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Is Letter Writing a Lost Art?

Is letter writing a lost art? Does anyone still pick up the pen and compose thoughtful correspondence? Do they send pictures, poems, art? Do you? It may seem like this primitive means of communicat…

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9 Ways to Save Gas

Oh gasoline, how we love to hate you, and hate to depend on you. With all the environmental issues, questionable practices of big oil companies, and the outrageous expense, it can be painful…

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Eating Less Meat is Better for the World

If you haven't been following some of the reporting on meat consumption over the last several months, you may not find it to be amusing that Forbes, one of the leading conservative publications has pu…

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Eco-Friendly Animal Products?

In the meat and dairy section of many grocery stores you can now find packages marked with labels such as "humanely-raised", "free-range", "grass-fed", "organic” or “cruelty-free.” Each label is desig…

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Blind Pooch Gets Guide Dog

A blind Golden Retriever named Tanner was experiencing regular seizures, and when struck by them would lose control of his bowels. A blind dog with this kind of problem obviously would not be as adopt…

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Eco-Friendly Car Options

To honor Earth Day, going green and living environmentally responsibly is on a lot of people’s mind. While there are a lot of small things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint, cars are still o…

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Dog Dragged on Freeway Survives

A woman and her son were driving on a freeway in Northern California when they saw something bouncing on the pavement behind a black pickup truck. The were horrified to observe it was a young dog, and…

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What is e-Waste?

What happens when your television, laptop, fax machine or other common electronic products reach the end of their useful life? For many people, it simply means tossing these items in the trash and bu…

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Detroit: The Center of Urban Farming

When most people think of the city of Detroit, they think of how and where America went wrong. While there remain some longstanding virtues of the place, the Motor City has been in a steady decline fo…

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Celebrating Earth Day Heroes

Last week I wrote about some of my Earth Day heroines. So, this week I am writing about some of my Earth Day heroes. There are so many people that do so much for our planet and that much has been writ…

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