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On Mount Washington, a peak experience - Magazine - The Boston Globe - 0 views

  • “Rather than allowing 9/11 to continue to live in infamy and sadness, we want to use the day as a point of strength, unification, and renewal,” says Nick Watson, a 39-year-old former sergeant in the Army Rangers and a founder of Veterans Expeditions (VetEx)
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The coolest green infrastructure you are likely to see | Kaid Benfield's Blog | Switchb... - 0 views

  • The coolest green infrastructure you are likely to see Print this page Posted November 27, 2012 in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably Tags: greenfutureslab, greeninfrastructure, landscapearchitecture, seattle, smartercities, smartgrowth, sustainablecommunities, universityofwashington Share | | |   Just yesterday, I was making the case for bringing more nature into urban environments, to soften the perceived and real effects of density and thus make density more appealing.  Today, I came across maybe the best example I have seen.  It is certainly the best I have seen integrated into a vertical wall; this is key in downtown districts, where green space on the ground can be hard to come by.
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Elizabeth Warren, Known, and Maybe Feared, on National Stage - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • “Wall Street C.E.O.’s — the same ones who wrecked our economy and destroyed millions of jobs — still strut around Congress, no shame, demanding favors and acting like we should thank them,” Ms. Warren declared in her prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention. That was the Elizabeth Warren who earned the adoration of millions of people across the country, the one who spoke truth to power and was not worried about sounding indiscreet. And it is what they expect of her now that she has a powerful new platform in Washington.
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Kozol: 'I'm sick of begging' Congress to do the right thing - The Answer Sheet - The Wa... - 1 views

  • Kozol: ‘I’m sick of begging’ Congress to do the right thing By Valerie Strauss This is an interview that veteran teacher Anthony Cody did with Jonathan Kozol and posted on his Education Week Teacher blog, Living in Dialogue. Kozol is a famed advocate for civil rights in education. His 1991 book, “Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools,” detailed the vast differences between public schools for children living in poverty and kids who aren’t.
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Gov. Gregoire announces priority actions to protect state's valuable shellfish resource... - 0 views

  • OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire signed an executive order today underscoring the importance of recommendations from her Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification to address the growing problem of ocean acidification in Washington, which threatens the state’s shellfish resources and its $270 million shellfish industry.
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Climate Patriotism: Sierra Club Endorses Civil Disobedience For First Time In Its Histo... - 0 views

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      Keystone XL Pipeline action in Washington, DC, 2/17/13.  Tar Sands Action, Portland , ME, 1/26/13.
  • For civil disobedience to be justified, something must be so wrong that it compels the strongest defensible protest. Such a protest, if rendered thoughtfully and peacefully, is in fact a profound act of patriotism…. For us, [the wrong] is the possibility that the United States might surrender any hope of stabilizing our planet’s climate.
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