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Fact: the best universities in this country are expensive. If you’ve dreamed of getting into one of the Ivy League schools without becoming bankrupt, now is your chance! Thanks to YouTube EDU, you can now benefit from free online courses from the best universities in the US. Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, U. Penn and Yale are the eight private American universities which constitute the Ivy League schools. With YouTube EDU, no need to crush your SATs to learn from some of the best universities.

Google launched YouTube EDU about a week ago, giving access to numerous lectures by professors and world-renowned thought leaders. It brings together the content from over 100 American universities and colleges. Since we only want the best and we’re all about global environmental issues, we decided to give it a go! We tried to see if we could learn a little something about global ecology from the Ivy League schools. Here is what we found: Click here to read more

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We all know The Police’s song “message in a bottle”. With The Plastiki Expedition, David de Rothschild is sending an ecological message to the world in recycled plastic bottles! To draw attention to our every day environmental impact on nature, he is setting out on an extraordinary ecological journey in a boat made of plastic bottles and recycled waste products! Plastic constitutes 90% of all trash floating in the world’s ocean.  A message of environmental awareness will leave from San Francisco’s Pier 31 and sail through a number of fragile and ecologically challenged regions, including the world’s largest waste dump: the Easter Pacific Garbage Patch.

Inspired by Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki Expedition (1947), the Plastiki Expedition involves a 60-foot catamaran made of used two-liter plastic bottles and other recycled materials. From San Francisco to Sydney, this 100% recyclable plastic boat will highlight the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by raising environmental awareness. You’ve probably heard of the world’s largest landfill, floating in the middle of the ocean. The size of the Eastern Garbage Patch is estimated by scientists as two times bigger than Click here to read more

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The classic white button down shirt is an evergreen wardrobe staple that can blend into just about any style and work on any body type. It’s also a seasonless piece that can be especially handy during transition times like now when the temperatures can go from hot to cold overnight. Choose an organic cotton option like this Topo Ranch Daisy Tee.

With daisy stripes and Western detailing, Topo Ranch gives the traditional white button up a fresh update. If you’re on a strict clothing budget this season, this is one piece you should buy. Even with the added personality, it’s still a versatile look that you can wear hundreds of ways: Punch it up with colorful jewelry and accessories, cinch the waist with a wide belt, layer a cardigan and long necklace over it or wear it under a vest–the possibilities are truly endless.

Investing in a shirt that has longevity for seasons and years to come is a green move all on it’s own–just think of all those trendy, inexpensive, low-quality shirts you’ve had to send to the landfill in the past! Even better, Topo Ranch is an eco-conscious company and is always looking for ways to make the business greener. Their entire collection is made from organic cotton, which means they’re supporting pesticide-free organic farmers and in turn, helping to reduce the amount of pesticides that enter our waterways.

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After Earth Hour, it is high time to start thinking of a greener way to put light in you life! With the economic crisis it is also high time to save money. You might think going green is a necessity to protect the earth, but that it is expensive. Think again. Reducing electricity costs while protecting the environment is easy. A LED (light-emitting diode) light bulb which uses half the energy of a compact fluorescent bulb (CFL), contains no hazardous mercury or lead and lasts for up to ten years of daily use is exactly what you need.

The newbie we recommend is the new GeoBulb recently introduced by C.Crane. The Geobulb will soon be available on Greenzer, but in the meantime you can find it here. It uses only 7.5 Watts of power to produce as much light as a 60-watt incandescent bulb. No mercury or lead, the GeoBulb uses only about 10% of the power of incandescent bulbs and about half of a comparable CFL. It generates very little heat and is an eco-responsible way to light up your life. The GeoBulb costs Click here to read more

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