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The Importance of Buying Locally

When we were in Arizona, we spent the majority of our time at my sister-in-law’s house. There wasn’t any reason for shopping, except to run to the grocery store a few times to get food to feed the 25 or so people who were there every night for dinner. But one day, we took a [ READ MORE ]

ENERGY STAR Change a Light, Change the World Campaign

If you live in my town, you may have noticed an article in our town’s newspaper about this change a light campaign we’re doing. But, I know not everyone reads it cover to cover, so I thought I’d discuss it a little here. If you don’t live in my town, you might still be interested [ READ MORE ]

What I Saw The Recycle Pick Up Guys Do This Morning

At my last green committee meeting for my community, it was mentioned that glass/plastic/aluminum and paper were going to be picked up by the same truck simultaneously from now on. It was more cost effective and more environmentally friendly because instead of two separate trucks driving around all day, only one truck needed to be [ READ MORE ]

What Should Go in the Packet?

As I’ve mentioned before, my town is going green. There are some very exciting, progressive things happening in my little town that has always prided itself on its old fashioned community way of life.  As part of the town committee, I’ve been asked to create a Green Packet to be given to new residents. My task [ READ MORE ]

Proud of my Hometown

I went to a meeting last week at our borough hall because I’ve been invited to be a committee to researching the possibility to green our municipal energy. At the meeting we had a question and answer period with someone from a company that would do an energy audit of our municipality and then come [ READ MORE ]

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