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 Stories About: dirty hippies
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Call for an end to Washington State biofuel mandates
ASUW student body transcends State and Federal legislators |
biodiversivist |
10 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A resolution opposing current Washington State biofuel policies (website not yet updated to reflect acceptance of resolution) passed in the University of Washington Student Senate on the third of June. The Associated Students of the University of Washington are, to my knowledge, the first legislative body in the country to take this bold step. The following is a brief history of how it came to be:Back in February, The Daily ran a short story about UW's plans to incr ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, dirty hippies, energy, Jay Inslee, Washington (all these topics) |
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Excuse Us While We Pick Our Jaws Up Off the Floor
Canadian bureaucrat fights charges over leaked climate document |
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11 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Excuse Us While We Pick Our Jaws Up Off the Floor Canadian bureaucrat fights charges over leaked climate document This week's hottest eco-scandal comes from Canada. For real! Where else would Mounties descend on a federal office to arrest an anarchist-leaning, punk-drumming bureaucrat for allegedly leaking a climate document to activists and the press? We swear on our stack of Celine CDs: this happened Wedn ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, dirty hippies, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Fremont solstice parade and the endangered hippie
Hippies still roam free, on this one day, in this one place. |
David Roberts |
19 Jun 2005 |
Gristmill |
| I spent a lot of time with hippies with I was a young(er!) man, in many parts of the American West, primarily Missoula, Mont. I was even a bit of a hair farmer myself in those days. But these were modern hippies, who mimic the affectations of hippiedom -- pot smoking and earnest sanctimony -- without really feeling it in their bones.Yesterday, though, I went to see what is one of the last vestiges of true dirty hippiedom in this nation of ours: The Fremont Solstice Par ... |
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| Topics: dirty hippies, Seattle (all these topics) |
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Nudity. Cycling. What's not to like?
Heck, I'd cycle nude even if it wasn't for a good cause |
Todd Hymas Samkara |
13 Jun 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Speaking of naked protests: This weekend, hundreds of cyclists across the world rode in what is by far my favorite protest -- the World Naked Bike Ride. Riding against oil dependence, for cyclists' rights, or just to feel the breeze on all their parts while surrounded by a bunch of naked friends and/or strangers, protestors bared all in some 50 cities in 17 countries, including London, Chicago, Seattle, and Madrid. And what could be better? Naked cycling protests ... |
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| Topics: bikes, dirty hippies, grassroots activism, green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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