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		<title>Outdoor Home And Garden Marketplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
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<p>We are pleased to be able to bring you the finest quality, best values in the outdoor market, from the leaders in the field. Companies like <a href="http://ecouniqueco.com/garden_gardening_tools_sears.php">Sears</a>, an icon in the retail business, and <a href="http://ecouniqueco.com/storage_sheds_betty_mills.php">Betty Mills</a>, a company well known throughout the business world, because they sell to 95% of the largest companies in America, as well as the U.S Government!<br />
We also include innovative newer companies with great products and services on the very cutting edge of technology and marketing, like <a href="http://ecouniqueco.com/tools_amazon.php">Amazon</a>, and <a href="http://ecouniqueco.com/lawn_lawncare_tools_worx.php">Worx</a>!</p>
<h2><a href="../garden_gardening_tools_sears.php">Garden Products:  Sears</a></h2>
<p>Finding the right tools and materials for your garden project can be the  difference between success and failure in your garden project. We have a  great selection of garden products from the most trusted name in the  business right here! See also: <a href="http://ecouniqueco.com/money_saving_coupons_sears.php">Money saving coupons from Sears</a></p>
<h2><a href="../outdoors_general_home_and_garden_products_betty_mills.php">Outdoor  Products:  Betty Mills</a></h2>
<p>Betty Mills has storage sheds, out buildings, greenhouses, car covers, and almost anything else you can imagine for your home and garden outdoor needs. There are also many other fine products available like office equipment and furniture, and much, much more. See also: <a href="http://ecouniqueco.com/money_saving_coupons_betty_mills.php">Money saving coupons from Betty Mills</a></p>
<h2><a href="../storage_sheds_betty_mills.php">Storage  Sheds: Betty Mills</a></h2>
<p>Sheds are the unsung hero’s of the backyard landscape. They offer  organization and structure, a place to put your tools, a place to store  the thousand and one things that keep you from parking inside your  garage, and they can be so much more! Without a place to store your tools, you will soon find yourself  replacing them due to loss or the ravages of nature.</p>
<p>We offer a great selection of sheds and outbuildings from some of the  most trusted names in the business, and you won’t have to sell your  home to afford one! See also: <a href="../money_saving_coupons_betty_mills.php">Money  saving coupons from Betty Mills</a></p>
<h2><a href="../lawn_lawncare_tools_worx.php">Tools Lawn And Garden:  Worx</a></h2>
<p>A nice green lawn soothes and comforts. It provides a place for your  children and your pets to play. It tells the neighbors and others who  pass by, that this is the home of a person who cares, and takes pride in  his, or her property. To keep your lawn in tip top condition, you need  the best in law care tools and equipment, and you can find that right  here!</p>
<h2><a href="../tools_amazon.php">Tools Home and Garden General: Amazon</a></h2>
<p>You know that you want to create the perfect lawn and garden, the  nicest deck and patio, the most awesome window treatments and the most  vibrant wall colors. You have watched hours of home improvement  television. You have gone to the trouble of researching everything, and  have gotten advice from a pro. You may have even gone as far as pricing  materials, and drawing up plans for your projects. Yes, you have done  everything you need to do to prepare for your home makeover, but if you  don’t have the proper tools for the job, your project is bound for  failure! Take heart! We have the perfect answer. You can find the best tools  from the best manufacturers right here on this site, and at the best  prices anywhere!</p>
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		<title>Electronics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
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<p>The world of technology is moving faster and faster, and it seems as though every few days there is a new electronic device that shocks the world, and changes the way we work, and play. Keep up with these developments, and find the best place to buy the best electronics right here!</p>
<p><a href="../electronics_market.php">Electronics from  Circuit City</a></p>
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		<title>Sheds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
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<h3><a href="../storage_sheds_betty_mills.php">Buy Storage  Sheds: Betty Mills</a></h3>
<p>Sheds are the unsung hero&#8217;s of the backyard landscape. They offer organization and structure, a place to put your tools, a place to store the thousand and one things that keep you from parking inside your garage, and they can be so much more!</p>
<p>Without a place to store your tools, you will soon find yourself replacing them due to loss or the ravages of nature.</p>
<p>We offer a great selection of sheds and outbuildings from some of the most trusted names in the business, and you won&#8217;t have to sell your home to afford one!</p>
<p><a href="../storage_sheds_betty_mills.php">Storage  Sheds Betty Mills</a></p>
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		<title>Lawn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lawn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[// A nice green lawn soothes and comforts. It provides a place for your children and your pets to play. It tells the neighbors and others who pass by, that this is the home of a person who cares, and takes pride in his, or her property. To keep your lawn in tip top condition, [...]]]></description>
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<p>A nice green lawn soothes and comforts. It provides a place for your children and your pets to play. It tells the neighbors and others who pass by, that this is the home of a person who cares, and takes pride in his, or her property. To keep your lawn in tip top condition, you need the best in law care tools and equipment, and you can find that right here!<br />
<a href="../lawn_lawncare_tools_worx.php">Tools Worx</a></p>
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		<title>Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[// Finding the right tools an materials for your garden project can be the difference between success and failure in your garden project. We have a great selection of garden products from the most trusted name in the business right here! Garden Sears]]></description>
