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Approaching Spring with a Sustainable Mindset

Approaching Spring with a Sustainable Mindset, by Jori Hamilton. Photograph of green tree by Skitter Photo
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Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

Spring is a great time to renew your practices for — and commitment to — sustainability in daily living

In the fall of 2020, then-presidential-candidate Joe Biden referred to the upcoming colder months as a “very dark winter.” Now that those dangerous months are officially behind us, it’s time to move forward into a more hopeful spring.

As we all prepare for the warmer weather, it’s important to recalibrate. One area that was

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