apply knowledge from sustainability classes as students join College of the Atlantic’s Community Energy Center for a significant energy retrofit of one of the school’s buildings.