Tag: starbucks
group name: earthwatch
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April 30, 2007 08:54 AM EDT --
The Blue World
Our trash is sorted and separated, recyclables get recycled. Oh yeah, I sort and recycle my trash too! I am talking about all the trash in my community. That is what the . . . more
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August 13, 2007 01:31 AM EDT --
Santo Domingo, 12 August 2007, 9:25 pm.
Already I can tell this trip is going to be full of surprises.
I got to SFO before midnight Friday night and ran into one of my closest friends, Cory, at the airport. . . . more
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April 04, 2007 06:05 PM EDT --
When Margaret Mead said"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, devoted citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that has"; she never envisioned the negative effects from . . . more
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August 13, 2007 12:51 AM EDT --
San Francisco, 10 August 2007, 9:15 pm.
Well, this is it. I’m leaving for Costa Rica in a few hours. I decided to take a red-eye so I could sleep on the plane and get to San José . . . more
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August 29, 2007 07:37 PM EDT --
San Marcos de Tarrazú, 13 August 2007, 10:15 pm
This morning marked the beginning of the day for us to head to San Marcos de Tarrazú, the area where we will be spending the next two weeks . . . more
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April 30, 2007 09:50 PM EDT --
It’s true that it only takes a small group of citizens to change the world. But it’s important that these groups not operate in a vacuum.
It was while working as a store manager for . . . more
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August 29, 2007 07:57 PM EDT --
San Marcos de Tarrazú, 14 August 2007, 6:00 pm
Last night was my first night sleeping in rural San Marcos de Tarrazú. Even though the days are very hot and humid, nighttime is cold . . . more
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August 29, 2007 08:09 PM EDT --
San Marcos de Tarrazu, 16 August 2007, 9:15 pm
Today was our first day heading to a coffee farm to work in the field. At 5:00 am, I got up to shower and get ready for the day, do the wake-up calls, . . . more
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August 30, 2007 08:04 PM EDT --
El Marquez de Tarrazú, 16 August 2007, 3:15 pm
Today was our second day in the field. The farmer and owner of the farm Victorino Valverde, who is nicknamed Ninito, was there to welcome us, . . . more
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September 02, 2007 11:55 AM EDT --
El Marquez de Tarrazú, 17 August 2007, 4:00 pm
Last night’s dinner was really fun at La Vaca Flaca. The restaurant was set up like a log cabin with a stuffed cow out front. As . . . more
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April 30, 2007 11:53 PM EDT --
FARMERS, A DYING BREED An important cornerstone of this world is in jeopardy. Farmers all over the world are unrecognized, under-valued and many times struggling to sustain their passion to . . . more
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April 12, 2007 09:57 PM EDT --
“Recycling doesn’t work”, I hear skeptics say. “There is no global warming problem – it’s all in the minds of tree huggers and politicians with a hidden agenda.” . . . more
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September 09, 2007 05:33 PM EDT --
San Marcos de Tarrazú, 21 August 2007, 7:05 pm
Today we visited one of the most beautiful farms I’ve seen so far. It was the farm of Rodrigo Solis. His father, Don Jaime, started . . . more
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April 05, 2007 05:21 PM EDT --
The Druids were right. Trees are a life form worthy of our adoration and protection. Many feel they are wonderful. They make clean air, take co2 out of the atmosphere. They provide . . . more
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April 04, 2007 03:14 PM EDT --
One day, on a low-slung white building in my neighborhood, these words were scrawled in huge, black spray-painted letters: You Suck Pigs. In the hollowed-out windows of the building, metal appliance parts . . . more
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April 06, 2007 11:43 AM EDT --
I remember thinking on my 10th birthday that I couldn’t wait to be a grown-up, because I was going to set the world on fire and make a real impact on the planet. Then, at 25, I went through a quarter-life . . . more
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April 22, 2007 01:50 PM EDT --
I have spent most of my life aware and heart-sick over our planet's environmental status. As a result I have practiced many of the strategies promoted by like-minded . . . more
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April 04, 2007 08:29 PM EDT --
Living in the deep midwest, surburbia, folks tend to be set in their ways. Pollution and air quality are a constant problem here with industry nearby, a major highway running close to town etc.
With . . . more
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April 27, 2007 10:52 AM EDT --
People walk fast. Too fast ...with their face down.
They can not see me.....looks like i dont exist for them.
I am walking in the Park...where people walk their Dogs,
and i can see that nothing else . . . more
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September 06, 2007 01:04 AM EDT --
San Marcos de Tarrazú, 19 August 2007, 8:30 pm
Today was our free day so we got to sleep in super late. Till 6 am. We got up and got ready to go to a national park about an hour’s . . . more
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