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Entry bubble Going Green on St. Patrick's Day

By: Jake | March 17, 2008 | Category: General

Four Leaf Clover

Today is St. Patrick's Day, and it is a great holiday for me because the world is immersed in my favorite color. Most people with (this includes me) or without Irish-American heritage wear green, some bars dye beer green and cities like Chicago dye their rivers green.

While St. Patrick's day is an official holiday in Ireland, it is not a federal holiday in the U.S., so we probably won't see too many federal buildings in the U.S. with green banners. Federal agencies are starting to think green though. Last year President Bush signed an executive order that requires federal agencies to "go green" and achieve 11 goals in the coming years in order to become more environmentally friendly.

Here on GovGab we've posted about ways you can "go green" by recycling, composting, conserving water or even growing your own Christmas Tree and we still have a way to go before we cover every way you can conserve. In the meantime, take a look at the Environmental Protection Agency's website, and if you looking for a way you can go green today, check out these green St. Patrick's day recipes.

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blue comment bubble Posted by Joanne Patricia on March 17, 2008 at 09:45 AM EDT

An Old Irish Blessing
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!

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blue comment bubble Posted by ST. ENVIRONMENT on March 17, 2008 at 10:38 AM EDT

HEY DON'T YOU THINK IT'S NO SO GOING GREEN TO PUT HARMFUL CHEMICALS IN THE WATER LIKE IN CHICAGO TO DYE THE RIVER GREEN!! I THINK TO REALLY GO GREEN THEY MIGHT WANT TO END THIS TRADITION OF HURTING THE LOCAL WATER IN CHICAGO AND ANYWHERE ELSE. CLEAN NATURAL COLORED WATER WOULD BE MORE ACURATE TO CELEBRATE A SAINTS DAY.

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blue comment bubble Posted by Jake on March 20, 2008 at 03:14 PM EDT

Joanne,

Thanks for the St. Patty Day's poetry.

That's a good point St. Environment and I had thought about that and so did the EPA. Check out this article about the dyeing of the river from 2003 below.

It seems Chicago used to put harmful phospherescent dye in the river, but the EPA required them to change when they they found it was harmful to the aquatic life in the river. Now they use a mixture that's not only harmless to marine life, but that's color disappears by the evening.

http://media.www.fairfieldmirror.com/media/storage/paper148/news/2003/03/20/OnlineExclusives/Other.Cities.DyeIng.To.Know.What.Turns.Chicago.River.Green-395077.shtml

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