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“Grape” Ideas For More Healthful Eating
(NAPSI)—A delightful way to enjoy wholesome eating can start with your packing your plate with produce, including a dynamite little fruit—the Concord grape. Concord grapes are bold in taste and pack quite a nutritious punch. They can be enjoyed as 100% grape juice or in simple, healthy and flavor-packed recipes.
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- Here's To Clean Water--How To Help Safeguard Against Drinking Water Contaminants
- Updated: May 16, 2013 - 4:33 am
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(NAPSI)—You may have heard that drinking 8-ounce glasses of water a day is good for your health. But what if the water you’re drinking isn’t as good for you as you think—due to drinking water contaminants?
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- Texas Teen Named Two-Time National Tractor Restoration Champion
- Updated: May 16, 2013 - 4:33 am
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(NAPSI)—As a young child, Ryan Haass spent much of his time on a tractor in Devine, Texas. The Haass family heritage revolves around farming and tractor restoration. When Ryan was 10, the Texas drought was so bad that his family retired its tractors and turned to cattle ranching. With idle tractors around the farm, Ryan’s older siblings, Randolph and Amie, discovered an interest in restoration and began participating in competitions.
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- Water Testing Helps Ensure Better Water For Homeowners
- Updated: May 11, 2013 - 4:33 am
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(NAPSI)—Homeowners use water for many purposes, including drinking, cooking, washing, heating, humidifying, flushing (the No. 1 use of water in a home) and their pets. Those are just a few reasons homeowners should make sure they understand what’s in their water.
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- Easy Ways to Save Energy at Home
- Updated: May 09, 2013 - 4:33 am
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(StatePoint) Whether you are motivated to help the planet or simply want to slash home energy and water bills, there are easy steps to reduce your home’s carbon footprint.
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- Tips to Reduce Paper Waste this Earth Day
- Updated: April 19, 2013 - 4:34 am
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(StatePoint) Want to go green this Earth Day? One great area to focus on this year is reducing, reusing and recycling the paper waste you generate.
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- Tips to Reduce Paper Waste
- Updated: April 24, 2013 - 4:33 am
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(StatePoint) Want to go green? One great area to focus on this year is reducing, reusing and recycling the paper waste you generate.
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- Spruce Up Your System And Save While You Sprinkle
- Updated: April 19, 2013 - 4:33 am
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(NAPSI)—Spring may have sprung, but is your sprinkler ready? Before you ramp up your watering this season, it might be time to spruce up your sprinklers to stop wasting water, save money, and promote a healthy lawn or garden.
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- Creating Worth From Waste
- Updated: April 19, 2013 - 4:34 am
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(NAPSI)Theres genuine excitement in rural America about what to many may seem a surprising subject: livestock manure. Thats because farmers can get improved nutrient efficiency from it as a natural fertilizer source, the animal waste is easier to handle and apply, and some of the odors associated with release of ammonia gas are being reducedall thanks to some recent technology available to livestock producers.
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- You Can Help Millions Of People Solve Their Water Problem
- Updated: April 19, 2013 - 4:34 am
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(NAPSI)—Take a moment to reflect on how easily you access water every day: From just grabbing a bottle of water to throwing their clothes in the wash, most Americans take it for granted that water’s there for all their needs.
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- Helping Kids Understand Chemistry
- Updated: April 05, 2013 - 4:32 am
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(NAPSI)—Parents and teachers can do their youngsters a good turn by helping them learn to love science. Fortunately, it can be both easy and enjoyable to do. Here are a few hints on how:
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- Save 10,000 Gallons in 10 Minutes
- Updated: February 16, 2013 - 4:36 am
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(NAPSA)—Did you know that easy-to-fix household leaks could waste at least 10,000 gallons of water per year (and 10 percent of your water bill)? Join thousands of Americans all over the country this week in taking just 10 minutes to check for household water leaks.
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- Americans Get Serious About Going Green
- Updated: January 26, 2013 - 4:31 am
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(NAPSI)—Recently, the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) commissioned a survey, “The 2012 Energy Habits, Awareness & Perceptions,” with Harris Interactive to see how concerned Americans are with domestic energy and greener living.
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- Through Responsible Recycling, Safeguard The Environment And Your Economy
- Updated: January 26, 2013 - 4:31 am
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(NAPSI)—You may be able to save yourself both trouble and money—and help save the planet at the same time. It’s easy when you’re careful to recycle your electronic equipment with the aid of a certified recycler.
- Resolving to be green in 2013
- Posted: January 03, 2013
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It’s that time of year again, when many Americans resolve to lose weight, get out of debt and spend more time with family and friends. Many Americans also plan to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle in the coming years - so they are looking for simple steps to help the environment, according to a recent national survey.
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- Why greener schools can make a difference in kids' lives
- Updated: January 16, 2013 - 4:37 am
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(BPT) - As awareness about the environment continues to grow, it’s becoming more apparent that “going green” not only benefits the planet – it benefits the entire population, especially its youngest segment. When children learn in safe, comfortable, toxin-free school environments, their futures are that much brighter.
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- An Environmental Education
- Updated: December 28, 2012 - 4:36 am
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(NAPSI)—For most teenagers today, the environment is too important to be ignored—yet, according to a recent study conducted by Harris Interactive, nearly 75 percent of 14- to 18-year-olds believe kids their age are not taking enough action to increase their knowledge of and help solve environmental issues we face.
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- Shopping? Seek out recycled plastics to close the recycling loop
- Updated: December 14, 2012 - 4:36 am
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Almost all Americans now have access to recycling - and more than 90 percent say they recycle in their daily lives, according to a recent national survey. And it’s never been easier to recycle, including the plastic bottles, caps and containers we use every day.
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- For Residential Solar, Homeowners Seek American-Made
- Updated: December 01, 2012 - 4:32 am
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(NewsUSA) - With residential solar systems gaining popularity in the U.S., a growing number of consumers are choosing American-made solar panels for their homes. According to a national solar survey conducted in 2011, 82 percent of those polled support American solar manufacturing.
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- `Green' Schools Enhance Learning: 5 Tips On How To Green Your School
- Updated: December 05, 2012 - 4:46 am
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(NAPSI)—When it comes to education, where children learn can be as important as what they learn. Why? The physical condition of an actual school building affects the bottom line for every school. Money spent to heat or cool a poorly maintained school building is money that could instead be directed to student needs, such as more books or teachers.
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- From Garbage Can To Power Grid
- Updated: November 27, 2012 - 4:38 am
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(NAPSI)—This may come as a pleasant surprise: The nation’s solid waste and recycling industry—the same companies that pick up household trash and haul it away—may also be lighting and heating your home.
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- Holiday tips on lightening your environmental footprint
- Updated: January 16, 2013 - 4:37 am
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The holiday season can be the happiest time of year - but it also can be the most wasteful. Americans generate about 25 percent more waste than usual - an extra million tons - between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That’s a lot of garbage.
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