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Michael Noble, Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy
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28 Mar 2000 |
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| Michael Noble is the executive director of Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a Minnesota coalition that works to improve the environment and the economy through increased efficiency in energy and land use, and increased reliance on home-grown renewable energy. The coalition partners conduct a coordinated program of research, public education campaigns, and citizen involvement in public decisions. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tu ... |
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Michael Noble, Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy
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27 Mar 2000 |
Dispatches |
| Michael Noble is the executive director of Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a Minnesota coalition that works to improve the environment and the economy through increased efficiency in energy and land use, and increased reliance on home-grown renewable energy. The coalition partners conduct a coordinated program of research, public education campaigns, and citizen involvement in public decisions. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Mo ... |
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Michael Noble, Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy
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26 Mar 2000 |
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| Michael Noble is the executive director of Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a Minnesota coalition that works to improve the environment and the economy through increased efficiency in energy and land use, and increased reliance on home-grown renewable energy. The coalition partners conduct a coordinated program of research, public education campaigns, and citizen involvement in public decisions. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Su ... |
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Bill Sheehan, GrassRoots Recycling Network
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23 Mar 2000 |
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| Bill Sheehan (pictured here with daughter Fiona) is network coordinator for the GrassRoots Recycling Network in Athens, Ga. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 23 Mar 2000 ATHENS, Ga. The weather is beautiful again. I am torn between work and wanting to go see if the big water snake is still sunning itself in the same spot it has been three times in the past month beside the creek down near the river. I decide to save that walk for the weekend. I s ... |
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Bill Sheehan, GrassRoots Recycling Network
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22 Mar 2000 |
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| Bill Sheehan (pictured here with daughter Fiona) is network coordinator for the GrassRoots Recycling Network in Athens, Ga. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 22 Mar 2000 ATHENS, Ga. I am up at 4:30 a.m. to catch a plane back to Atlanta, then drive to Athens in the bright spring air washed by Sunday's rains. At the house, I check in with Chris, take a shower, and relax a bit before diving into the pile of accumulated tasks. Contemplating the awai ... |
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Bill Sheehan, GrassRoots Recycling Network
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21 Mar 2000 |
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| Bill Sheehan (pictured here with daughter Fiona) is network coordinator for the GrassRoots Recycling Network in Athens, Ga. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 21 Mar 2000 DESTIN, Fla. I wake up at first light, rested. The full moon is setting as the sun rises in a clear sky. From the third floor balcony of the rental house, a sea of rooftops gathers like tide pool critters between me and the ocean. Casual meeting, big agenda. I call Chris at the offic ... |
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Bill Sheehan, GrassRoots Recycling Network
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20 Mar 2000 |
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| Bill Sheehan (pictured here with daughter Fiona) is network coordinator for the GrassRoots Recycling Network in Athens, Ga. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 20 Mar 2000 FORT WALTON, Fla. Today started as an endurance test. We arrived via taxi from the Fort Walton airport at the rental beach house at 4 a.m. No empty beds, no instructions, so two of us slept on the living room floor. For two hours, that is, until the breakfast-makers appeared and began ... |
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Bill Sheehan, GrassRoots Recycling Network
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19 Mar 2000 |
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| Bill Sheehan (pictured here with daughter Fiona) is network coordinator for the GrassRoots Recycling Network in Athens, Ga. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Sunday, 19 Mar 2000 ATHENS, Ga. Woken up at 6:30 a.m. by my bouncy nine-year-old daughter, Fiona, who had been woken by her kitten. Sky gray, temperature cool -- more like late winter than any weather in many weeks. French toast, strong coffee (my wife calls it "cup-optional"). We read the S ... |
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Dan Brister, Buffalo Field Campaign
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17 Mar 2000 |
Dispatches |
