Sarah Hammond Creighton holds a B.S. in Physics from Bates College and an M.S. in Environmental Policy and Civil and Environmental Engineering from Tufts. Previously she was Project Manager of Tufts CLEAN!, a program to reduce Tufts University's environmental impacts and Energy Conservation Planner for the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management.

    Her book, Greening the Ivory Tower: Improving the Environmental Track Record of Universities, Colleges and Other Institutions, is a motivational and how-to guide for staff, faculty, and students that offers detailed "greening" strategies for those who may have little experience with institutional change or environmentally friendly technologies.