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It’s all about Green
Although healthy living and healthy planet topics
are woven within the theme of each issue of Natu-
ral Awakenings, this month we give extra attention
to ways we can all contribute to greening up our
world. Whether you are just getting started with
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making small steps, or if you are looking for ways
to make a broader statement in green, you’ll find
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something new within these pages. Our feature
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local and organic produce to our larger purchases like homes and automobiles.
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She even covers green investing! [The Bright Green Future, page 18] Teens are
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our planet. If you appreciate the opportunity to shop local and patronize farmer’s
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markets, we encourage you to be pro-active in making certain our local farmers
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can continue to offer us the fruits of their labor. Let your voice be known before it
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Locally, we are proud to announce the winner of our very own premier Green
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Business A+ Award. This promotion is just one small way that we can acknow-
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ledge those businesses in our neck of the woods that are doing their part in
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sustainable practices. With such varied and interesting local green businesses
April Cockrum •Michele Dupper nominated, the decision was not an easy one. Thank you to our readers who took
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the time to write in and nominate those in our community who are making a
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Next month we turn our attention ever so slightly to Living Simply, which is a
reproduced and reprinted, we require that prior
topic that walks hand-in-hand with living a green lifestyle. It adheres to the idea
permission be obtained in writing.
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that we make a conscious choice to attend to life in a way that is simple, leaves
locally and is supported by our advertisers. It is
less of a footprint and slows the pace of our existence to a place of beauty, com-
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