Getting Dirty for a Good Cause Shovels, Pickaxes and Activism
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By Paul Sand, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 5--It was the intersection of religious celebration and community activism.
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By Sharon Kiley Mack, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec.
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By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun.
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By Will Elliott  The sweep is on.  Volunteers will be scouring shorelines in a clean-up effort to beautify and make more functional waterways around Western New York.
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - Andrew Pritt has found some unique and valuable things while working as a trash collector, but none of them came close to the metal box he recently found under a trash bin...
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An invitation to a conference on the politics of waste leads to thoughts on the relationship of dirt and technology -- thoughts that lead inexorably to the trash-can icon on personal computers. Commentary by Momus.
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By Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Mar. 3--Environmental groups say Ohio should do more to protect poor and minority communities from pollution and are asking residents of those neighborhoods for help.
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By Steve Kuchera, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Sep. 19--.   In Indian belief, things flow in circles. So it isn't surprising that some American Indians would embrace recycling.
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In brief Mopping up the minorities
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By THOMAS B. LANGHORNE, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7432 or langhornet@courierpress.com  Covered in mud and their nostrils assaulted by foul odors, about 30 volunteers worked Saturday to clean up a longtime dump site near Pigeon Creek.
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Many plants can naturally clean chemically contaminated soil and groundwater. Researchers are now helping them do a quicker, better job of rehabbing polluted sites.
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A desire to exercise stewardship over the environment is growing among evangelical Christians.
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By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 22--The boats are ready. So are the life jackets, trash bags, snacks -- even the T-shirts and banner.   The only thing missing for Saturday's cleanup of the Missouri River at Omaha and Council Bluffs is you -- the volunteer.
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A vast online network is being used to promote social and environmental responsibility.
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By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Jun. 4--OAK RIDGE -- The cleanup apparently is working.
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By Randal Edgar; Journal Staff Writer  NARRAGANSETT - South Kingstown might be looking to go with a single company to pick up trash and recyclables, but members of the Narragansett Town Council made it clear last night that they want to keep working with the little guys.