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The green nitty gritty: whittling down the college list.

With all the posh accoutrements on campuses today, students are as likely to choose a school for its gourmet food and weight rooms as for its academic programs. The green-minded student has just as many factors to consider when facing the mountain of applications. Here are a few schools' green achievements to weigh when making your decision. Many colleges have hybrid cars in their fleets, recycling bins around campus and compact fluorescent lights. But others go much further, challenging the wasteful status quo:

1. Burn, Baby, Burn. This fall, Middlebury College in Vermont is set to start operating its $11 million biomass plant, which should cut the college's greenhouse ...

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