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Chris Tom, Buckeyes Abroad marketing intern, discusses the benefits of LED lights: Although most trees are not green in winter, you can still be green during this frosty time of the year by investing in LED Christmas lights. While Christmas may have already passed, now is the perfect time to find significantly reduced lights on sale to stock-up for 2012!…
Continue readingHannah Strange, Florida Down Under marketing intern, suggests budgeting tips to fellow university students: I know what you’re thinking, now that the holidays are over you have loads of free cash and are wondering what to do with it all. No? Okay, well maybe you don’t have much money right now, but it is a new year, which is the…
Continue readingAlyse Horn, Lions Abroad marketing intern, discusses ways New Zealand’s energy and water mindfulness can be implemented in the U.S.: My life has been transformed by green living techniques, and New Zealand helped me improve those aspects of my life. I have always recycled and made sure lights were turned off when not in use, but that was about as…
Continue readingHannah Strange, the Florida Down Under marketing intern, shares her thoughts on sustainable travel: As you may have already guessed, I am a huge fan of traveling. I will go anywhere for any length of time and get absurdly excited about it. But I also consider myself to be a rather sustainable person. Especially after my AUIP programs in North…
Continue readingAmanda Wilson, Hokies Abroad marketing intern, writes: The holiday season is fast approaching, promising time with friends and family, gifts, food, travel, and celebration. However, just because you are taking a break from work or school, doesn’t mean that your efforts to go green have to go by the wayside. Below are a few easy tips for lessening your impact…
Continue readingKasha Patel, Deacons Abroad marketing intern, shares her suggestions for saving your cash while studying Down Under: Australia is known to be very expensive. The strong Australian dollar has pushed four Australian cities into the top 15 most expensive cities in the world to live in, according to a survey released in July by the UK-based Economist Intelligence Unit. While you’re…
Continue readingHannah Strange, Florida Down Under marketing intern, writes about the necessary shoes to pack for study abroad: Like most girls, I have a bit of a thing for shoes. Ballet flats, flip-flops, high heels, sneakers…you name it, I have it. Put it this way: I just bought a THIRD shoe rack for my apartment. Of course having too many shoes…
Continue readingAlyse Horn, Lions Abroad marketing intern shares her tips on packing for a study abroad program: Rookie mistake: waiting until the night before you leave to pack. That is exactly what I did before leaving for New Zealand and it took five hours just to find everything. Out of all the things I ended up bringing with me, my Osprey HydraForm Reservoir and Northface hiking shoes…
Continue readingChris Tom, Buckeyes Abroad marketing intern, shares some interesting facts about house plants: House plants can be much more than glorified book ends or decorative objects. Although they can be quite attractive, house plants can serve a much more important role with your health. These green machines have been shown to clean the air and improve inhabitant’s health. Studies have shown that house plants remove…
Continue readingKasha Patel, the Deacons Abroad marketing intern, writes about her experience on a farm stay in South Queensland: One of the memories I cherish the most from my study abroad experience in Australia is my farm stay in Dalby. One other girl, Adrienne, and I stayed with a 65 year old lady named Shirley who lived on a cattle farm….
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