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Down To Earth archive for June 13, 2011

MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011

Garfield Elementary works on water conservation

This is cool: Spokane’s Water Stewardship program is working with the Garfield Elementary School and its APPLE program students to upgrade the faucets at Garfield Elementary School with automatic faucets that turn off when they aren’t needed. How did they pay for this feature? The…

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Do you like to shop without money?

"You don't need to shop," explains one woman. "The only thing you have to do is look at home for things you don't use at all. Online, you look up ‘exchange market' and you'll find every week an exchange market in every neighborhood." "It could…

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