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Waste Not, Want Not: Region 2000 Services Authority teaches area students the importance of conservation
Issue: August 2010 by Megan Norcross.
An old Chinese Proverb says, “Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.” When we think back on the lessons we’ve learned, whether in adolescence or our adult years, most of what we’ve learned has been through experience—a bad break-up that taught us to know better, a [...]
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The Shoe Industry: A Perfect Fit for Lynchburg
Issue: July 2010 by Megan Norcross.
When you think of shoe capitals, certain places come to mind—New York City, Milan, Paris and even Holland with their wooden shoes. A city that likely doesn’t come to mind, however, is Lynchburg. That’s right: Our fair city has a history steeped in the world of shoes. In the early 1900s, Craddock Terry Shoe Company [...]
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Green Printing: Taking the Print Out of Our Carbon Footprint
Issue: July 2010 by Megan Norcross.
It goes without saying that the burgeoning success of online media has cast a substantial shadow over the print world. You can read The New Yorker, Vogue or Rachel Ray magazine online, from the comfort of your home, and without paying the $5 newsstand fee to look at mostly ad space. Locally and nationally, many [...]
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Grayson Ferguson Woodworking: Just Like the Old Boys
Issue: June 2010 by Megan Norcross.
How many times have you walked into an antique or thrift store and spotted an armoire that is crafted with the utmost perfection? The intricacy of the detailed carvings coupled with the durability of its craftsmanship establish a sense of nostalgia—perhaps of a time long past when the work of one’s hand was revered, or [...]
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EcoFriendly Foods
Issue: June 2010 by Megan Norcross.
Imagine being locked in a small, dark room for your entire adolescent life, completely isolated from your mother. If this were to happen to a child, law enforcement would intervene, news stations would swarm the scene and consequences would be had. However, situations like these do occur within the meat and poultry industry that makes [...]
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Energy Emphasis: How Lynchburg College is Reducing Their Consumption
Issue: May 2010 by Megan Norcross.
For some of us, when we think back on our college years, we’ll remember late night parties, cramming for exams and copious amounts of pizza. For the alumni of Lynchburg College, they will likely remember the same things—but with a special twist. Over the course of the next few years, Lynchburg College will spend $4.65 [...]
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To Build an Eco-House: How a Local Initiative is Spurning the Construction of Lean, Green Homes in Our Area
Issue: April 2010 by Megan Norcross.
As Americans, we have the privilege of living in a country where any material possession is attainable, where food is just a quick drive to the super market away and where it’s “okay” to leave a few scraps of food on your plate. What many of us don’t realize, however, is that those scraps of [...]
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Hop On the Bus, Gus: Sonny Merryman Puts a Green Plan into Action
Issue: March 2010 by Megan Norcross.
The wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round. Whether or not that bus is emitting harmful pollutants into the air while those wheels spin is a different story. Such is not the case for a few local, yellow machines, however. Or, perhaps we should say, “green machines.” Loudoun County Public Schools, in Ashburn, Virginia, [...]
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Breathe Easy, Virginia: Is the Smoking Ban Putting the Chokehold on Local Restaurants?
Issue: February 2010 by Megan Norcross.
Until very recently, it was an all-too-familiar scene: A night out with friends left you red-eyed and smelling like a carton of cigarettes, though you hadn’t been smoking and neither had your friends. Your favorite restaurant was filled with customers throughout the night and as customers dragged away on their Marlboros, you simply tried to [...]