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Living Green 101: Where do I start?

Embracing a zero-waste, eco-friendly lifestyle might seem intimidating at first, but you can get there if you take a few small steps.

14 min readJan 10, 2024

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Minimalism and environmental stewardship at home

A few years ago, I wrote about the effects of our over-consumption of material goods on the planet.

3 min readDec 16, 2023

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Convenience, or the planet?

Our hunger for quick-and-easy is filling the ocean with plastic.

3 min readJan 13, 2024

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Society needs to manage its money better

If our tax dollars went to real charity groups instead of tax breaks for billionaires, groups doing good works wouldn’t need to ask for…

4 min readOct 1, 2022

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Save the green space!

Photo taken by me. (c)2021

2 min readSep 20, 2022

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Save the green space!

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The absurd argument against student-loan debt relief — debunked

“I shouldn’t have to pay for someone else’s college education with my tax dollars,” we say as we rely on journalists, engineers, doctors…

2 min readAug 11, 2022

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I want to walk around my home town

Occasionally when I need to GoogleMap something, and I have some time, I get drawn into looking at my hometown . I live in another state…

2 min readApr 5, 2022

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Just what is success, anyway?

One word that seems so simple has so many definitions. But when we’re chasing success for ourselves or trying to give children the tools…

2 min readSep 22, 2021

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Stop using people as political pawns

It’s done most frequently to first responders, homeless war veterans, and children. They deserve better.

3 min readSep 20, 2021

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The United States is headed down a dangerous path

If we as US citizens turn a blind eye, we are doomed to become a dictatorship.

5 min readJul 27, 2020

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Maureen R. Proksel

Maureen R. Proksel

Rescue mom to my beloved cat. Wife. Millennial with a journalism degree. Pro-vaccine, pro-science. I write about environment, social justice & random thoughts

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