Julia King

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Grandma’s Autumn Colors

Commentator Julia King reflects on the passing of her grandmother in the autumn. The colors of fall provide an opportunity to explore the eternal link of nature’s continuous life cycle. Ms. King is a writer who lives in Goshen, Indiana and comes to us from the Great Lakes Radio Consortium.

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CLEAR THE AIR

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Good Ole Fashioned Eco-Tax

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Socially Responsible Shopping

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Wheelchair-Friendly Path

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Beating the Heat

Commentator Julia King laments that with the use of air conditioning in the home, her neighbors in Goshen, Indiana no longer sit out on the front porch or engage in other traditional summer cool-off escapes.

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Teamsters & ANWR

With the International Brotherhood of Teamsters lobbying heavily for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, commentator Julia King is wondering what happened to the fledgling alliances between unions and environmentalists.

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Hand Me Downs

Commentator Julia King tells her own story of the changing seasons and of the hand-me-downs that come with the cold.

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Wal-Mart: Green Claims, Red Face

Commentator Julia King took up her local Wal-Mart’s offer to ask them about their “Green Coordinator.” She ended up feeling like she’d been taken for a ride.

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Too Much of a Good Thing

Commentator and proud water-conserver Julia King laments the invention of the automatic-flush toilet, which she says doesn’t know when to stop.