Rent a Textbook, Plant a Tree?

Posted on September 7, 2007 by Som Seng

This is about a new online site at Chegg.com offering over two million used books and 800,000 new book titles for students to rent, rather than buy. If you use this service, they’ll plant a tree for every text you rent. Thanks to the Environmental graffiti blog for bringing it to my attention.

For a couple of reasons I can’t endorse the site personally or on behalf of UMassOnline, of course. But all of us can probably easily endorse the concept. And, you may find it a useful way of finding more affordable texts while also making a contribution to the health of planet Earth?

If you decide to try this site, please come back and let us know what you think of it.

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One Response to “Rent a Textbook, Plant a Tree?”

Chris Ames on April 16th, 2008 6:23 am

Here’s another good way to save the planet and offsett your carbon emissions… Plant a tree - co2balance can help you ethically minimise your carbon emissions and offset the unavoidable CO2 residue.

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