People's Climate March Blogathon – Blog Team Thanks Meteor Blades
Our UN Climate Blogathon starts tomorrow -- and we have a great panel of guests, as well as some Daily Kos writers planning to post. This summit is a big deal. The US has been blocking international...
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Beyond the Summit: Gorillas, Guerillas, Grit, and Green Energy
Dr. Emmanuel de Merode is Chief Warden of Virunga National Park in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. He has dedicated the past fifteen years of his career to protecting the National Parks...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing: 9.25 Mount Dickerman
Greetings, all...I've not been around much for the past several months -- I've been up to more good than no good, though. Well, most of the time, anyway. And I do enjoy hanging out at KTK when I can....
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 01/15/15: Thank you, DK. You helped. A lot!
It's nice to see you all again -- meatworld has been chewing into my blogging time lately, so I don't get out as often as I'd like. I wanted to drop in and tell you about something wonderful, though. I...
View ArticleOne more thing anti-vaccers don't get...
I wasn't going to jump into this conversation, but I want to add another dimension to the discussion of the benefits vs. dangers of vaccinating. I feel qualified by the fact that my first-born child...
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The DR Congo Climate Factor, and the Road to 2016.
All photos in this post are by Prince Balume and Achilles Balume, and are posted here with permission.In 2006, DR Congo passed a new constitution, which is similar to our (US) constitution in many...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing: 2/25/2015
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share part of the evening around a virtual kitchen table with kossacks who are caring and supportive of one another. So bring your...
View ArticleSpiritSisters: It's All About Choice
This video is the work of one of the most brilliant grassroots organizations I know. These are women and men in DR Congo, turning the narratives about sexual violence upside down. They are changing the...
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Nuz Hounds Blogathon Fundraiser - Moar Pooties Edition
Nuz Hounds - Friends of Animal Nuz Presents the 1st Annual Animal Nuz Blogathon Fundraiser All Donations are Welcome!What is the Fundraiser for? Eric Lewis (ericlewis0) has been publishing Animal Nuz...
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Saturday Morning Garden Blogging, Vol. 11.20: Drought!
Vegetable garden is doing well. Zucchini glut? Check. Tomatoes? Check. Lettuce getting overwrought? A little...The thing is, I'm in the Seattle area. Summer doesn't usually start until July 1. In fact,...
View ArticleUpdated: Hillary details climate plan, Steyer gives blessing.
Hillary Clinton hasn't been quite so hawkish about the climate as other issues in the past. That said, she claims that she will unveil her plan at 7:00 CDT (5:00 Pacific) this evening...I asked HRC to...
View ArticleIn the shadow of death
Yesterday, we lost a father, a son, a brother, a friend. And as I sit with the lessons I've learned from his humanitarian world, it all seems so stupidly clear: the only thing that can really change...
View ArticleSaturday Morning Garden Blogging Vol 11.41: Do you live near a community garden?
The Seattle area has an extensive collection of community gardens, in fact, if you combine the spaces in the near suburbs with the P-Patch system within Seattle city limits, there are about 100...
View ArticleLet us move toward unity with grace, please.
I’ve deliberately stayed out of the primary discussions. After reading the news tonight — I really have to say something: It is true that history is being made, and I look forward to an entire general...
View ArticleWhat did Patriot Daily ever do for us??? And -- if you can, please help.
Patriot Daily’s circumstances are dire. She is suffering from metastatic bone and lung cancer, and she needs our help. Rather than write about that, though, I wanted to give new readers a glimpse at...
View ArticleAction Needed to Turn Washington State Blue.
Update: Please also have a look at Elect Michelle Rylands to Washington State Senate.Meteor Blades has a mantra —“Tell me what you do, and I will tell you what you believe.” Nothing could be more apt...
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