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2009
CCM® Green Awards
January/February
2009
The votes
are in:
CCM® Recognizes
seven local
organizations
that are
greening
our globe
... see
the details.
(View
the 2008 CCM Green Awards Winners) |
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 MISSION
ACCOMLISHED?
Five years
after the San Simeon earthquake, Mission San Miguel
Arcángel
still struggles to pick up the pieces.
December
2008
Read the report and view photos from before
and after the earthquake |
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WATER
WATER EVERYWHERE
March
2007
“When
the well’s dry, we
know the worth of water.”
-Ben Franklin
It
is perhaps the action
we most take for
granted: turn on
the faucet and draw
as much clean water
as we need... read
more.
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SUSTAINABLE DESTINATION
October
2005
Where
coastal development versus environmental
sustainability is concerned, we
have major challenges to face and
critical questions to answer before
making the right decisions... read
more. |
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A
SUSTAINABLE DESTINATION II
October
2006
Consumer food-buying trends are as paradoxical now as they were when mothers
of baby boomers decided to buy frozen green beans and canned tomatoes from
the corner market, apparently convinced by Madison Avenue that it was far
more convenient, but no less healthy... read
more.
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RETURN TO
FREEDOM
Saving an Icon
July/August
2006
The debate over whether American wild horses
are considered native wildlife, indigenous
to North America, or “feral,” like
weeds, is the absurd crux of a debate that
could ultimately determine the fate of the
species... read more.
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THE
SLO MAKEOVER
June
2006
Since
I decided to write
this piece, I have
shamelessly “ear
hustled,” “eavesdropped,” “had
my ear in the next
booth,” and
been quite the “nosy
Parker” as
a starting point
from which to
build
the story of
the San Luis Obispo
retrofit... read
more.
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GETTING HORMONES
A Few Good Men
January/February
2006
Over
the decades, if we had a nickel for every
ignorant male reference made about women
and their hormones, we could probably put
a dent in the current federal budget deficits... read
more.
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SMART GROWTH EQUALS SMART CHOICES, PART I
Growth Patterns and
Possible Solutions to the Region
March
2005
The
Central
Coast
is changing.
During
the past
two decades
the land
consumed
for new
homes
and businesses
has expanded
at a
startling
rate.
The prevailing
sprawl
pattern
is low
density,
and not
pedestrian
oriented.
This
is the
classic
image
of sprawl
that
many
thought
plagued
only
large
metro
areas... read
more.
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SMART GROWTH EQUALS SMART CHOICES, PART II
Expanding
Housing Choices,
Conserving Coastal Counties
April
2005
As coastal
counties grow, can they maintain their quality
of life? Can we imagine our towns and countryside
looking better with more development? In
last month’s issue, we reviewed a new
visioning process that involves residents
in developing future growth scenarios while
imagining better towns... read
more.
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FISHERS IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE
October
2003
On the surface, the awesome aesthetics
and overwhelming abundance of this stretch of the California coastline
has both inspired and provided sustenance for many an explorer, sojourner,
settler and fisherman – kindred spirits all. What lies beneath
however, is a swiftly emerging condition which belies the glorious
primordial wealth we inherited... read
more |
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THE LAST CALIFORNIA FRONTIER
September
2003
"Reasonable people adapt themselves
to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves.
All progress therefore, depends on unreasonable people.”
~ George Bernard Shaw
Like poetry in motion and perpetuity, the vast majestic Central Coast effortlessly
rambles through the midsection of the infinitely beautiful California... read
more |
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