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Think.Eat.Save

8 Feb 2013
Think.Eat.Save is a new international campaign to address a plethora of problems by reducing food waste. The down side: food waste is a massive global problem that has negative humanitarian, environmental…
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Thankfulness and After

21 Nov 201221 Nov 2012
The History Of Thanksgiving: A Native American Perspective Here's a critical history of the Thanksgiving holiday on Facebook.  It is notable that this thanksgiving celebration probably did not include the Indians,…
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Human Population

18 Nov 201218 Nov 2012
A little something I put together for my Bio. Anthro. Lab class...
education…

Thinking ‘Bout Democracy

6 Nov 20126 Nov 2012
As I prepare to vote (YES ON 30/NO ON 32!) I found a few things that warrant sharing: 1. No More Stolen Elections! - pledge to join protesters tomorrow if…
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Promoting Sustainable Choices at College Events

27 Apr 2012
To put it as diplomatically as possible, we experienced some challenges in attempts to make a recent event more sustainable, especially in regards to the free food that was offered…
disasters…

California’s Higher-Education Disaster – The Chronicle of Higher Education

15 Jan 201227 May 2016
...budget cuts caused enrollment in California community colleges to decline by over 400,000 students. That’s more than the total number of undergraduates enrolled in the entire California State University system.…
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Pre-OCCUPIED

18 Nov 2011
So much going on with the Occupy movement... I'm afraid all I can manage is a a few quick bytes: What kind of pie?  OCCUPY! It has just the right…
Culture Change…

Getting Inspired at Bioneers

18 Oct 20117 Apr 2013
There is so much concentrated hope in one weekend at Bioneers, it can get a person like me and thousands of other "reverent, sane people" (a.k.a. environmentalists - Caroline Casey)…
Culture Change…

Occupied Lands

6 Oct 201118 Oct 2011
I'm mostly hopeful about the promise of the "Occupy" movement.   One of the oft-reported weaknesses of the movement is the lack of a unified message.  But this criticism overlooks…
Culture Change…

Save the Knoll

7 Sep 20117 Sep 2011
A local site in Santa Cruz is in dispute. Remains attributed to the native Ohlone tribe have been found, with the site dating back about 6000 years. Local Ohlone heroine…

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