Imagine if companies could get fresh ideas from college students prior to bringing them on for expensive internships. This is now possible: groupereye.com

Imagine if companies could get fresh ideas from college students prior to bringing them on for expensive internships. This is now possible: groupereye.com

It’s interesting to think that if a big business could do something like this, then what can we, as everyday folk, do at our level to make an impact just as significant. I mean we don’t have make huge leaps here, just small steps. We tend to think that “..oh I’m just one person. I can’t possibly make that much of an impact on the world. (ie: voting– “I don’t need to vote. It’s just one vote. It won’t change the outcome of who wins.” ; recycling– “It doesn’t matter. It’s just one water bottle I’m throwing out instead of recycling.”) NOT TRUE!! Think about it…if you added up every “…just…” you’ve ever said in a sentence like in the above…they really add up! Sometimes small steps are more effective than leaping bounds, esp if you trip along the way.

Simple everyday ideas that will add up (or down when if comes to saving you $). Here are just 1 idea I thought of:

– REUSE COMPUTER PAPER. I’m a student and I know that when I write essays for my classes I tend to use at least 3 or 4 pages at a time. Being a student (who needs to save all the money she can), I also have to print out power points to follow along w/ my prof during class. Simple paper-saving solution (that will save you $…)… never throw out paper if both sides haven’t been used. What I do is take my essays or typed homework assignments apart after I get them back and use the back side to print my power points on. I can’t even tell you how much GREEN I’ve saved (green as in $ and trees!!) !

Let’s get some ideas rolling here! What else can we do?! Let’s share these ideas and help one another!

Great article Alex. It was very inspiring!

It’s interesting to think that if a big business could do something like this, then what can we, as everyday folk, do at our level to make an impact just as significant. I mean we don’t have make huge leaps here, just small steps. We tend to think that “..oh I’m just one person. I can’t possibly make that much of an impact on the world. (ie: voting– “I don’t need to vote. It’s just one vote. It won’t change the outcome of who wins.” ; recycling– “It doesn’t matter. It’s just one water bottle I’m throwing out instead of recycling.”) NOT TRUE!! Think about it…if you added up every “…just…” you’ve ever said in a sentence like in the above…they really add up! Sometimes small steps are more effective than leaping bounds, esp if you trip along the way.

Simple everyday ideas that will add up (or down when if comes to saving you $). Here are just 1 idea I thought of:

– REUSE COMPUTER PAPER. I’m a student and I know that when I write essays for my classes I tend to use at least 3 or 4 pages at a time. Being a student (who needs to save all the money she can), I also have to print out power points to follow along w/ my prof during class. Simple paper-saving solution (that will save you $…)… never throw out paper if both sides haven’t been used. What I do is take my essays or typed homework assignments apart after I get them back and use the back side to print my power points on. I can’t even tell you how much GREEN I’ve saved (green as in $ and trees!!) !

Let’s get some ideas rolling here! What else can we do?! Let’s share these ideas and help one another!

Great article Alex. It was very inspiring!