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Wilderness Reflections
Essays about the wild from
· Rick Bass
· Shelton Johnson
· Jamie Rappaport-Clark
· Brooke Williams
The Sharing Economy: Love it or Leave it?
Annie Leonard on how to make sure the sharing economy really works.
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California Urban Streams Partnership
CUSP is an organization of local, regional and statewide groups working to protect, restore, and steward urban streams and watersheds in California.
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Funds dynamic community based restoration programs in Southern California focused on protecting and enhancing wetlands and watersheds.
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