After Keith Lea became an engineer at Google, he dove head-first into a sustainable lifestyle. But one gut-wrenching event made him step back and reevaluate everything. Read the full description.
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After writing code for Google for a few years, Keith Lea fully adopted a "green" lifestyle. He stopped driving his car, shopped mostly at farmers markets and adopted a small flock of chickens. Unfortunately, one gut-wrenching event made him step back and alter his approach.
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Piece Description
After writing code for Google for a few years, Keith Lea fully adopted a "green" lifestyle. He stopped driving his car, shopped mostly at farmers markets and adopted a small flock of chickens. Unfortunately, one gut-wrenching event made him step back and alter his approach.





