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Earth Day Tag

sawthelight.jpgWhen TreeHugger and SMITH asked our communities for six words on their "Green Life" we had great expectations for mini-memoirs on all things eco. Still, once again, what you came up with in just six words blew us away. So it is on this Earth Day, a day when everyone hugs the tree huggers, that we're thrilled to announce six winners of the first annual SMITH Mag/TreeHugger Green Life contest. The grand prize winner--and recipient of an iPod nano etched with the winning memoir—is Kay R for her brilliant, Saw the light, turned it off. Second prize goes to Marcus Eder, who reveals in six words: "I read my porn online now." We're not sure what's in his DVD player now, but what's coming next is his new prize, a set of Planet Earth DVDs. The above winners, and these four runners-up below, receive a copy of SMITH's new bestselling book, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs From Writers Famous and Obscure. Runners-up: My solar backpack recharged my soul. -Krissie Nagy Threat level has reached Code Green. -Kevin Letourneau Walk the talk, and just walk. -Rita Ann Save water. Shower with a friend. -Mego (Melissa Gould) We're not sure what to do with these two entries, except, well, smile: Does anyone hug the tree huggers? -Harlan Stanton I read Tree Hugger every day. -JonnyU Honorable mentions: Pee in cup. Water plants. Repeat. Grow your own stash (of beans). Right now, some dinosaur is chuckling. Vegetarians taste better. We're grain fed.