Do you hug trees? Pick up litter on campus? Drive a hybrid bike? Well good for you. College campus’ tend to lean on the liberal side anyway so it seems like ranking something Green Colleges seems pretty redundant. Still as douchey as you might feel, helping out the planet does have its advantages.

As she pedaled an elliptical exercise machine at the University of Oregon, Wen Lee’s face lit up like the light bulbs she was powering. “I could run my television with this,” the environmental studies graduate student said between breaths, making the three bulbs on the stand in front of her glow brighter as part of a demonstration of renewable people power.