According to this tree-huggin' contributor, the problem with the Earth isn't pollution; it's nymphomaniacs overpopulating the planet. If you're a sex-craved addict, be sure to use condoms and go green!

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Kudos to Vanderbilt! In light of the recently outrageous gas prices (Average per gallon in TN? $3.83!), we're offering all VU employees free Nashville bus passes and discounted rides on the commuter train, carpool bonuses and a shower facility to freshen up in after a bike ride... MORE »

A beach study reports that the more time a beachgoer spends in the water or wet sand, the higher their risk is of acquiring gastrointestinal illness, said Jay M. Fleisher, associate professor in the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern U. Beach sand may become contaminated by gull droppings and other sources of fecal-derived organisms that then diffuse into wet sand and water. (Helena Solo-Gabriele, professor of environmental engineering at the University of Miami, is conducting further research related to findings by Tonya Bonilla.)
(This photo features a University of Miami junior in Key Largo, FL)

People cannot afford to feed their families anymore. Rising food costs, stagnant wages, budget cuts and mass layoffs due to our economy are making it difficult for many families to make ends meet.

According to Raj Patel, a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley, 35.5 million people in the United States report being “f... MORE »

The urge to smoke is contagious, but quitting apparently is, too.

A team of researchers who showed that obesity can spread person-to-person has found a similar pattern with smoking cessation: A smoker is more likely to kick the habit if a spouse, friend, co-worker or sibling did.

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This photo was from the FIJI Regatta in 1987.  Man, those were the days.  Wonder how much of these rafts are still at the bottom of the Red Cedar?

 

We all like our rivers clean. I think.

 

It was 1988, and my fraternity, now defunct Alpha Delta Phi, was involved in the annual Greek Week Festivities

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“Planeteers and Buccaneers”
Yo-ho, yo-ho, an environmentalist’s life for me. We’re aware, we recycle and we don’t pollute, drink up me hearties yo-ho!

 

Description: Everybody else is going green – why not you and your partying ways? With this theme’s pro-Earth motivation and bucca

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Strategically placing recycling bins near trash receptacles is simply not going to cut it anymore. After hundreds of years of polluting Mother Earth, the business world has finally shed some light on an eco-friendly approach to doing business and living life. In lieu of the success of the "Go Gr... MORE »

Much like the Lorax, protesters at Berkeley speak for the trees. Unfortunately for them, no one's listening and a new athletic center will be built as planned.

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