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Do Something

15 Easy Tips for Going Green and Saving Money

April 22, 2010

In honor of Earth Day, I thought I’d give you some of my favorite green tips. Germans love recycling and are generally very environmentally-conscious.  My husband has recently accused me of becoming more German than the Germans in this regard, but I find that there are so many green things you can do that are [...]

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Overlooking the truly needy

December 20, 2005

Being the holiday season here, there is talk about donating to charities all over tv. The Salvation Army announced on the news here today that they are short $200,000 from what they collected by this time last year (not sure if that is local or national) because of donations to Hurricane Katrina victims. While I [...]

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July 2, 2005

The Campaign to Make Poverty History sign the declaration

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The question: Can we eliminate prejudice?

June 18, 2005

The answer: No. It is not possible to change the way someone thinks. Governments can enact laws to prevent prejudicial actions. But racism, sexism, homophobia cannot be eradicated from thoughts. People are programmed to think of “us” and “them”, and until all people can think of all the different types of people as “us”, there [...]

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Support Our Troops

September 8, 2004

Reduce the US dependence on fossil fuels and other non-renewable resources: Carpool Trade in your SUV for a hybrid vehicle (there’s a Lexus hybrid coming in 2005, so you can be fuel efficient and impress your friends at the same time) or one of the new cleaner running diesels – you’ll save money at the [...]

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