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Giant Steps toward Greener Living

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Our Community Spotlight celebrates young Palm Coast high school students who were inspired by an article that we printed in our October 2008 issue. Students like these are the promise of a greener tomorrow.

As we celebrate Earth Day on April 22, let’s find a way to express our love and appreciation for the gift of this Earth that nourishes us with the air we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink.

We want to hear from you. Please feel free to send emails with your opinions, pro or con. Our corpo- rate organization is also providing a survey to gather information so we can better serve you. It’s available on our website. Let us know what you think.

Happy Earth Day, Cheryl

“Yup, gardening and laughing are two of the best things in life you can do to promote good health and a sense of well being.”

- David Hobson, Te Mad Gardener

Sixteen years ago, Sharon Bruckman, the founder of this magazine, began with a vision that has taken major steps toward informing and educating readers in ways that now have become a mainstream way of living. We need to be dili- gent and continue to spread the word. We live in an area that makes it easy for us to recycle with curbside containers, but this isn’t the norm everywhere. Even with this ease and accessibility, many still don’t see the value. A teacher I know takes her second graders to the waste recycling plant every year so they can see that when they throw something away, there is no “away”. All of our waste goes somewhere. Oftentimes, it ends up in our soil or in our oceans. We all can do our part. Think twice before purchasing something new. Ask first, “Do I really need this? Where did it come from? How was it made? Do I really love it?” Ask first, purchase second.

When I was a little girl growing up in southern Louisiana, playing outside was the norm. As soon as we had our meals, the next words out of our mother’s mouth were, “Go outside and play.” When my cousins came for visits we loved playing games like, “Mother, May I?” There was a command in that game that no one wanted to hear—take a giant step backwards. In living green we are taking positive, giant steps backward and

sometimes baby steps to reclaim our natural world. Learning to live without plastic; putting leftover green foods back into the Earth with composting; grow- ing our own vegetables; buying at local markets; and changing out our light bulbs are all ways we can make positive personal steps toward a greener way of living. Yes, there are giant steps that need to be taken to clean up our earth and air, but we can each take steps toward personal stewardship. Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40