For students wanting to ensure that their school, or prospective one, is effectively implementing sustainability efforts, the Green Report Card is a mandatory stop. Its home page summarizes some of the most recent data, and provides quick links to key information.

The site features a tabbed navigation system, which does a rather fine job of containing a vast array of data. Visitors can view results by year, rankings, institution, and so on. Additionally, they are invited to take part and help the program do its work.

A number of North American post secondary institutions are profiled on an annual basis, with their results compiled and documented in detail on the website. Curious parties can then review key information, including methodology, indicators, and so on.

For those more interested in schools within a particular geographic region, the interactive map serves as a useful means of sorting through institutions. Color coded tags make it easy to scan, while also providing a visual representation for how areas are performing relative to their neighboring states/regions.

Data collectors compile information on each school’s sustainability practices, and then feed this data into the web app, where it is parsed, tallied, and made more palatable to view on category-delineated pages like this one.

Pictured (from left to right): Compare functions allow users to contrast one school against the next; information about the organization and its practices are presented in a highly transparent fashion; the Green Report Card’s look and feel as applied in its Twitter theme.