Independent Tribune Newspaper

Concord/Kannapolis, NC

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Since April 2010 | “In H.O.P.E.” column, where Tracy writes about passions such as the environment, as well as social and humanitarian issues.

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If your local newspaper or magazine needs a new column (In Honor of Planet Earth), please REACH OUT, HERE.

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• The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking is Here

 

• Venturing into Vietnam

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• Our Chronic Crisis: The Invisible Killer

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• Passport to Prevention: Exposing Opioids

 

• Vitamin G is for Grounding

 

• Nature from Nature

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• Fluoride: The Controversy Beyond Our Toothbrushes

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• An Environmental Warning: The Missing Monarch

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• A Closer Look at Extra Virgin Olive Oil

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• The Nature of Nature: Essential Oils can do Wonders

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• Let’s Head North to Alaska – and We’d Better Hurry

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• Revealing the Mysteries of Mold

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• Spring Cleaning: The Healthy Edition

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• Smokers, Mind your Butts!

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• There’s a Green App for that

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• Green Traveler Journeys to Haiti

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• Common Items you cannot Trash

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• There’s Cash in your Trash

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• Embrace the Green Season – Carpe Diem!

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• Social Recycling – Turn Clutter into Cause

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• Plastic Poisoning of a Generation

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• Back to School, the Eco-Educational Way

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• Make Green Your Summer Theme

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• The Green Traveler​

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• Celebrate Mother Earth

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•  Green Houses: Not just for plants

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• Sweet Smell of Toxins (hidden household hazards)​

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• Talking Trash

 

• Trees, Kids and Tissues – Together for a Good Cause​