As far back as he can remember Jack Reichert has been interested in the environment.
In the second grade, he rallied all of his classmates to donate one recess a week to cleaning up litter from the schoolyard. That was the same year that a city councilman asked him to help with his campaign because of the letter Jack had written asking him to clean up Boston Harbor.
Ever since Jack has followed the development of the international green conscience with anticipation and hope that one day we will treat Mother Earth with the respect she deserves and not turn her into another Giving Tree.
For tips, feedback and prophet sightings, Jack can be reached at jack (at) greenprophet (dot) com.
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