Partner Profile

The Evergreen State College
Location	Olympia, WA
Organization Type	Education (Higher)
Percentage Green Power	100%
Organization-wide Purchase	Yes
Partner Profile The Evergreen State College's commitment to sustainability and green power is clear with the college's exceptional commitment to 100 percent green power usage on campus. The campus Clean Energy Campaign consisted of a coalition of student groups who led the effort with college staff support. Evergreen students voted overwhelmingly in December of 2004 to go green — enacting a student fee of one dollar per credit to purchase green power from renewable sources in the northwest region through the utility's Green Power program, putting theory into practice. The revenue collected from the student fee covers the cost of 100 percent of campus electricity being green. In a unique move, students also proposed that ten percent of the revenue collected from the student green energy fee will be invested into a fund for campus projects advancing renewable energy. The student proposal was approved by Evergreen's Board of Trustees as a part of the college's biennial budget in June, 2005.