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Tempest in a Tight Spot
Terry Tempest Williams sends dispatches from an election-season tour |
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06 Oct 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Acclaimed author Terry Tempest Williams is currently on the road for a cross-country "Open Space of Democracy Tour" sponsored by Orion Magazine and Orion Books, publisher of her most recent book, The Open Space of Democracy. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Wednesday, 06 Oct 2004 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah When two young Canadians embarked on an extraordinary journey to follow the caribou migratio ... |
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Peace Meal
Saleem Ali sends dispatches from a sustainable peace and development gathering |
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16 Sep 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Saleem Ali is assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of Vermont and on the adjunct faculty of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. He is attending the Wilton Park Conference on Environment, Development, and Sustainable Peace. Thursday, 16 Sep 2004 STEYNING, U.K. A quiet English estate, renowned for its roster of conferences since 1946, is the venue f ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches, politics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Calling 9/11
David Epstein sends dispatches from the Republican National Convention |
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02 Sep 2004 |
Dispatches |
| David Epstein lives in New York and works as an intern for the New York Daily News. Dispatch: 1 | 2 Thursday, 02 Sep 2004 NEW YORK, N.Y. For many liberals, the most disconcerting face at the Republican National Convention last night was probably Zell Miller's, the Democrat from Georgia whose fervent berating of his own party on national security brought the loudest roar from the crowd all night. But for an envir ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches (all these topics) |
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Gangs of New York
David Epstein sends dispatches from the Republican National Convention |
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31 Aug 2004 |
Dispatches |
| David Epstein lives in New York and works as an intern for the New York Daily News. Dispatch: 1 | 2 Tuesday, 31 Aug 2004 NEW YORK, N.Y. Inside Madison Square Garden, the Republican National Convention has barely gotten underway. But out in the streets, the climate has been steadily warming. Not that climate change, or for that matter any serious environmental issue, has had a high profile inside or ou ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches (all these topics) |
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Conventional Wisdom
Mary Sullivan sends dispatches from the Democratic National Convention |
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31 Jul 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Mary Sullivan is one of 22 Vermont delegates to the Democratic National Convention, and one of nine state delegates originally pledged to former Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean. She was a 10-year member of the Vermont House of Representatives and chair of its natural resources committee. In the 1980s, she wrote for The Washington Post. Currently, she is communications coordinator at the Burli ... |
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Back to the Clean Energy Future
Mary Sullivan sends dispatches from the Democratic National Convention |
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29 Jul 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Mary Sullivan is one of 22 Vermont delegates to the Democratic National Convention, and one of nine state delegates originally pledged to former Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean. She was a 10-year member of the Vermont House of Representatives and chair of its natural resources committee. In the 1980s, she wrote for The Washington Post. Currently, she is communications coordinator ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches (all these topics) |
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Obama Mia!
Mary Sullivan sends dispatches from the Democratic National Convention |
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27 Jul 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Mary Sullivan is one of 22 Vermont delegates to the Democratic National Convention, and one of nine state delegates originally pledged to former Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean. She was a 10-year member of the Vermont House of Representatives and chair of its natural resources committee. In the 1980s, she wrote for The Washington Post. Currently, she is communications coordinator at the Burlington Ele ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches (all these topics) |
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The Boys and Girls on the Bus
Mary Sullivan sends dispatches from the Democratic National Convention |
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25 Jul 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Mary Sullivan is one of 22 Vermont delegates to the Democratic National Convention, and one of nine state delegates originally pledged to former Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean. She was a 10-year member of the Vermont House of Representatives and chair of its natural resources committee. In the 1980s, she wrote for The Washington Post. Currently, she is communications coordinator at ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches (all these topics) |
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Michael Levitin, in Barcelona
Dispatches from an international dialogue on science and sustainability |
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04 Jun 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Michael Levitin is a freelance journalist based in Barcelona. This week he is attending the World Forum of Cultures' Dialogue on Science, Knowledge, and Sustainable Development. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 Friday, 04 Jun 2004 BARCELONA, Spain. The magical underwater world of coral reefs just got a lot deeper -- about four miles, to be exact. In a report unveiled here Friday by the United Nations Envi ... |
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Michael Levitin, in Barcelona
Dispatches from an international dialogue on science and sustainability |
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02 Jun 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Michael Levitin is a freelance journalist based in Barcelona. This week he is attending the World Forum of Cultures' Dialogue on Science, Knowledge, and Sustainable Development. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 Wednesday, 02 Jun 2004 BARCELONA, Spain. Maybe it's only natural, at a conference where activists propose something as radical as a universal declaration of the human right to water, that the tone tur ... |
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Michael Levitin, in Barcelona
Dispatches from an international dialogue on science and sustainability |
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01 Jun 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Michael Levitin is a freelance journalist based in Barcelona. This week he is attending the World Forum of Cultures' Dialogue on Science, Knowledge, and Sustainable Development. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 Tuesday, 01 Jun 2004 BARCELONA, Spain. As I craned my head to read the translation screen over the stage, Mikhail Gorbachev was waving his arms wildly and bellowing in Russian about the need to pursue ... |
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Walt Ratterman, in the Galapagos Islands
Dispatches from a solar-power training expedition |
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30 May 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Walt Ratterman is program director for Green Empowerment, a nonprofit that promotes community-based renewable-energy projects internationally to generate social and environmental progress. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Sunday, 30 May 2004 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS This was the first day of installation work at the Galapaguera on San Cristobal Island, and the class did very well. In the morning, we started ... |
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Walt Ratterman, in the Galapagos Islands
Dispatches from a solar-power training expedition |