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<p>Finding the right tools an materials for your garden project can be the difference between success and failure in your garden project. We have a great selection of garden products from the most trusted name in the business right here!</p>
<p><a href="../garden_gardening_tools_sears.php">Garden  Sears</a></p>
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		<title>Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying tools]]></category>
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<p>You know that you want to create the perfect lawn and garden, the nicest deck and patio, the most awesome window treatments and the most vibrant wall colors. You have watched hours of home improvement television. You have gone to the trouble of researching everything, and have gotten advice from a pro. You may have even gone as far as pricing materials, and drawing up plans for your projects. Yes, you have done everything you need to do to prepare for your home makeover, but if you don&#8217;t have the proper tools for the job, your project is bound for failure!</p>
<p>Take heart! We have the perfect answer. You can find the best tools from the best manufacturers right here on this site, and at the best prices anywhere!</p>
<p><a href="../tools_amazon.php">Tools Amazon</a></p>
<p><a href="../lawn_lawncare_tools_worx.php">Tools Worx</a></p>
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		<title>Greenest Pest Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[// Why do we say that pest prevention is the “greenest” pest control? Well, we have our reasons, and we listed some of them bellow. No energy spent on the shipment of raw materials for the product to a factory. No energy to manufacture the product. No energy spent to ship raw materials for packaging. [...]]]></description>
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<span style="color: #000000;">Why do we say that pest prevention is the “greenest” pest control? Well, we have our reasons, and we listed some of them bellow.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>No energy spent on the shipment of raw materials for the product to a factory.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>No energy to manufacture the product.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>No energy spent to ship raw materials for packaging.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>No energy to manufacture packaging.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>No energy to ship raw materials for labeling.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>No energy to manufacture and print labeling.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>No energy spent on storage at the factory.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>No energy spent on shipment to a warehouse.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>No energy for storage in a warehouse.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>No energy for shipping the finished product.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>No energy for displaying in a retail store.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>There is no packaging to end up in a landfill.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #003333;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #003333;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #996600;"><span style="color: #003333;"><span style="color: #000000;">When you look at each of the steps involved in getting any product, chemical, or natural from raw material to you, you can see that all of the steps put together make one very large carbon footprint! Wouldn’t it be better to just stop them before they get started?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span>Taken from:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a title="Permalink to Why Is Prevention The Greenest Pest Control?" rel="bookmark" href="http://bugsandweeds.com/information/?p=8"> Why Is Prevention The Greenest Pest Control?</a> From Bugs and Weeds</p>
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		<title>Going Native &#124; Preserving Biodiversity On The Home Front</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
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<p>A lot of what this blog will focus on, is the issue of biodiversity, not just as it relates to the exotic rain forests of the planet, but as it relates to the damage being done to the environment here at home by exotic invasive plants. the problem has reached mega proportions, but is under reported, and underfunded. In an effort to get the word out, we include this article taken from the Burns Environmental website at BurnsEnvironmental.com.</p>
<p>We would like to encourage people to use plants that are native to their particular location, to help prevent the further spread of this devastating dilemma! Go native! Protect biodiversity in your own back yard!</p>
<h2><a title="Permanent Link to Save the Rainforests, Just Not in Your Landscape!" rel="bookmark" href="http://burnsenvironmental.com/information/?p=3">Save the Rainforests, Just Not in Your Landscape!</a></h2>
<p>One of the most pressing problems confronting the world today is the loss of biodiversity to “non native” plants. Most people in America readily recognize this as it relates to human causes in such places as the exotic rainforest regions of the world. Unfortunately, not as many are aware of the ecological destruction occurring through the loss of biodiversity right here in our own back yards.</p>
<h2>Twofold destruction.</h2>
<p>This destruction has reached major proportions in such places as Hawaii, and the Southern portion of the United States. It has become a serious threat to our rangelands, forests, and our public waters. Billions of dollars are spent annually on control efforts, and billions more are lost to destruction. They effect our water intake systems, power plants, timber production, cattle production, and many other critical areas of modern life. The uncounted cost due to the loss of biodiversity, may be even higher!</p>
<p>While it is important to save as much of the biodiversity existing in exotic rain forests as possible, it is equally important to protect the home front. This is one place where thinking globally, and acting locally can really help. You can make important changes, and take important steps right here at home!</p>
