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10 Reasons for Recycling

January 15th, 2010

Ten Reasons for Recycling A New Year’s reminder – this may be old news but I think it worthwhile to remind ourselves once in a while why we do reuse, reduce, recycle. According to estimates, every American produces an average of 7.5 pounds of trash on a daily basis.  Yikes!  That may not seem like [...]

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Plastic Cap Recycling

January 11th, 2010

Recycling plastic caps or lids is an issue which just keeps going on. Not too long ago I said to include them but do not attach them to the bottle as they tend to explode during the recycling process and can cause injury to workers.  Most recycling companies will take the lids but the question [...]

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10 Tips For Green Driving

January 8th, 2010

Perhaps more than any other invention in history, cars have had a profound impact on our society and our environment in both positively and negatively.  On one hand, the transportation industry allows for faster human mobility, easier delivery of basic services and closer linkages.  On the other hand, automobiles are responsible for the huge amounts [...]

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7 Green Beauty Tips

December 31st, 2009

There are many ways that you can go green today; however, did you know that you can even go green in your beauty routine? If you are truly committed to saving the environment and living your life as green as possible, you will want to take a look at these green beauty tips. 1. Read [...]

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Simple Ways To Curb Your Waste

November 2nd, 2009

When you get right down to it, there are hundreds of ways to curb your waste. I’m going to present just a few today. Perhaps you are already doing these things – that is GREAT! Perhaps one will be a new idea that you can incorporate into your life – that is even BETTER! At [...]

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350.org

October 28th, 2009

Have you heard of this? I’m sorry I was out of town (meaning I didn’t watch any news!) and missed the actual world events, but here is a really nice recap. After you read the rest of this, take a couple of minutes and watch the pictures go by. It’s really interesting to me that [...]

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“Earth Overshoot Day”

October 19th, 2009

You know how every year there is a big to do about reaching a certain date where finally you have worked enough to pay the government and now you can work for yourself? I’m not sure when that is but I remember it well when I was in the work force. Now we have “Earth [...]

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