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Down To Earth archive for March 5, 2009

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009

Mt. Spokane to close? Maybe.

It’s on the list, another potential victim of the state budget. Park and Recreation officials will meet today in Olympia and figure a way to deal with a $23 million budget cut over the next two years which includes temporarily closing, or worse, Mt. Spokane…

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Planet Forward - an online public square

"Planet Forward is public affairs programming for the next generation - think innovation, not pontification." What do you think the fix is for the nation's energy future? And if you had a soapbox, what would you say, and how would you say it? Planet Forward,…

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Green Drinks

Not literally. That would be weird. Green Drinks in the sense of the informal monthly networking event to start an environmentally focused dialogue over libations. Held in more than 300 cities around the globe, this will be the one-year anniversary of Green Drinks in Spokane.…

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