Ten Ways to Green Your College Experience

With fall right around the corner young adults and older adults everywhere are getting ready for college. College can be a good experience, but it can also be a wasteful one. Here are 10 tips for greening your college experience this fall.

1. Green your college: It’s a little late, but if you haven’t chosen a school yet, learn how to find your perfect green college with listings of the most sustainable colleges in the U.S. and Canada or see how your college choice stacks up. Also see Kaplan’s list of 25 green colleges, or Sierra Club’s list of 10 climate change savvy Cool Schools.
2. Green your dorm: Take a look at these handy shopping lists; the Green Dorm Shopping List, the Eco Dorm Decor & Storage Ideas List, or read How To Green Your Dorm Room.
3. Green your course of study: Learn about the hottest green careers before you plan your classes and find schools that offer environmental college programs of your choice.
4. Green your backpack: Three good green eco-backpack choices… Ecogear Genius series; Simple Overload; Voltaic solar bags.
5. Green your laptop: Learn about how to buy a more eco-friendly pc and the most eco-friendly electronic companies to purchase your laptop from. Also learn 10 Easy Ways to Run Your Laptop Without Electricity, and see simple ways to green your overall computer use.
6. Green your meals: If you’ve got the option choose organic and vegetarian options at the cafeteria or on the go. Because you’re busy it’s smart to stock up on healthy green essentials or you’ll forever be making tracks to taco bell – not healthy or green. See Dorm-Sweet-Dorm’s green and healthy food care packages for snack ideas. See some easy and healthy one pot meal options. If you’re taking your lunch with you choose a waste-free lunch bag like Built NY’s lunch tote.
7. Green your actions: View Grist’s guide to eco-activism on campus.
8. Green your supplies: See ten green back-to-school supplies and visit The Green Office for everything else you need.
9. Green your sex: SEX! Ok folks, you meet a lot of people in college – it can be exciting and well, you know. BUT just because you’re hooking up doesn’t mean you can’t hook up in a green and safe minded style. See Planet Green’s ultimate (and safe) guide to greener sex.
10. Green your blog: Snag a new read as you embark on college life. One excellent college minded green blog is Green Student U.

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