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David Doherty, Peace Corps in Haiti
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08 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 Monday, 08 Dec 2003 CAMP PERRIN, Haiti Haitian proverb: Se pa bon pou yon moun konnen twop. "It's not good for a person to know too much." Today is the latest critical point in our school construction project. It's time to compose the final document that may or may not get us the necessary ... |
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Tara Wesely, Rivers for Life meeting
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05 Dec 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Tara Wesely is attending the Rivers for Life meeting in Thailand. She is assistant manager of environmental sustainability at Aveda Corp. and a fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 05 Dec 2003 RASI SALAI, Thailand We -- participants from 62 countries, people affected by dams, fighters against destructive dams, and activists for sustainable and equitable water and energy management -- have met at Rasi Salai, Th ... |
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Tara Wesely, Rivers for Life meeting
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04 Dec 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Tara Wesely is attending the Rivers for Life meeting in Thailand. She is assistant manager of environmental sustainability at Aveda Corp. and a fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 04 Dec 2003 RASI SALAI, Thailand I feel like a new person now that I have showered. We received a gentle reminder from the organizers this morning not to leave the tap running while showering, brushing teeth, washing clothes; this ... |
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Tara Wesely, Rivers for Life meeting
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03 Dec 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Tara Wesely is attending the Rivers for Life meeting in Thailand. She is assistant manager of environmental sustainability at Aveda Corp. and a fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 03 Dec 2003 RASI SALAI, Thailand The community wake-up call was at 5:30 this morning. The bamboo rhythms are much gentler than my alarm clock at home, but it didn't make it any easier for me to roll out of my cocoon inside the mo ... |
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Tara Wesely, Rivers for Life meeting
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02 Dec 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Tara Wesely is attending the Rivers for Life meeting in Thailand. She is assistant manager of environmental sustainability at Aveda Corp. and a fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 02 Dec 2003 RASI SALAI, Thailand I have dog envy. Several puppies are enjoying the attention of some 300 people gathered for Rivers for Life: The Second International Meeting of Dam-Affected People and Their Allies. I've made the m ... |
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Tara Wesely, Rivers for Life meeting
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01 Dec 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Tara Wesely is attending the Rivers for Life meeting in Thailand. She is assistant manager of environmental sustainability at Aveda Corp. and a fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 01 Dec 2003 RASI SALAI, Thailand Bamboo amazes me. You can eat it, cook with it, build with it, even decorate with it. I slept on a woven bamboo floor last night, surrounded by bamboo walls and beams in one of the huts constructed f ... |
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David Waskow, Friends of the Earth
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21 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| David Waskow is an international policy analyst at Friends of the Earth U.S., where he works on trade policy, corporate accountability, and the environment. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 21 Nov 2003 MIAMI, Fla. Outside: Last night, as most demonstrators left, the streets became calm again (for now at least). The police remained in place on the streets, but were now gathered in bunches, no longer marching in phalanxes. People were again able to move about ... |
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David Waskow, Friends of the Earth
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20 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| David Waskow is an international policy analyst at Friends of the Earth U.S., where he works on trade policy, corporate accountability, and the environment. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 20 Nov 2003 MIAMI, Fla. This is the day of marches, rallies, and concerts in Miami during the Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations. I'm tempted to begin with a description of the police overreaction, which continued today. But I'll start instead on a positive no ... |
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David Waskow, Friends of the Earth
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19 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| David Waskow is an international policy analyst at Friends of the Earth U.S., where he works on trade policy, corporate accountability, and the environment. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 19 Nov 2003 MIAMI, Fla. In the streets of Miami, the police are now out in force to clamp down on the supposedly dangerous citizens here to protest the 34-country Free Trade Area of the Americas. But they haven't been able to stop political moves taking place inside th ... |
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David Waskow, Friends of the Earth
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18 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| David Waskow is an international policy analyst at Friends of the Earth U.S., where he works on trade policy, corporate accountability, and the environment. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 18 Nov 2003 MIAMI, Fla. I've spent the last day in the blocks around the FTAA trade meeting, while inside negotiations appear to be getting down to business (at least according to the reports we're getting in dribs and drabs). Now it's a matter of trying to get as much i ... |
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David Waskow, Friends of the Earth
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17 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| David Waskow is an international policy analyst at Friends of the Earth U.S., where he works on trade policy, corporate accountability, and the environment. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 17 Nov 2003 MIAMI, Fla. It may as well be called the World Trade Summit Beach Tour: next stop, Miami. The last stop was in Cancun, Mexico, in September, where World Trade Organization negotiations collapsed over deep disagreements between rich countries and developin ... |
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Mike Simpson, One Sky
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14 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Mike Simpson works on international environmental projects with partners in West Africa and Latin America. He is the executive director of One Sky -- The Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living in the rural, northern town of Smithers, British Columbia. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 14 Nov 2003 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone It is going to be an extra underwear day, and a busy one to boot. I have had a range of illness from typhoid to meningitis doing this line of work and I ... |
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Mike Simpson, One Sky
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13 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Mike Simpson works on international environmental projects with partners in West Africa and Latin America. He is the executive director of One Sky -- The Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living in the rural, northern town of Smithers, British Columbia. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 13 Nov 2003 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone Tuesday was Remembrance Day. It almost slipped by unnoticed until I caught sight of the date on my watch. Remembrance Day is the most serious holiday ... |
