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Adam Browning, Vote Solar Initiative
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27 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Adam Browning is the cofounder and director of operations for Vote Solar Initiative, a nonprofit organization working to jump-start the transition to renewable energy by helping municipal governments implement large-scale and cost-effective solar energy projects. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 27 Jan 2004 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Today, if all goes well, a $20 million Solar Bond will be introduced in the New Mexico state legislature. It's been a long, ... |
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Adam Browning, Vote Solar Initiative
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26 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Adam Browning is the cofounder and director of operations for Vote Solar Initiative, a nonprofit organization working to jump-start the transition to renewable energy by helping municipal governments implement large-scale and cost-effective solar energy projects. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 26 Jan 2004 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. It's Monday, but I will begin my story a little over two years ago, on Nov. 7, 2001. The day before, voters in the city of San Fr ... |
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Marc Alston, U.S. EPA
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23 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Marc Alston works for the U.S. EPA, Region 8 in Denver. He is on the Ecosystem Stewardship Team, and works in support of community-based environmental protection, with a focus on watershed protection groups. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 23 Jan 2004 DENVER, Colo. Well, this is my final chapter. Words cannot describe ... ah, forget it. In this installment, called "EPA Potpourri Day," I will cover EPA topics that are not my direct assignment. (Inquisitive ... |
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Marc Alston, U.S. EPA
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22 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Marc Alston works for the U.S. EPA, Region 8 in Denver. He is on the Ecosystem Stewardship Team, and works in support of community-based environmental protection, with a focus on watershed protection groups. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 22 Jan 2004 DENVER, Colo. Today I attended the executive committee meeting of the Cherry Creek Stewardship Partners at Cherry Creek State Park. The park is an outstanding setting in the midst of southeast Denver sprawl, and is a sy ... |
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Marc Alston, U.S. EPA
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21 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Marc Alston works for the U.S. EPA, Region 8 in Denver. He is on the Ecosystem Stewardship Team, and works in support of community-based environmental protection, with a focus on watershed protection groups. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 21 Jan 2004 DENVER, Colo. Yesterday I traveled with EPA and state staff to Dove Creek, Colo. We met with the Dolores County commissioners to discuss our activities in Rico -- a very small town in southwest Colorado. Most of the di ... |
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Marc Alston, U.S. EPA
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20 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Marc Alston works for the U.S. EPA, Region 8 in Denver. He is on the Ecosystem Stewardship Team, and works in support of community-based environmental protection, with a focus on watershed protection groups. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 20 Jan 2004 DENVER, Colo. I live in the Troublesome Gulch watershed. It helps one's sense of place to identify with the watershed you live in. Trisecting for flow measurement and channel geometry in a Rocky Mountain headwaters strea ... |
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Marc Alston, U.S. EPA
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19 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Marc Alston works for the U.S. EPA, Region 8 in Denver. He is on the Ecosystem Stewardship Team, and works in support of community-based environmental protection, with a focus on watershed protection groups. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 19 Jan 2004 DENVER, Colo. I just had a typical conversation: Butch Clark from the Gunnison Basin group called to ask if we would do a presentation in May in Grand Junction, Colo., on watershed protection and restoration tools. This w ... |
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Claudio Padua, Institute for Ecological Research
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17 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Dr. Claudio Padua is cofounder, with his wife Suzana, of the Institute for Ecological Research (IPE), which works on conservation projects throughout Brazil. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Saturday, 17 Jan 2004 BANGALORE, India Here we are at the end of one of the most exciting weeks of my life. After years of theorizing and building relationships with colleagues with the same vision but very different cultures, we have created the Wildlife Trust All ... |
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Claudio Padua, Institute for Ecological Research
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15 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Dr. Claudio Padua is cofounder, with his wife Suzana, of the Institute for Ecological Research (IPE), which works on conservation projects throughout Brazil. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 15 Jan 2004 BANGALORE, India Today was exhilarating -- and exhausting, because no activity requires more intellectual and emotional energy than actively listening and responding fully and honestly in a debate among sincere and passionate people. Today we ... |
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Claudio Padua, Institute for Ecological Research
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14 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Dr. Claudio Padua is cofounder, with his wife Suzana, of the Institute for Ecological Research (IPE), which works on conservation projects throughout Brazil. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 14 Jan 2004 BANGALORE, India When the average person has a day off, it usually involves rest and relaxation. No one wants to miss a chance to sleep late, wake up, stretch, and lay in bed thinking or dreaming before getting up. No one likes to lose a chan ... |
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Claudio Padua, Institute for Ecological Research
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13 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Dr. Claudio Padua is cofounder, with his wife Suzana, of the Institute for Ecological Research (IPE), which works on conservation projects throughout Brazil. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 13 Jan 2004 BANGALORE, India What I envisioned yesterday came to pass: Today is one of the most important days in my professional life and it gives me great pleasure to share it with you, Grist readers. After much work, we signed the accord that officia ... |
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Claudio Padua, Institute for Ecological Research
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12 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Dr. Claudio Padua is cofounder, with his wife Suzana, of the Institute for Ecological Research (IPE), which works on conservation projects throughout Brazil. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 12 Jan 2004 BANGALORE, India This week will certainly be one of the most important of my professional life. We will be creating, together with other organizations, an alliance of mid-size NGOs from all over the world. This alliance is an idea that several c ... |
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Patricia Feeney, Youth Power Shift
