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Easy Ways to Be Green Around Your Home

Family Balance Sheet

The event was less than impressive to today’s standards, but very much ahead of its time. In the late 80′s, green was just a color in the rainbow, not an environmental movement. Honestly, I signed up for the trip, because it was a free chance to go to Pittsburgh. Today, I see life differently.

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On Environmentalism Becoming Consumerism

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Not much irks me as much as environmentalists flying to green events halfway around the world, or someone claiming to go on an “eco-vacation” by jet setting to some rainforest. Sadly, the environmental movement has become just another place for companies to sell us more crap we don’t need. Avoiding flying when possible.