Living Routes Named "Greenest" Study Abroad Program

We are proud to announce that Plenty Magazine, in their September 2008 issue has named Living Routes the "Greenest Study Abroad" program. The news blurb is appended below and you can read the whole article here.

Greenest study abroad: Living Routes, Amherst, MA. Study abroad is one of the last college frontiers yet to green. Living Routes organizes eco-study abroad programs open to students at any college or university. The experiential learning programs place students in eco-villages in India, Scotland, Senegal and Israel for a semester of sustainable living and learning (students can also go to Mexico or Peru for January terms). That life looks different in Senegal, where residents in 45 thatched-roof villages struggle toward electricity and economic development, than it does in the Scotland, where the challenge is to sustain Western-style living with a lighter footprint. Back at home, students commit to lifestyle changes that will help offset emissions from their plane rides.