Don’t you just love when you’re cleaning your apartment or dorm room and you manage to find all kinds of stuff under the couch cushions? It could be money, pens, keys, or maybe even that credit card you’d been looking all over the place for. No matter what, it brightens your day just a bit. That’s the essence of what this weekly post will be about. It will just be a collection of links to posts and articles that will be coming from my favorite college-geared websites that I try …
One of the easiest ways to start incorporating sustainable living into your own life is to acquire a plant or two – which means you are literally going green. By making a couple of informed decisions, taking care of plants in your college room will be easy as pie. You can find plants very inexpensively (check out a farmer’s market, ask for a cutting of a neighbor’s plant, borrow one from your mom, find one on sale) and depending on what you get could save you money as well, like …
Don’t you just love when you’re cleaning your apartment or dorm room and you manage to find all kinds of stuff under the couch cushions? It could be money, pens, keys, or maybe even that credit card you’d been looking all over the place for. No matter what, it brightens your day just a bit. That’s the essence of what this weekly post will be about. It will just be a collection of links to posts and articles that will be coming from my favorite college-geared websites that I try …
With a new school year comes new living arrangements and usually many changes in lifestyles. This year, my roommate and I are trying to live sustainably. We have a two-person apartment (still owned by our university, but it feels like our own place), so we have much more control over what we do. Follow along with us as we try to compost, recycle, reuse, keep our lights off and showers short, garden, cook, go to the farmers’ market, clean, remember our reusable bags, and everything else that could be deemed …
Don’t you just love when you’re cleaning your apartment or dorm room and you manage to find all kinds of stuff under the couch cushions? It could be money, pens, keys, or maybe even that credit card you’d been looking all over the place for. No matter what, it brightens your day just a bit. That’s the essence of what this weekly post will be about. It will just be a collection of links to posts and articles that will be coming from my favorite college-geared websites that I try …
Keeping Costs Down When Moving to College
Here are a few tips to eliminate some expenses when moving to school. Not all of these may work for you (and you’ve probably thought of a few others!), but hopefully they will help you out a little bit during this crazy move-in time!
• Boxes: Ask for boxes from your local grocery store. I say grocery store because they receive so much produce that arrives in boxes. Many places will either just throw these boxes out or recycle them, so before you buy boxes …
As you all are probably already aware, the real world has seriously cramped my blogging time and creativity. So, that explains the sheer lack of posts over the last months. In an effort to get things back on track, I have sought out new contributers for the site. I’m excited for the fresh ideas and writing that these people will bring to the site. If you’re interested in writing, please contact me! My first new contributer for the site is Maria Schwartzman, and she is going to rock! She’s fabulous …
