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  East Coast vs Intermountain West

  Let's face it--most of the devastating environmental impact in our country is coming from West of the Mississippi--not to discount MTR in Appalachia, but there's a lot more land out here to be ruined.  The fact is that a lot of that land is used by miners and ranchers.  We need someone who can work with those interests and balance it out. It never fails to irk me when non-locals or city dwellers think they know what's best for people in rural areas.  You've got to take into account local interests, culture and economy in making sustainable decisions. This has been proved around the world.  Salazar may not be a perfect "Dwell"er but he has cred with traditional interests in the west.  He will know how to build bridges instead of just pissing folks off. On Green groups divided over choice of Salazar to head Interior posted 10 months, 2 weeks ago 15 Responses

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  huh--NOT what I thought this talk would be about

  Interesting about the white people comment.  As an observer of an incredibly diverse population every day in my work, one thing I constantly wonder about is the non-white perception of organic food and eating local.  My personal belief is that this issue does not attract legislative attention exactly because it may not be on the radar of less-educated, non-yuppie-white-people.  What can be done to make it less elitist? Pricing for the masses and an embrace by people of all colors.On How the organic movement can regain its relevance posted 1 year, 4 months ago 24 Responses

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  reuse somethin' else

  Surely you have a perfectly good backpack or lumbar pack you could use to carry diapers and baby shtuff.  You're not going to use it in a few years anyway....why consume yet another specialized piece of baby equipment?  I used a Mountainsmith lumbar pack through 2 kids for 5 years... and I had $200 to spend on taking them to awesome places like the zoo, beach and museum.On Eco-diaper bag has good cause, lousy price posted 1 year, 4 months ago 9 Responses