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Posted on: Monday, June 25, 2007

Handy manual lists ways you can help save the world

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"The Better World Handbook" offers these small changes that will make a big difference:

Some activist organizations have agreements with credit card companies allowing them to donate to that group, with no charge to you. For example, the Working Assets card donates 10 cents for each purchase to a pool of nonprofits.

Invest in community development loan funds, which support low-income housing development and provide small business loans. For example, the Calvert Social Investment Foundation promotes micro-lending throughout the globe.

— Advertiser staff

FINAL WORD

"It's amazing how weighed down you feel when you have to move with everything you need."

Elizabeth McCracken
author of "Niagara Falls All Over Again," on being a traveler in the June Real Simple magazine

UPPING YOUR INTAKE

SLICING UP FRUITS AND VEGGIES MAKES THEM EASIER TO EAT

Five a day! Getcher five a day here! How can we up our fruit and veggie intake, now that the state Department of Health is kicking off a 10-week campaign to help people improve their diets? We're averaging about three or four daily, but if those veggies and fruits are handy, perhaps that number will rise. Wash apples, slice mango or cut up celery sticks and you're more likely to eat them. These foods taste wonderful and are convenient — as well as low in calories and are a good source of fiber and energy. For more, go to www.healthyhawaii.com.

— Drs. Jay Maddock and Bill Reger-Nash

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