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The Judge: A Fable for Our Times?

Zana Hart — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:08:50 +0000

When I was a children’s librarian, I used to do a lot of story hours for preschoolers. One book that was always a favorite was called The Judge. One person after another comes before the judge and says something like [...]

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Four Things I Learned About Simple Green Living From My Years in Mexico

Zana Hart — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:04:52 +0000

My husband Kelly and I recently moved back to the US after living in Mexico for over four years. We have a number of Mexican friends, and from them and from observing the culture of the town where we lived, [...]

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Corrupt People and Letting Your Light Shine

Zana Hart — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:41:16 +0000

Evening before last, my husband Kelly watched a video of Bill Moyers talking with a congresswoman and an economist. You can see it here: Wall Street vs. Reform? He encouraged me to watch it but I was deep into learning [...]

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Facing Futility

Zana Hart — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:54:14 +0000

I’ve had a serious bout of futility this week. No matter how much I do for simple living or green causes, I can’t help but think of all the wasteful living that is going on everywhere, of people suffering from [...]

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Does Every Little Bit Help?

Zana Hart — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:39:19 +0000

I live simply in many ways by choice, and in some ways because I think it’s the right thing to do. And sometimes I wonder, does it really matter if I re-use plastic bags or keep my use of energy [...]

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