OK, pop quiz: Which TVs on the market are more efficient -- Energy Star or Energy Forward TVs?

I bet I know what you're thinking: Energy Forward?

Huh?

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The 2012 Country Living Expo & Cattlemen's Winterschool is coming up.

This, ladies and gentleman, is actually some cause for excitement.

This annual event, hosted by the Stanwood FFA and presented by the WSU Skagit County Extension and other local groups, will be from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 28 at Stanwood High School, 7400 272nd St. NW.

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I saw this really cool drinking fountain a few weeks ago at a local school, Northshore Christian Academy in Everett. (I was there learning about the kids' amazing TerraCycle brigade for a story I'm doing in a few weeks. Stay tuned.)

I would just LOVE to have one of these rapid-refill bottle-filling-stations at my place of work. (Hint, hint.)

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If you think organic food is a big trend in Washington, you're absolutely right.

Indeed, organic food seems to be a trend that is here to stay, according to the Tilth Producers of Washington, a chapter of Washington Tilth Association, an organic farming and sustainable agriculture organization.

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When it comes to living green, I'm probably more into the whole movement than my husband, who -- for 10 years now -- has graciously gone along, as much as practical, with my bottomless enthusiasm for household recycling, composting and sustainable eats.

But gradually, I'm wearing him down.

How can I tell?

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