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Down To Earth archive for May 20, 2011

FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2011

Greening the schoolyard

In the new book Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation, Berkeley-based environmental planner Sharon Danks looks at the methods in which landscape design, architecture, child development, and nutrition converge in the schoolyard. Shanti Menon, from OnEarth, interviewed her recently. Danks' firm, Bay Tree…

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Friday Quote: The Democrats Disease

"Conservatives understand, as Dems seem unable to, that in negotiations the smart thing to do is demand all of what you want and proclaim yourself unwilling to concede anything in return. Then, as negotiations proceed, if your opponents put serious contingent offers on the table,…

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