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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Hello Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>I’ve attached a press release
detailing our editor’s visit to OKC. I would love to have
green/sustainable business/people for Linda to interview and places for her to
visit when she comes to town. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>If you would like to meet Linda
please let me know. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Tina Hilbert<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>405-602-1014<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>**********************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>For Immediate Release:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Tuesday, August 24, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>1:08pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Stone Soup Listening Tour to Connect
the Green Dots<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Two enterprising ecopreneurs are journeying to 11 cities for a Stone
Soup Listening Tour, beginning September 7. Linda Sechrist, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Natural Awakenings</span></i> editor/writer and
co-founder of Upstate Green Central Station and Sharon J. Kleitsch, founder of
The Connection Partners, will meet hundreds of innovative individuals, listen
to sustainability stories and learn about green initiatives across the nation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Through their networks, the women are connecting with regional
nonprofit, business, government and media leaders to support what they and
others are doing in the tour cities. “Gathering and sharing this
information creates a satisfying, savory ‘stone soup’ of true
sustenance,” says Sechrist. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The duo will collect a bounty of stories from each community as they travel,
contributing them to the next city’s “pot.” “Our
mission is to produce a soulfully good soup story that sustains all,” say
Sechrist and Kleitsch. “At present, we believe that sustainability
stories and initiatives<font color=red><span style='color:red'> </span></font>are
disconnected and ineffective, unable to transform, modify or enhance the
momentum of the grassroots movement already taking place.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“Many individuals and groups are already hosting conversations to
address current issues,” adds Kleitsch. “We’re just
connecting the green dots, stirring the stone soup pot, and watching what
happens.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The September tour, in collaboration with 11 <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Natural Awakenings</span></i> publishers, begins in <st1:City w:st="on">San
Diego</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State> and moves to <st1:City
w:st="on">Tucson</st1:City> (September 9) and <st1:City w:st="on">Phoenix</st1:City>
(September 10), in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State>.
It continues to <st1:City w:st="on">Albuquerque</st1:City> (September 12) and <st1:City
w:st="on">Santa Fe</st1:City> (September 13-14), in <st1:State w:st="on">New
Mexico</st1:State>, then swings to <st1:City w:st="on">Oklahoma City</st1:City>
(September 16-17) and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tulsa</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State></st1:place> (September 18). The
final leg includes <st1:City w:st="on">Little Rock</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:State> (September 20) and three stops in <st1:State
w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:State>: <st1:City w:st="on">Memphis</st1:City>
(September 21), <st1:City w:st="on">Nashville</st1:City> (September 22) and <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chattanooga</st1:place></st1:City> (September
23). The tour ends in Greenville/Spartanburg, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">South Carolina</st1:place></st1:State>, on September 24.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Stories, photos and video interviews will be posted on <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>blog.naturalawakeningsmag.com</span></i>, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>YouGottaGoGreen.com</span></i>, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>CircleConnections.com</span></i>, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>UpstateGreenCentralStation.com</span></i>, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>YouTube</span></i> and <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Facebook</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Contact Linda Sechrist at
StoneSoup@NaturalAwakeningsmag.com</span></font></i> <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>or Sharon Joy Kleitsch at <a href="mailto:kleitsch@verizon.net"
title="blocked::mailto:kleitsch@verizon.net"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><span
title="blocked::mailto:kleitsch@verizon.net">kleitsch@verizon.net</span></span></font></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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enjoy our New August Ezine.</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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