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Mike Simpson, One Sky
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12 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Mike Simpson works on international environmental projects with partners in West Africa and Latin America. He is the executive director of One Sky -- The Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living in the rural, northern town of Smithers, British Columbia. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 12 Nov 2003 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone My day started at 4:59. Awoke to the sound of prayer being sung on loudspeakers. It is Ramadan and a lot of people are fasting and praying. It lasts ... |
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Mike Simpson, One Sky
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11 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Mike Simpson works on international environmental projects with partners in West Africa and Latin America. He is the executive director of One Sky -- The Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living in the rural, northern town of Smithers, British Columbia. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 11 Nov 2003 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone I made it. Had to ditch some brochures and move heavy stuff into my check-in baggage ... but I made it. I have my doubts about my entries making i ... |
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Mike Simpson, One Sky
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10 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Mike Simpson works on international environmental projects with partners in West Africa and Latin America. He is the executive director of One Sky -- The Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living in the rural, northern town of Smithers, British Columbia. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 10 Nov 2003 EN ROUTE TO SIERRA LEONE It's the bags that always get me when I travel. I'm always leaving with an epic number of bags and trying to scam my way to Africa with way too much s ... |
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Sean Schmidt, Sustainable Style Foundation
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07 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Sean Schmidt is cofounder and executive director of the Sustainable Style Foundation. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 07 Nov 2003 LOS ANGELES, Calif. Rebecca and I got going around 10:00 a.m. yesterday with a trip to the Modernica Props warehouse near downtown L.A. I must tell you, being a huge fan of vintage modern style furnishings, I was in heaven. Modernica, the company, reproduces a lot of the amazing furniture designs from the '50s through the ... |
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Sean Schmidt, Sustainable Style Foundation
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06 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Sean Schmidt is cofounder and executive director of the Sustainable Style Foundation. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 06 Nov 2003 LOS ANGELES, Calif. I don't know how Rebecca does it. Yesterday I tackled the fullest to-do list I've had in a long time, and by the end of it all, I was pretty tuckered out. With her company, les Egoistes, which specializes in creative services (event production, styling, personal shopping, etc.), she does this all the ... |
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Sean Schmidt, Sustainable Style Foundation
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05 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Sean Schmidt is cofounder and executive director of the Sustainable Style Foundation. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 05 Nov 2003 LOS ANGELES, Calif. As expected, yesterday got a bit crazy right before Rebecca and I took off for L.A. The fun started as Collin and I tried to get a computer up and running in our office for him to work on. We have a great donated computer, but it's missing a lot of the key things it needs to be fully functional. For ... |
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Sean Schmidt, Sustainable Style Foundation
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04 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Sean Schmidt is cofounder and executive director of the Sustainable Style Foundation. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 04 Nov 2003 SEATTLE, Wash. The commute into work this morning was miserable! Seemed like every road in to Seattle was backed up, but that's Seattle traffic for you. Normally I'd take my Vespa, but since I'm running last-minute errands for our upcoming L.A. trip, I needed my minivan (lovingly named "Maggie"). Yesterday ... |
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Sean Schmidt, Sustainable Style Foundation
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03 Nov 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Sean Schmidt is cofounder and executive director of the Sustainable Style Foundation. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 03 Nov 2003 SEATTLE, Wash. It's an exciting time here at the Sustainable Style Foundation. Senior Stylist Rebecca Luke and I are gearing up for a trip to Los Angeles where we will attend the 13th annual Environmental Media Association (EMA) Awards ceremony and help style and produce a gala reception at the Business for Social Respons ... |
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Andrew Larson, Seattle Public Utilities
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31 Oct 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Andrew Larson works in the Watershed Management Division of Seattle Public Utilities as a forest ecology intern. He is also pursuing graduate studies in Forest Ecosystem Analysis at the University of Washington. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 31 Oct 2003 NORTH BEND, Wash. Today, I think rather than me simply telling you about what I'm working on, we should try something more engaging. I'd like you to try to put yourself into my shoes, and experience ... |
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Andrew Larson, Seattle Public Utilities
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30 Oct 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Andrew Larson works in the Watershed Management Division of Seattle Public Utilities as a forest ecology intern. He is also pursuing graduate studies in Forest Ecosystem Analysis at the University of Washington. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 30 Oct 2003 SEATTLE, Wash. I'm shaking things up today. I should be working at the Cedar River Municipal Watershed (CRMW). Instead, I'm at school. I have two major assignments that must be finished today. Than ... |
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Andrew Larson, Seattle Public Utilities
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29 Oct 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Andrew Larson works in the Watershed Management Division of Seattle Public Utilities as a forest ecology intern. He is also pursuing graduate studies in Forest Ecosystem Analysis at the University of Washington. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 29 Oct 2003 SEATTLE, Wash. It looks like I'm going be a zombie for Halloween this year. By Friday I won't need a costume; my sleep schedule is doing my makeup. Today, between three classes and a mountain ... |
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Andrew Larson, Seattle Public Utilities
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28 Oct 2003 |
Dispatches |
| Andrew Larson works in the Watershed Management Division of Seattle Public Utilities as a forest ecology intern. He is also pursuing graduate studies in Forest Ecosystem Analysis at the University of Washington. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 28 Oct 2003 NORTH BEND, Wash. This morning I'm finishing up some loose ends in the office before I head out to the field. I'm particularly excited about one task on my to-do list: I need to contact Dr. Robert V ... |
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