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Article: TREND OR TRENDY?
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- April 20, 2008
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Green is in.
Snazzy, reusable totes with long handles at the grocery store.
Organic gardening supplies and apparel.
Being eco-friendly is trendy, and the bandwagon has sprung to
life in the past month with Earth Day coming up Tuesday.
From free, energy-efficient light bulbs to coupons for organic
food, stores and advocacy groups aren't letting consumers forget
that it's time to think about saving the environment.
But does environmental awareness stick beyond Earth Day? Or once
Tuesday is past, will it disappear as quickly as the Amazon rain
forest?
Earth Day events in the Roanoke Valley and nationwide in April
and May, including one held Saturday at Grandin Village, are meant
to encourage ...