What is REED?
In the fall of 2009, Green Mountain College is introducing the Renewable Energy and EcoDesign (REED) certificate, an undergraduate program designed to help you explore the renewable energy and green building fields. It reflects the same characteristics as GMC’s award-winning Environmental Liberal Arts curriculum: the program is field-based and interdisciplinary. As a GMC undergraduate, you can complete the REED program during your four years and still fulfill all the requirements for your major and minor programs. REED is open to students in any major. You don’t have to be on track to enter graduate school in design or engineering, although the REED certificate will help you get there. REED provides all students with a great foundation in understanding sustainability issues associated with energy and the built environment. Upon graduation, a REED certificate on your resume will show that your rich interdisciplinary education included background in sustainability, energy and design, ass