| Dan Brister has been working with the Buffalo Field Campaign since December of 1997. He alternates winters on the Yellowstone boundary with falls in Missoula, Mont., where he is earning an MS in environmental studies. Dan can be contacted at dan@wildrockies.org. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 17 Mar 2000 WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. When I first joined the campaign more than two years ago, I fell in love at once with the Fir Ridge ski shift. Sunrise at Fir Rid ... |
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Dan Brister, Buffalo Field Campaign
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16 Mar 2000 |
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| Dan Brister has been working with the Buffalo Field Campaign since December of 1997. He alternates winters on the Yellowstone boundary with falls in Missoula, Mont., where he is earning an MS in environmental studies. Dan can be contacted at dan@wildrockies.org. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 16 Mar 2000 MISSOULA, Mont. Last night, we showed our video, Buffalo Bull, to students at the University of Montana. I spent the night at the headquarters of one o ... |
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Dan Brister, Buffalo Field Campaign
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15 Mar 2000 |
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| Dan Brister has been working with the Buffalo Field Campaign since December of 1997. He alternates winters on the Yellowstone boundary with falls in Missoula, Mont., where he is earning an MS in environmental studies. Dan can be contacted at dan@wildrockies.org. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 15 Mar 2000 WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. Today I drive to Missoula -- my other world. I'm going to show Buffalo Bull, our documentary on the bison slaughter, at the Un ... |
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Dan Brister, Buffalo Field Campaign
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14 Mar 2000 |
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| Dan Brister has been working with the Buffalo Field Campaign since December of 1997. He alternates winters on the Yellowstone boundary with falls in Missoula, Mont., where he is earning an MS in environmental studies. Dan can be contacted at dan@wildrockies.org. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 14 Mar 2000 WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. It has been snowing for the past few days. I wonder where the herd is. We did a flyover of the park a few weeks ago and found mo ... |
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Dan Brister, Buffalo Field Campaign
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13 Mar 2000 |
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| Dan Brister has been working with the Buffalo Field Campaign since December of 1997. He alternates winters on the Yellowstone boundary with falls in Missoula, Mont., where he is earning an MS in environmental studies. Dan can be contacted at dan@wildrockies.org. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 13 Mar 2000 WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. Our patrols are on their way into the field along the western boundary of Yellowstone National Park. We wake each morning at 4:30 ... |
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Amelie Van Den Bos, Global Village of Beijing
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03 Mar 2000 |
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| Amelie Van Den Bos is program coordinator for Global Village of Beijing (GVB), and she is helping to organize Earth Day 2000 in China. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 03 Mar 2000 BEIJING, China Telephones are ringing off the hook, and it's hard for me to write this diary entry! This is the aftermath of the Earth Day 2000 China Launching Ceremony -- journalists want more information and interviews, and they want them now! Everyone at the office ... |
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Amelie Van Den Bos, Global Village of Beijing
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02 Mar 2000 |
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| Amelie Van Den Bos is program coordinator for Global Village of Beijing (GVB), and she is helping to organize Earth Day 2000 in China. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 02 Mar 2000 BEIJING, China Horns blaring, people getting out of their cars, everyone in a hurry with no choice but to let the precious minutes go by -- a typical Beijing traffic jam. In the taxi on the way to see Denis Hayes and Earth Day Japan off this morning, I was stuck in thi ... |
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Amelie Van Den Bos, Global Village of Beijing
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01 Mar 2000 |
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| Amelie Van Den Bos is program coordinator for Global Village of Beijing (GVB), and she is helping to organize Earth Day 2000 in China. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 01 Mar 2000 BEIJING, China Fresh air at last! Today was the first time that all of Earth Day China's guests had an opportunity to leave downtown Beijing for the snow-covered Chinese countryside. Kikuko Mizuno and Toshiya Hirose of Earth Day Japan, Choi Ye-yong and Jeong Mi-hyang ... |
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Amelie Van Den Bos, Global Village of Beijing
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29 Feb 2000 |
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| Amelie Van Den Bos is program coordinator for Global Village of Beijing (GVB), and she is helping to organize Earth Day 2000 in China. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 29 Feb 2000 BEIJING, China The large room was crowded with environmentalists of all kinds, making today's Earth Day 2000 China Launching Ceremony an exciting, noisy NGO event. Located in the conference hall of the Beijing Environmental Education Center, there were inflatable toy gl ... |
