Shop Granite City, or if you dont live there, Shop local

June 13th, 2008 at 04:44pm Under Environment+ Local News

Think about all the money that we spend out of town, going to the mall in St. Louis or Fairview Heights. Running across the bridge to buy tobacco products or gasoline because its 5 cents cheaper a gallon. Now think about all the money your throwing into that cities tax system. You’re helping maintain their roads, their schools, and their sewer system. In the process our roads, our schools and our sewer systems are losing.

You might say that Granite City doesn’t offer the goods and services that you go elsewhere to purchase; I would say that you might be right, but I bet you didn’t look very hard either. Open up the yellow pages or visit them online. You will be amazed at what Granite City has to offer!

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My energy savings quest

June 2nd, 2008 at 07:38am Under Environment+ Uncategorized

I guess you could say when I was looking around for ideas to reduce my family’s energy use I was looking for the magic bullet. Some miracle thing that would reduce my family’s energy use by huge margins. I looked into solar panels, wind energy and even hydropower. Even came up with a few ideas of my own.

What I have learned 6 months in? It’s not one or two or even a dozen things, it’s your way of thinking, and it’s your way of living. You don’t have to spend a fortune to save energy; you just need to be aware of your own actions. It’s like one of my favorite sayings, “mind the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves”.

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