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Archive for June, 2008

No Child Left Inside

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Nature Matters | 2 Comments »

The No Child Left Inside Act (S. 1981 and H.R. 3036), a bill that provides federal environmental education funds to schools, is a way to undo some of the damage done to environmental education by the mandates of the No ...

Getting Biblical in the Desert

Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Reviews | Comments Off

Many of us find a spiritual connection with the desert landscapes in our lives, but few of us have made a direct connection between the church we may attend and the desert spaces we visit except in a very personal ...

Desert Protective Council on the Radio

Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in renewable energy | Comments Off

"Desert warfare: Solar energy plants forge strange alliances" (KPCC radio, 6/9/08) "The fight for desert land - at least one million acres are being considered for energy use - has brought together a strange mix of allies in opposition to the ...

Support the California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act

Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in wilderness | Comments Off

UPDATE: The California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act passed the House yesterday morning! Congratulations to all involved. Please take a moment to thank Congresswoman Mary Bono-Mack using this form. The House also passed the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act. This ...

Sunrise Powerlink Coverage in High Country News

Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments Off

My Google news alert for Sunrise Powerlink popped up today with a nice post by Judith Lewis on her Little Green Animals blog. She gives the behind-the-scenes dirt on her new article in High Country News covering transmission for "renewable energy" in ...

Desert Plants and Off-Road Vehicles

Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in desert plants, off-road vehicles | 1 Comment »

Here's an excerpt from Terry Weiner's conservation column in the upcoming El Paisano. Join DPC today to receive your own copy of El Paisano in the mail, or read it online at our website. The Mojave and Colorado deserts saw quite ...