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Can you recycle disposable coffee cups?
If you’ve been tossing disposable coffee cups into your recycling, you might be an aspirational recycler. A disposable coffee cup can ruin, or contaminate, a big batch of recycling. This is a case of reuse (taking your own cup) proving better than recycling. Thanks to The New York Times article, “6 Things You’re Recycling Wrong,” I learned
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No Easter Pets, Please
Have you seen those blue or pink baby chicks that appear in some farm or pet stores around this time of year? Well, if you haven’t, pretty please don’t go in search of them. They make terrible gifts, even if they aren’t dyed pink. The same goes for ducklings or rabbits bought on the spur
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Help End Plastic Pollution on Earth Day 2018 and Beyond
Earth Day is celebrated on April 22, but the lessons of Earth Day last 365 days a year, as long as you’re open to that! This year, Earth Day Network is focusing on ending plastic pollution. Plastic is everywhere. Since plastic was invented in the 1950s, we’ve produced 9.1 billion U.S. tons, and 91 percent
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One Minute Low Fat Mock Apple Pie
When you have to avoid fat, but still want something sweet, turn to the mock apple pie! Because I detest long introductions to recipes, here you go: One-Minute Low-Fat Mock Apple Pie Dessert Pour 4 ounces of unsweetened natural applesauce in a bowl. I like Mott’s. Mix in a dash of ground cinnamon. Add a
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The Arctic Melt, Images of a Disappearing Landscape
Photographer Diane Tuft traveled to places few human eyes ever see. By plane, boat and helicopter, she explored Norway’s mountain glaciers, the Arctic Ocean’s sea ice and Greenland’s icebergs and ice sheet. It’s important, hard work! As we’re all living life in our neighborhoods, sipping coffee or walking the dog, we don’t really think about all that
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