Posted on May 21, 2009 by Take Charge Intern
It’s great to see that environmental awareness and ‘green’ technologies continue to grow. In just a few years I’ve seen in an increase in the use and availability of reusable shopping bags, biodegradable plastics, energy efficient products, reusable water bottles and coffee mugs, to name a few. But, with the emergence of new products and [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2008 by Take Charge Intern
Inspired by the work I do at my internship (promoting energy conservation in the residence halls) I have compiled a list comparing how you can save not only on campus but if you live off campus:
On campus students DO actually pay for their wastefulness (25% of housing bill goes to energy costs). But there are [...]
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Posted on January 17, 2008 by Take Charge Intern
All the advances in technology have made schooling and education much more interactive and convenient; easy and speedy e-mail contacts, online classes, lectures etc. The most popular use of technology I have seen is professors that write up their lectures on power point and require students to print them out each class.
I bought notebooks for each class [...]
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