If you’ve got kids who are interested in finding a green college or you’re considering heading back to school, GreenReportCard.org will come in handy. GreenReportCard.org rates hundreds of U.S. and Canadian schools on their sustainability and then provide consumers with in-depth sustainability profiles to browse.

The site rates colleges on issues like…

Administration and policy.
Climate change impact and energy use.
Food and recycling issues.
Green building aspects.
Student involvement when it comes to green issues.
Transportation.
And more.

I looked up one of the colleges I attended, the University of New Mexico (UNM), and it got a grade of B in 2009, higher than in 2008, which …read more

It’s Sunday, which means it’s time for our lovely weekly round-up of posts we hope you read, but if you missed them the first time around, well, here they are again.

First up we have two current Tree Hugging contests happening:

For kids – A Cute & Reusable Kid’s Shopping Bag from Envirosax Contest
And for parents & babies – BabyBam Collection contest

This week the biggest Tree Hugging focus was likely our look at consumerism, materialism, and how it all relates to kids and green living. We had some good conversations about this going on, so don’t miss any of these posts:

Raising Green …read more