I was just reading the latest issue of 
<a href="http://www.homepower.com/">Home Power</a> 
magazine, which is celebrating 20 years of publication with this issue.  One 
of the articles, by Kathleen Jarschke-Schultze, talks about the value of
reusable cotton bags for shopping instead of accepting the usual "paper or 
plastic".  It caught my eye because my wife Karen is an avid cotton-bag 
user.  Kathleen ends the article with an idea that I think is worth repeating:

<blockquote>
<p>
So how about this new etiquette:  Conservation in everything except courtesy
and generosity.  Seems like that would be a refreshing change.  We all need to
just put one foot in front of the other to keep moving forward on conserving
global resources.  Even if it is slow or small, take that first step.
</p>
</blockquote>

I like that.  Conservation, courtesy, and generosity should never 
go out of style...

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