Today's students are going green and the move towards a sustainable future is impacting many of their decisions, including college and career choices.
    As a result, the new Kaplan College Guide 2009 for the first time focuses on environmentally responsible schools and green careers.
     Released today, the Guide features 25 green private and public colleges from across the nation. The section provides students with a look inside the classroom, around campus, and at student life, while shining a spotlight on what's good for the globe at each college.
     The Guide also profiles 10 hot green careers - from environmental engineering to geothermal development - and includes interviews with professionals from each. The green schools and careers profiles are not rankings. Instead, they give students interested in sustainability and conservation well-researched ideas and a cross-section of options.
     Specific areas examined include: environmentally responsible campus projects; initiatives and courses offered; organizations and student groups on campus; and achievements noted in the Sustainable Endowments Institute's College Sustainability Report Card 2008. The list highlights schools whose efforts reflect a commitment to long-term sustainability and to encouraging students to make better choices.
     When compiling the 10 hottest green careers list, Kaplan surveyed the course of study of hundreds of undergraduate students, then compared selections against the fastest-growing, most competitive global industries tracked by the U.S. Department of Labor.   The 25 green schools (alpha order) are:   Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ   Bates College, Lewiston, ME   Berea College, Berea, KY   Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME   Carleton College, Northfield, MN   Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA   College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME   Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH   Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA   Duke University, Durham, NC   Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI   Harvard University, Cambridge, MA   Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA   Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT   Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH   Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR   Penn State University, University Park, PA   Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA   Tufts University, Medford, MA   University of California, UC system   University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH   University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC   University of Vermont, Burlington, VT   University of Washington, Seattle, WA   Yale University, New Haven, CT   The 10 hot green careers are:   Environmental conservation   Environmental design   Environmental engineering   Environmental science   Geothermal development   Green interior design   Hydrology   Organic agriculture   Solar energy engineering   Transportation systems planning
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