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Published 4/7/2009 by The Huffington Post News Team at Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Sometimes it's hard to know when to inform your friends and family about your eco-revelations and when it'll come off as too preachy. So how do you address this with your loved ones? Do you just not bother? Do you have a special tactic you use so it doesn't bug them? Or do you go all-in, consequences be damned? Let us know, using the form below, and we'll pull the answers together as a guide for other green-minded folks who are struggling with talking about the issues they care most about with the people they care most about. Loading... Huffington Post Green is excited to team up with the Energy Action Coalition on this survey -- welcome, all you PowerShift and Energy Action types! And be sure to join HuffPost Green's community on Facebook , where this discussion can continue! (link)

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