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If buying local matters to you, mark your calendar. Bath resident Samantha Ricker will discuss her book, The Maine Conscious Consumer on Tuesday, May 14 at 6 p.m. at Shift Sustainable Home Goods, 56 Maine Street, Brunswick. Ricker is a proponent of buying local, and she knows what she’s talking about when she says, “Shifting our consumer habits away from mega retailers and a global marketplace and toward small businesses and our local marketplace boosts our own economy and helps slow global climate change.” Ricker completed her Master’s Degree thesis in Sustainable Business and Communities from Goddard College in Vermont. She walks her talk. She uses two Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares, is an active member of the local Freecycle.org group, serves as the assistant to the Bath Main Street group and consults with land trusts and other organization working on sustainability. In The Maine Conscious Consumer Ricker explains how to shop locally within your community and why it is important. She also lists organizations and programs that can help consumers along the way. While it may be more broadly applicable, Ricker includes resources created for Maine residents to find local foods, and even more specifically for southern midcoast Maine residents to find local independent businesses. The Maine Conscious Consumer is available at local bookstores and for your convenience through the Topsham publisher’s website: jstwrite.com. For more information contact: Just Write Books at 729-3600 or jstwrite.com or jstwrite@jstwrite.com. Samantha Ricker is available for interviews. Call her at (207) 504-2362 or email. Her website: http://the-conscious-consumer.com/

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