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Tweet While I am a child of the ‘60’s I was too young to be part of the Vietnam protests or the rallies for the Environment leading up to the first Earth Day in 1970. As I learn more and … Continue reading

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Tweet What’s all the fuss? Mark Ruffalo gives a great “1 minute” intro into why we should all care if there is a pipeline built to carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to Texas. Grab the kids in your … Continue reading

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Tweet Question to self, do I want my kids to read this about me, and….do I believe in serendipity? [Serendipity: the phenomenon of finding valuable things not sought for.] A week after I visited the Canadian Tar Sands “to see … Continue reading

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Tweet My take on the Canadian Tar Sands?! A juggernaut, seemingly unstoppable, a source of unimaginable profits for multinational energy companies versus shortsighted Russian roulette for the rest of us, for our planet, for our environment and for our economy. … Continue reading

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Tweet As a busy parent, where and how I get the energy that heats and cools my home and “keeps the lights” on, my TV working and my kids Xbox and cell phones charged isn’t really on my radar, and … Continue reading

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Tweet Fort McMurray, Canada is home to the Tar Sands, one of the most controversial environmental flash points in the world. An ideal place for a special birthday celebration, you might say? I would hazard to guess that in most … Continue reading

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