Who says the terms “green” and “teen” are mutually exclusive? Whether it is global warming, or the uproar over genetically modified foods, teens are taking to environmental causes like never before.
The trend has shown up in a number of surveys, like a recent one in Canada, which established that 68 per cent of Canadian teens believed that environmental issues were important and required government attention even in the times of the recession. Another survey of American students found that 80 per cent of them were worried about the US’ contribution to air pollution. On a positive note, 78 per cent of them believed the damage to the environment could still be corrected.

Although sweating it out at the gym has been the norm for a good many years, new age teens prefer shedding those extra kilos by following easy, flexible fitness routines at home instead of expensive workout sessions at the gym. Hitting the gym has somewhat taken a backseat as teens are making their own fitness regimes and opting for workout sessions at home, either alone or with friends.

Having a sleepover is a great way to bond with your buddies over some games, gossip and movies. While rom-coms, teenage romance and comedy flicks are entertaining at sleepovers, there’s another lot that swears by horror flicks when it comes to passing the night.  
Here’s a list of some of the best horror flicks that will spook you out as their stories unfold:

Long gone are the days when youngsters studied inside the four walls of their home for examinations. Several young students are taking their studies outdoors by opting for a new method of learning.
They have coined the term ‘outdoor studying’ where a group of students get together in a public place such as a public park, coffee shop or playground to study.

A recent survey amongst teens corroborates common knowledge — the media and fashion industry bombard teenage girls with images that pressurise them into wanting to be skinny. According to the American survey, almost nine in 10 girls now feel the need for the fashion industry to project a ‘truer’ image of models as opposed to the pre-pubescent, digitally enhanced idealised teen icons splashed across the glossies. Parallels can be drawn even amongst our genetically more luxuriously built Indian girls where a ‘size zero’ obsession weighs them down as they try to lighten up.
The other side of the story though, is rarely told — young women who are intrinsically skinny want it known that their body type comes with its own set of pressures.

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My little sister alerted me to this folk-pop group, largely (I accused her) on the strength of the lead singer’s soulful eyes, poet’s mouth and tender way of playing  the guitar on Hampstead Heath (look up the videos on YouTube) because the sound quality on those recordings is quite bad.

Whether you loved school or hated it, the farewell is an important rite of passage, eliciting mixed emotions. There’s the freedom of college life to look forward to, but you’re also leaving behind the life you knew for almost 14 years. As students from the batch of 2009-10 across schools in the country bid their alma mater goodbye, we check if the “farewell party” has changed over the decade.

Whether it happened when you were in school, or just when you were passing out of college, we all have experienced heartbreaks, haven’t we? What follows a break-up is the blame game, and endless gossip sessions of “who did what” with your closest pals. Amidst a zillion reasons which lead to break-ups, there are some which seem totally illogical.
Be it just for the heck of calling it quits, or dishing out an explanation for their decision, teens often furnish the “weirdest” reasons for breaking up.

Wts up. Hw u bn?’ might be something that most of you type when texting your buddies or chatting with them online. But too much of SMS lingo and too many short forms can be annoying, especially for those who prefer to type full words or sentences, and sometimes even proper punctuations while SMSing and chatting online.