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by: DAVID HARPER Wo</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">rld Staff Writer<BR>
Sunday, April 19, 2009<BR>
4/19/2009 4:14:38 AM<BR>
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The Earth will thank you for it.<BR>
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Saturday was the first day of Use Less Stuff Week. Embedded within the celebration will be Earth Day on Wednesday.<BR>
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The Oklahoma Department</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">of Environmental Quality is coordinating this campaign, designed to encourage people to, well, use less stuff.<BR>
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"Since using less stuff is something everyone can easily do to celebrate Earth Day, organizers thought combining these events would be helpful</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">to Oklahoma citizens," said DEQ Use Less Stuff Campaign Coordinator Susie Shields.<BR>
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Organizers say using less stuff can be practiced on a corporate, community or personal level.<BR>
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For example, in an effort to be more energy efficient, the DEQ is aggressi</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">v</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ely pursuing Gov. Brad Henry's goals for reducing energy consumption in state government and has developed a comprehensive office recycling program in Oklahoma City.<BR>
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The agency also is demonstrating landscaping with native Oklahoma plants that require a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">l</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">most no mowing, watering or fertilizing.<BR>
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The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that Americans throw out more than four pounds of garbage each in their daily trash. This doesn't seem like much in the grand scheme of things, but when one considers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the resources it took to make the materials that were disposed, this amounts to a significant waste of resources — raw materials used in the manufacturing process, energy use for manufacture and transportation, etc.<BR>
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Use Less Stuff Week is an offshoot of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Use Less Stuff Day, founded by Bob Lilienfeld, editor of The ULS Report.<BR>
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Lilienfeld, who often appears on radio and TV to talk about environmental issues, co-wrote the 1998 book "Use Less Stuff: Environmentalism for Who We Really Are."<BR>
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"While recyclin</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">g</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> is important, it's still a process that uses materials and energy," the Rochester, Mich., resident said in a statement. "Thus, it's better to not create waste in the first place. I'm thrilled that Oklahoma is expanding the concept to last a full week." </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For more information on the Use Less Stuff campaign, visit tulsaworld.com/deq and click on the Use Less Stuff link under the Environmental Education heading.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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