Author: Dr. Connie
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Time Flies: Take some Risks and Make 2009 Count!
My Grandma and I both graduated from West Point Jr.-Sr. High in West Point, NE. She graduated from high school in 1930. I graduated in 1990. We attended our class reunions together. It was her 70th and my 10th. She was sad because only a handful of her classmates were left. It was hard to…
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Tis the Season for Saving Green!
My family finished our Christmas shopping today, and it made me think of great ways to Live Green, Save Green this holiday season. Here are my TOP 5 suggestions for you last minute shoppers: 1. BUY LOCAL: This strategy saves gas and energy. In addition, money is invested in YOUR community and its businesses! …
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As promised, I wanted to share more about how the environment and are economy are intertwined. Let’s start here: The world’s population has doubled to over 6 billion in the last 40 years, and United Nations projections indicate it could climb as high as 10.7 billion by 2050. Most of the growth will occur in…
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Leadership and the Environment
Leadership challenges associated with environmental issues are vast. Why are countries and organizations so slow to realize this critical issue, which also directly relates to our economic growth or decline? Degradation, alteration and contamination of natural resources, issues related to food security and quality as well as threats to wildlife are causing critical concern. The…
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My Grandma’s Green: Common Sense
My husband and I were upstairs sleeping in Grandma’s house and were awakened by the smell of sizzling bacon and the sound of West Point’s local radio station playing loudly in the background. We went downstairs and ate a wonderful home cooked breakfast with Grandma. Afterwards, my husband and I started cleaning up the dishes,…
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My Grandma died three years ago. It was the day after my 34th birthday. She was 92. This was a defining point of my life. Grandma lived through the World Wars and the Great Depression, which were defining moments of her life. Grandma was a woman of greatness who knew what was important in life:…
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I am so excited about starting this blog! The purpose of this blog is to help people live more green while saving their own green.