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Who's Your Green Inspiration?

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Happy Earth Day, ghia friends!

On this lovely Earth Day, I'd like to encourage you to think about people who have inspired you to live a greener life and thank them for the difference they are making.

Recycling

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Vince took the recycling to the recycling center. It came to 51 pounds worth of cardboard, plastic, tin and aluminum.

Composting My Garbage

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While I have always recycled and been frugal with my resources, I have become more so as I get older. I tried composting for the first time last summer in an open pit area in the backyard, but the food stuffs didn’t “compost”. They just sat there. Recently I learned that the Public Works Department of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County sells composters at cost to individuals. To schools and other non-profit groups, the composters are free.

No Morning Newspaper, Day One

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I realized yesterday that morning that newspaper subscriptions aren’t like magazine subscriptions. If I no longer want a particular magazine, I just don’t pay the invoice and voila, no more magazine. Newspapers have to be stopped with a phone call. I couldn’t stop The Tennessean by ignoring the invoices. I couldn’t cancel it over the internet, although I could extend my subscription, change my subs

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