Gas prices are painful. They have limited me but not as much as Sean Diddy Combs. Gas prices cut into my food budget and other expenses. No summer road trips this year. I consider myself lucky though that I am not pawning grandma’s ring to get gas money.  My sacrifices, and those of my community pale in [...]

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Earth Hour encourages us to turn off the lights for one hour to bring attention to the looming global energy crisis.  Started last year in Sydney by the World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour   saw a 10.2% reduction in energy use that hour. This year Earth Hour is now an international event. Although Seattle is not an [...]

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I am not fond of “McMansions”. I do worry about the resources that it takes to build, maintain and heat these houses that have a ridiculous large amount of space.  That being said, destroying them is even a bigger waste and impact on the environment. Unfortunately, that was the tact that the Earth Liberation Front [...]

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