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A Great Way to Celebrate Earth Day
What can we do? Quite a bit, actually.
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Mid-Month Marvels: Lions Recycle for Sight
What does the Lions Club do with our old glasses?
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Polluters Should Pay for Plastic Pandemic
This has got to stop.
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Mid-Month Marvels: Who Gives a Crap
A company we should all get behind.
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How We Can Stop Drowning in Plastic
There really are some simple things you can do to reduce your plastic usage
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Let’s Talk About the Weather, Shall We?
I’m looking forward to a rare day of sunshine here in the Pacific Northwest, and the temperature is expected to rise to a delightful 65 degrees. Spring! Happy dance! Meanwhile, a dear friend in Kansas had to hunker down the other day in anticipation of 2 to 4 inches of snow. In April. This is…
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Architectural Salvage Yards
“Hey, where was that place that you got all the cool used doors and grates and glass blocks for the house you used to own here in Jacksonville?” He asked. “Burkhalters,” I replied, and a tsunami of nostalgia washed over me. I absolutely love salvage yards. I don’t know why more people don’t take advantage…
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Lemons as Jet Fuel, or Why I Haven’t Given Up on the Environment
It’s really easy to despair at the state of the environment. Global climate change becomes increasingly impossible to deny with each passing day. But our government seems to be doing everything in its power to maintain our outmoded culture of fossil fuelishness. And yet, even in this sea of pervasive ignorance and selfishness and greed,…
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Environmental Pragmatism
I care about the environment very much. I recycle. I conserve whenever I can. I turn off lights. I try to have as little impact on the planet as possible. If I could afford a hybrid car, I’d definitely have one. My purchases are green ones whenever that option is available and within my means.…
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Nifty Websites that Junk Mailers Do NOT Want You to Know About
It seems these days that the US Postal Service is mainly a purveyor of junk mail. When’s the last time you got an actual letter from Aunt Mabel? I miss those. What I won’t miss are the catalogs, flyers, credit card offers and magazines that I never asked for and do not want. With the…