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Three Months and 12 Days since Last Kayak

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Here’s the CASSE Petition for a Sustainable World

Read it and then go to <http://steadystate.org/act/sign-the-position/&gt; to sign it on-line at the web page for the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) Whereas: 1) Economic growth, as defined in standard economics textbooks, is an increase … Continue reading

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The Latest Strategies For Bay Clean-up

The article makes it seem that the only reason the Bay Program Strategy mentions climate change is because public comment was strong. Not too encouraging, coming as it does from the same people who failed the first 25 years. from … Continue reading

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Tools You Can Use — or BUILD for Small Islands in the Caribbean

from The Guardian . . .<http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/mar/03/mapping-environmental-protest-justice-defending-land?CMP=share_btn_tw&gt; Mapping the global battle to protect our planet A new project maps environmental protest across the world, powerfully visualising a growing movement The Atlas of Environmental Justice project tracks protests over natural resources. Photograph: … Continue reading

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How to Conduct a No-Holds-Barred Environmental Advocacy Campaign: One View

from Grist <http://grist.org/politics/dr-evil-is-defending-big-oil-is-anyone-defending-climate-the-same-way/&gt; Dr. Evil is defending Big Oil — is anyone defending climate the same way? By David Roberts on 2 Mar 2015 10:21 am There was a story in The New York Times last October that didn’t get … Continue reading

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Spring Robin

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Why I Favor Small Islands — in the Caribbean and other tropical places . . . .

— well, one reason, anyway . . . . Guard Delivers Provisions to Ice-Bound Chesapeake Bay Island February 20, 2015 1:11 PM Fishing boats sit frozen in ice in the harbor of Tangier Island, Virginia as residents wait for a … Continue reading

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More Deep Data Analysis from Nate Silver’s “538” Blog Site

Well, maybe “Deep Doodoo Analysis . . . “ would be more accurate.from <http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/the-consequences-of-no-one-picking-up-their-dogs-poop-are-horrifying/&gt; PETS The Consequences Of No One Picking Up Their Dog’s Poop Are Horrifying 4:50 PMJAN 29 By WALT HICKEY Kyona, a rescue dog from Japan, contemplates … Continue reading

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New Financing Tool from The Nature Conservancy

Behind one of the Nature Conservancy’s largest ever forest purchases Backing a $134m land acquisition is a financial institution which wants to raise money from investors who care about the environment The Nature Conservancy bought land in Montana’s Blackfoot River … Continue reading

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Property Shenanigans (again) in TCI

From the Washington Post, Sunday, January 25 Business At Emerald Cay — paradise to the 1 percent — at the glimmering edge of good sense Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share via Email More Options Resize … Continue reading

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