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Down To Earth archive for July 15, 2009

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009

Meet me at the river

Image Courtesy of The Spokane River Forum. Looking to get out on the river this summer? Now’s the time to sign up for the 14 remaining trips on the “Meet Me at the River Raft and Kayak Expeditions,” from the Spokane River Forum. They range…

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Envision a government for the people

Envision Spokane, a measure to amend the Spokane City Charter with a Community Bill of Rights, will be decided by the voters - as determined on Monday by a vote at the City Council meeting. Though the vote was 5-2 (bet you can't guess the…

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Yacht Rock

Always critical at DTE because we’re optimistic to break a continuing cycle that is a Western legacy: Leaving things worse than when we found them. Case in point: Lake Coeur’d Alene. Mining waste fouled it. Condo kool-aid came to town. And now they want to…

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New eco-related Merriam-Webster words

They've graduated from slang, outgrown Urbandictionary.com, folks, here are the newest words recognized by Merriam-Webster. Well not all of them, but the ones that you've likely seen used on this blog as well as others like it. These are the new eco words, just a…

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