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09 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Patricia Feeney is a senior biology major at Berea College in Berea, Ky., where she also studies sustainability and environmental studies. She is co-coordinator of Youth Power Shift, a campaign of the Student Environmental Action Coalition. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Friday, 09 Jan 2004 PHILADELPHIA, Penn. Last night was full of excitement as I was reunited with friends I haven't seen since last summer's Student Environmental Action Coalition National Council mee ... |
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Patricia Feeney, Youth Power Shift
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08 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Patricia Feeney is a senior biology major at Berea College in Berea, Ky., where she also studies sustainability and environmental studies. She is co-coordinator of Youth Power Shift, a campaign of the Student Environmental Action Coalition. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Thursday, 08 Jan 2004 BEREA, Ky. It came to me as we were "checking in" today at a meeting of HEAL, our campus environmental organization. Finally, on the third day of classes in my eighth ... |
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Patricia Feeney, Youth Power Shift
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07 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Patricia Feeney is a senior biology major at Berea College in Berea, Ky., where she also studies sustainability and environmental studies. She is co-coordinator of Youth Power Shift, a campaign of the Student Environmental Action Coalition. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Wednesday, 07 Jan 2004 BEREA, Ky. At 11:00 p.m., it's time to sit down with a late dinner of improved ramen noodle soup and get some writing accomplished. Remembering the energized discussion in c ... |
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Patricia Feeney, Youth Power Shift
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06 Jan 2004 |
Dispatches |
| Patricia Feeney is a senior biology major at Berea College in Berea, Ky., where she also studies sustainability and environmental studies. She is co-coordinator of Youth Power Shift, a campaign of the Student Environmental Action Coalition. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Tuesday, 06 Jan 2004 BEREA, Ky. "What do you plan to do after you graduate from college?" the man behind the counter asked as my mom and I stopped in for a cup o' fairly traded joe. She had ... |
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Danny O'Keefe, Songbird Foundation
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19 Dec 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Danny O'Keefe is founder and director of the Songbird Foundation, which works to raise awareness about conservation of migratory-songbird habitat, particularly in coffee-growing regions and urban areas. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 19 Dec 2003 VASHON ISLAND, Wash. This morning at dawn the sky was afire and glowing all around the mountain. It's still beautifully visible but surrounded by various types of clouds and what looks to be a storm on the northern ... |
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Danny O'Keefe, Songbird Foundation
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18 Dec 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Danny O'Keefe is founder and director of the Songbird Foundation, which works to raise awareness about conservation of migratory-songbird habitat, particularly in coffee-growing regions and urban areas. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 18 Dec 2003 VASHON ISLAND, Wash. The end of the year draws near and the pace heightens perceptibly. We try not to rush, but there are beggings and offerings to be gotten out the door; travel arrangements to be made for trips ... |
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Danny O'Keefe, Songbird Foundation
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17 Dec 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Danny O'Keefe is founder and director of the Songbird Foundation, which works to raise awareness about conservation of migratory-songbird habitat, particularly in coffee-growing regions and urban areas. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 17 Dec 2003 VASHON ISLAND, Wash. A beautiful day! The mountain (Tahoma/Rainier) is out in all her glory, the wind is down, and the water is calm. I wish I could grab the kayak and head for the west side of the island to vis ... |
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Danny O'Keefe, Songbird Foundation
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16 Dec 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Danny O'Keefe is founder and director of the Songbird Foundation, which works to raise awareness about conservation of migratory-songbird habitat, particularly in coffee-growing regions and urban areas. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 16 Dec 2003 VASHON ISLAND, Wash. The day begins early with that essential cup of coffee. This time it's a drip cup of Costa Rican Santa Elena Tarrazu "miel." This coffee reflects a relatively new style in coffee pro ... |
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Danny O'Keefe, Songbird Foundation
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15 Dec 2003 |
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| Danny O'Keefe is founder and director of the Songbird Foundation, which works to raise awareness about conservation of migratory-songbird habitat, particularly in coffee-growing regions and urban areas. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 15 Dec 2003 SEATTLE, Wash. As usual, the day starts with that first cup of sustainably grown coffee, in this case a home-roasted espresso comprised of a blend of organic, shade-grown, and Fair Trade coffees from Ethiopia, Guat ... |
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David Doherty, Peace Corps in Haiti
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12 Dec 2003 |
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| David Doherty is a refugee from all things functional or organized. In other words, he is a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Haiti. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 12 Dec 2003 CAMP PERRIN, Haiti Haitian proverb: Lavalas pa janm brote sa Bondye sere pou ou. "The great flood never carries away what God has in store for you." River of screams. Peace Corps has a color-code system to warn volunteers about impending risk or danger. Certain areas of the ... |
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David Doherty, Peace Corps in Haiti
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11 Dec 2003 |
Dispatches |
| David Doherty is a refugee from all things functional or organized. In other words, he is a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Haiti. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 11 Dec 2003 CAMP PERRIN, Haiti Haitian proverb: Sak vid pa kanpe. "An empty sack cannot stand." This is a special day. Four Colombian students have arrived for a visit to ORE (Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Environment) and the Camp Perrin region. They are part of a p ... |
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David Doherty, Peace Corps in Haiti
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10 Dec 2003 |
Dispatches |
| David Doherty is a refugee from all things functional or organized. In other words, he is a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Haiti. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 10 Dec 2003 CAMP PERRIN, Haiti Haitian proverb: Nanpwen maladi li pa gen remed. "There is no illness that doesn't have a remedy." The hills are alive! Not all of Haiti is dead and brown. I finished eating my breakfast of tuna fish and crackers while chatting with the mechanics at t ... |
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David Doherty, Peace Corps in Haiti
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09 Dec 2003 |
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| David Doherty is a refugee from all things functional or organized. In other words, he is a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Haiti. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 09 Dec 2003 CAMP PERRIN, Haiti Haitian proverb: Moun grangou pa ka tande. "A hungry man cannot hear." Outside Port-au-Prince, Haitian families average six to nine people. Haiti is hallowed ground in much the same way as Gettysburg or Flanders Field. The war is over and the carcass of ... |
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