<p>It’s a lot quicker to list the courses or professors at Swarthmore that are not highly regarded. Most of the courses and profs range from pretty good to excellent.</p>
<p>Environmental studies is offered as an interdisciplinary minor at Swarthmore. Professors from Bio, Engineering, Poli Sci, Econ, Religion, English, teach Environmental Studies courses. For example, Mark Wallace of the Religion department has written a book about how the answers to the world’s ecology can be found in religious teachings. </p>
<p>The school as a whole takes environmental issues pretty seriously. From LEEDS certification for the new science center to plant covered roofs on the new dorm building to purchasing a third of the school’s electricty from wind farms.</p>
<p>An Environmental engineering class was assigned the project of calculating the carbon offset cost of alumni weekend. The alumni were then asked to make a donation to raise that dollar amount, which is being used to replace EXIT signs across campus with LED signage.</p>