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Six Words on The Green Life
SMITH and TreeHugger challenge you to define your green life in just six words. Everyone has a green story. What's yours?
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By minxc 9 months ago Gardening, canning, and sewing, thanks Grandma.
By msaraann 9 months ago Life would be miserable without complaining.
By Eppy 10 months ago Being green makes more beautiful blue.
By 7clover 10 months ago Even recycle cigarette packs, sans wrappers.
By tarintowers 10 months ago I pick cans from the trash.
Eating clean, staying lean, living green.
By Susan_Breeden 10 months ago Trees are family members. (Family trees.)
Mutant cockroach's kitchen suffers human infestation.
By kolkhoz 10 months ago hung the wash, fed the compost
Home grown tomatoes make life worthwhile.
Food co-op member; I eat well.
Recycle bottles, bags...feel guilty anyway.
By TamaraPennington 10 months ago Little Blue Planet Turning Browner Everyday
Perfection, never thought it would happen
Sun is light, not a lamp.
By Jax 10 months ago Laughter is the best natural medicine
Inside a classroom, I stare outside.
Trapped inside, while watching the sun.
I eat the leftovers 'round here.
By sumarie 10 months ago About the Project
What can you say about yourself in just six words? In its new book, Not Quite What I was Planning: Six Word Memoirs from Writers Famous and Obscure, SMITH Magazine offers hundreds of minuscule yet insightful life stories. And now the short, short life story sensation is going green.
The contest is now closed, but keep submitting your green life stories! We were so impressed with your submissions that we're keeping this project open to see if we can't possibly share your stories with the world as a book.
SMITH and TreeHugger challenge you to define your green life in just six words. Got a swell philosophy? Traveled a strange path? Fall off the eco-wagon often? Lay your tiny tale on us and you could win a copy of SMITH's new book, a Planet Earth DVD set, or even an iPod nano (personalized with your winning submission, of course). Everyone on this big, blue marble has a green story. So, what's yours?
About The Book
Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure collects almost 1,000 six-word memoirs, including additions from many celebrities including Stephen Colbert, Jane Goodall, Dave Eggers, and more.
Surprisingly addictive, Not Quite is both a moving peek at the minutia of humanity and the most literary toilet reading you’ll ever find.