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This Week on Metro Connection: Conserving & Preserving

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This week we're conserving and preserving everything from art, to trees, to battlefields, to -- of course -- cash!
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This week we're conserving and preserving everything from art, to trees, to battlefields, to -- of course -- cash!

Maybe you're trying to conserve energy this summer, and bravely turning off, or turning down, the A.C.? Or trying to save money, and forgoing your daily extra-tall-grande-venti iced coffee? Or thinking about digitizing old photos... bronzing baby shoes... transferring all your old vinyl to mp3? Whatever the case, we'll capture that spirit of Conserving and Preserving on this week's show.

[Music: "Every Little Bit Hurts" by John Davis from Title Tracks]

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