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Amelie Van Den Bos, Global Village of Beijing
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28 Feb 2000 |
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| Amelie Van Den Bos is program coordinator for Global Village of Beijing (GVB), and she is helping to organize Earth Day 2000 in China. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 28 Feb 2000 BEIJING, China This week Global Village of Beijing (GVB) is fortunate to have Denis Hayes, chairman of the Earth Day Network, as a guest. GVB is a Chinese non-governmental organization specializing in environmental education through media and community activities. Founde ... |
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Louise Wagenknecht, sheep farmer
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11 Feb 2000 |
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| Louise Wagenknecht writes from Leadore, Idaho, where she juggles words, sheep, and a part-time job with the U.S. Forest Service. Her essays have appeared in High Country News, the American Nature Writing anthologies, and The River Reader. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 11 Feb 2000 LEADORE, Idaho It's 30 degrees outside at 7:15 a.m., and I don't like it. Low clouds cover the tops of the 11,000 foot Lemhi Range, five miles west of us. The forecast says snow, ... |
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Louise Wagenknecht, sheep farmer
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10 Feb 2000 |
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| Louise Wagenknecht writes from Leadore, Idaho, where she juggles words, sheep, and a part-time job with the U.S. Forest Service. Her essays have appeared in High Country News, the American Nature Writing anthologies, and The River Reader. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 10 Feb 2000 LEADORE, Idaho Home again, with most of the stuff on yesterday's shopping list. I didn't get the plywood, since I ended up going to the feed store first, and by the time I got f ... |
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Louise Wagenknecht, sheep farmer
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09 Feb 2000 |
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| Louise Wagenknecht writes from Leadore, Idaho, where she juggles words, sheep, and a part-time job with the U.S. Forest Service. Her essays have appeared in High Country News, the American Nature Writing anthologies, and The River Reader. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 09 Feb 2000 SALMON, Idaho Driving into Salmon yesterday, the air was clear, the highway dry, and all along the Lemhi River, the willows were turning pink in anticipation of spring. It's th ... |
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Louise Wagenknecht, sheep farmer
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08 Feb 2000 |
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| Louise Wagenknecht writes from Leadore, Idaho, where she juggles words, sheep, and a part-time job with the U.S. Forest Service. Her essays have appeared in High Country News, the American Nature Writing anthologies, and The River Reader. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 08 Feb 2000 LEADORE, Idaho Yesterday afternoon we saw the owl again! All winter, a northern pygmy owl has been hanging out near the haystack, presumably looking for mice. Less of a night-lov ... |
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Louise Wagenknecht, sheep farmer
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07 Feb 2000 |
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| Louise Wagenknecht writes from Leadore, Idaho, where she juggles words, sheep, and a part-time job with the U.S. Forest Service. Her essays have appeared in High Country News, the American Nature Writing anthologies, and The River Reader. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 07 Feb 2000 LEADORE, Idaho This morning, just as the sun came up over Powderhorn Ridge across the valley, a golden eagle landed in the dead top of the big cottonwood tree along the irrigation ... |
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Suzanne Cheavens, Mountainfreak magazine
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04 Feb 2000 |
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| Suzanne Cheavens is the senior editor of Mountainfreak magazine, based in Telluride, Colo. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 04 Feb 2000 TELLURIDE, Colo. Filing these diary entries has become my new favorite habit. There is not a writer on Earth that doesn't journal. Keeping a journal or a diary not only works the muscle, it also provides a place to dump one's joys and woes. I work out new turns of phrase, interesting comments I may have heard, unravel ... |
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Suzanne Cheavens, Mountainfreak magazine
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03 Feb 2000 |
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| Suzanne Cheavens is the senior editor of Mountainfreak magazine, based in Telluride, Colo. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 03 Feb 2000 TELLURIDE, Colo. It's another one of those crispy, blue-sky Colorado winter days. I am truly blessed to call this place my home. When I moved here almost 15 years ago, I made a vow to look up at the mountains every day, no matter how busy or preoccupied I might be. That was a good promise and I have faithfully cast m ... |
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