<h2>What can you do? Well, I am glad you asked!</h2>
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<li> Start by buying and using native plants in your landscape. These are better anyway, and will save money on upkeep. The natives will be more disease resistant, require fewer nutrients, and less water than the exotic plants.</li>
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<li> When biking, hiking, or boating. Be careful not to bring home any hitch hikers. Check your pets, check your vehicles, check your clothes. If you are boating, please check the prop, the bilge, the live well, and anything that went on or near the water, including other recreational vehicles like four wheelers.</li>
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<li> Avoid such things as dumping out an aquarium in a lake or pond, The Hydrilla which has invaded the Southern part of the United States resulted from such actions. No matter how cute that floating exotic plant is, do not bring one home to put in your pond or lake! It may be a lake killer! The devastation from exotic aquatic weeds has reached millions of dollars, and we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg. This hits us where we live. In our water supplies. No matter how tough you are, you can’t live without water!</li>
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<h2>Where do these invaders come from?</h2>
<p>Most of the exotic invaders come from the same tropical regions we are trying to save. South America, Brazil, Africa, parts of Europe, and Asia. They are fine when living in their own regions, where natural conditions and natural predators keep them in check, but in an unguarded environment they can take over, and destroy all other plant life, leaving a mono culture.</p>
<h2>Irony.</h2>
<p>Ironic, is it not? The rainforests are destroying us as well! Yes, save the rainforests, just not in your landscape!</p>
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		<title>Thinking Green &#124; A Springboard For Green Thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[// We would like to have dialog on things that are really green. So we want to provide some topics as a springboard for further green thinking. Some of it may surprise you. For instance: An energy saving device that uses more energy to manufacture than it will ever save, is not green! Organic, or [...]]]></description>
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<p>We would like to have dialog on things that are really green. So we want to provide some topics as a springboard for further green thinking. Some of it may surprise you. For instance:</p>
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<li>An energy saving device that uses more energy to manufacture than it will ever save, is not<strong> green! </strong></li>
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<li>Organic, or natural, (usually botanical) products that require shipment of the raw materials to a factory, a lengthy and energy consuming manufacturing process, labeling, and packaging which required energy and resources to produce, which is then shipped again, or stored in a warehouse where it consumes more energy, is a lot less green than say, mowing more frequently, getting rid of brush and debris, and plugging the holes in your home to keep the bugs out! This may be a greener form of pest control, but it is not<strong> green.</strong></li>
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<li>Saving the rain forests is a great green goal. We lose a lot when we lose an acre of oxygen giving, biodiverse forest land. We also have a major threat to biodiversity in the U.S. and many other parts of the world because of the invasion of non native, exotic species, which take over forests and waterways. The <strong>green</strong> solution is to prevent this. When that is not possible, is the use of chemicals to preserve biodiversity better than losing it altogether?</li>
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<p>I am sure you can think of a lot of others. This is sometimes the difference between being &#8220;trendy&#8221; green, and being truly green, but it is something that needs to become a part of the dialog in this area.</p>
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		<title>Recycling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>james</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[// Recycling, Is it always a good thing? In the simplest, easiest sense, the answer is yes, if for no other reason, to prevent it from ending up in a landfill. Some of the answers to that question would depend on the method and means of recycling. For instance, lawn and landscape clippings are always [...]]]></description>
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<p>Recycling,  Is it always a good thing? In the simplest, easiest sense, the answer is yes, if for no other reason, to prevent it from ending up in a landfill. Some of the answers to that question would depend on the method and means of recycling. For instance, lawn and landscape clippings are always best dealt with by composting. Glass, depending on what it is to be used for, and how it is to be recycled, may require more energy to recycle than not. Aluminum, is always better recycled than tossed. The process of extracting aluminum from bauxite is so expensive in terms of time and energy, that the only time it is done is when fuel prices are low, or demand extremely high.</p>
<p>This brings up a fact that is not discussed as often as it should be. That is, that green is almost always involved in a head on collision with the green, money that is. The single best way to encourage environmental responsibility among manufacturers is to help to find more efficient means of production. This is a way that we can have a real and lasting effect for good on our environment.</p>
<p>So while we are busy about the business of protecting our environment, we should also be busy about the business of science and discovery. We need to encourage a new generation of young scientists and inventors who can work toward new means of protecting our environment now, while avoiding damaging consequences in the future. It is a difficult balancing act, but I am certain it can be done!</p>
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