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Webpages:

Beech Hill Farm
www.coa.edu/farms/beech-hill-farm/
Peggy Rockefeller Farms
www.coa.edu/farms/peggy-rockefeller-farms/
Farming & Food Systems
www.coa.edu/academics/areas-of-study/farming-food-systems/

Stories:

NEWS

Built for good: new academic sites in Maine showcase world’s most rigorous energy standards [Mainebiz]

College of the Atlantic’s Davis Center for Human Ecology meets the most rigorous global standards for energy use and sustainability.
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COA named #1 green college for fifth year running

Citing College of the Atlantic’s waste diversion efforts, regional food consumption, and sustainability-focused academics, The Princeton Review ranks COA at the top of their 2020-21 Top 50 Green Colleges list. The college has held the #1 position since 2016.
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Institutions of sustainable learning: Which U.S. colleges are greenest? [The Environmental Magazine]

College of the Atlantic tops the Greenest College List for the third year running due to focus on sustainability throughout academic offerings, campus policies, initiatives, activities, and career preparation for students.

Courses:

Faculty:

Gray Cox

Faculty, Philosophy, Peace Studies, & Language Learning
Jay Friedlander

Faculty, Sustainable Business
Reuben Hudson

Faculty, Chemistry

Residences:

Kathryn W. Davis Village