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29 May 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Walt Ratterman is program director for Green Empowerment, a nonprofit that promotes community-based renewable-energy projects internationally to generate social and environmental progress. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Saturday, 29 May 2004 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS Today was the first day of training at the Galapaguera of San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos. We met with the class participants at 7:00 a.m ... |
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Walt Ratterman, in the Galapagos Islands
Dispatches from a solar-power training expedition |
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28 May 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Walt Ratterman is program director for Green Empowerment, a nonprofit that promotes community-based renewable-energy projects internationally to generate social and environmental progress. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Friday, 28 May 2004 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS We went to the local high school to present our class on solar-energy systems and energy efficiency. Again, we had a good mix of participants: st ... |
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Walt Ratterman, in the Galapagos Islands
Dispatches from a solar-power training expedition |
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27 May 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Walt Ratterman is program director for Green Empowerment, a nonprofit that promotes community-based renewable-energy projects internationally to generate social and environmental progress. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Thursday, 27 May 2004 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS Work day and travel day. We had a few hours in the morning to catch up on work, and were getting prepared for the bus ride to Baltra to catch t ... |
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Walt Ratterman, in the Galapagos Islands
Dispatches from a solar-power training expedition |
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26 May 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Walt Ratterman is program director for Green Empowerment, a nonprofit that promotes community-based renewable-energy projects internationally to generate social and environmental progress. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Wednesday, 26 May 2004 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS Training Day. The classroom was set up at one of the high schools in San Cristobal. We had over 30 participants in this class. Again, the cl ... |
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Walt Ratterman, in the Galapagos Islands
Dispatches from a solar-power training expedition |
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25 May 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Walt Ratterman is program director for Green Empowerment, a nonprofit that promotes community-based renewable-energy projects internationally to generate social and environmental progress. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Tuesday, 25 May 2004 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS We arrived at the boat dock at 5:45 a.m. and boarded the boat for Santa Cruz. The weather was good, so we made good time, arriving in Santa Cruz ... |
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Walt Ratterman, in the Galapagos Islands
Dispatches from a solar-power training expedition |
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24 May 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Walt Ratterman is program director for Green Empowerment, a nonprofit that promotes community-based renewable-energy projects internationally to generate social and environmental progress. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Monday, 24 May 2004 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS Today was a day of training on Isabella Island in the Galapagos. It was also a holiday, so there was a celebration first thing in the morning at ... |
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Geoffrey Dabelko, at the Hague
Dispatches from the Hague Conference on Environment, Security, and Sustainable Development |
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19 May 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Geoffrey Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project in Washington, D.C., a nonpartisan policy forum on environment, population, and security issues. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Wednesday, 19 May 2004 NAIROBI, Kenya. The coming-out party for the Institute for Environmental Security in The Hague assembled a heavily North American and European group of peop ... |
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Geoffrey Dabelko, at the Hague
Dispatches from the Hague Conference on Environment, Security, and Sustainable Development |
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12 May 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Geoffrey Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project in Washington, D.C., a nonpartisan policy forum on environment, population, and security issues. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Wednesday, 12 May 2004 THE HAGUE, Netherlands Recent research suggests that environmental degradation can catalyze violent conflict. But is the opposite also true? Can environment ... |
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Geoffrey Dabelko, at the Hague
Dispatches from the Hague Conference on Environment, Security, and Sustainable Development |
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11 May 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Geoffrey Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project in Washington, D.C., a nonpartisan policy forum on environment, population, and security issues. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Tuesday, 11 May 2004 THE HAGUE, Netherlands Today the conference took on the state of transatlantic environmental relations with a lively debate. In a panel I sat on, we discussed ... |
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Geoffrey Dabelko, at the Hague
Dispatches from the Hague Conference on Environment, Security, and Sustainable Development |
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10 May 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Geoffrey Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project in Washington, D.C., a nonpartisan policy forum on environment, population, and security issues. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Monday, 10 May 2004 THE HAGUE, Netherlands Terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and perhaps failed states top today's security agenda. But what about the environment? Can environment ... |
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Will Fantle, at an organics gathering
Dispatch from a contentious meeting of the USDA's National Organic Standards Board |
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30 Apr 2004 |
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| Will Fantle is director of research for the Cornucopia Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to the fight for economic justice for the family-scale farming community. The group's Organic Integrity Project acts as a corporate watchdog monitoring the credibility of organic farming methods and the food it produces. Today, he's at a meeting of the USDA's National Organic Standards Boa ... |
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Colleen Freeman and Peter Bossard, at World Bank and IMF gatherings
Dispatch from the big annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. |
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26 Apr 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Colleen Freeman is a policy analyst at Friends of the Earth-U.S. and Peter Bossard is policy director at International Rivers Network. They took part in discussions between environmental and other nonprofit groups and officials of the World Bank and IMF in the lead-up to the institutions' annual spring meetings held April ... |
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Caron Whitaker, at a population gathering
Dispatches from a U.N. population meeting in the Big Apple |
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27 Mar 2004 |
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| Caron Whitaker manages the Population & Environment Program at the National Wildlife Federation. This week she is attending a U.N. meeting to mark the 10th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Saturday, 27 Mar 2004 New York, N.Y. Despite long days and nights, the U.N. Commission on Population and Development failed to produce an ag ... |
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