Turning Fall Harvest Into Healthy Backcountry Snacks Buying lightweight, healthy snacks to pack along on outdoor adventures can seriously break the bank. Even then, you may find weird ingredients on the labels and worry how those mystery substances will hinder your performance out there. Dried fruit can be one of the biggest offenders. Even organic […]
In 2003 The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies by Richard Heinberg was published. The book is a somber, detailed analysis of the central role that fossil fuels have played and continue to play in just about every aspect of our lives—and what happens to us when they peak. Heinberg, a
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Learn about author James Johnson and his guidebook, “50 Hikes: Eastern Washington’s Highest Mountains,” published in 2003.
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Imagine a place in downtown Spokane where customers can take care of their home, family, garden and gift needs, which stocks only organic, socially responsible and eco-friendly products. Thanks to Juliet Sinisterra, that dream is now a reality—Sun People Dry Goods holds its grand opening on December 4th. Sun People is a green living mercantile
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Goings on at the Faith and Environment Network Climate Change: Local Impact and Response Tuesday, November 2 at 6:30pm St. Aloysius Parish Center- 330 E Boone Ave Panelists: -Amanda Parrish and Joe Cannon discuss The Land’s Council’s Beaver Solution, a natural way of storing spring runoff water for the dry season. -Juliet Sinisterra, General Manager
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The Coolest Race On Earth: Mud, Madmen, Glaciers, And Grannies At The Antarctic Marathon Mark Hanc Chicago Review Press, 2008, 192 pages In late february and early March, ambitious Spokane runners braved below freezing temperatures and remnants of sidewalk ice berms as they got in their early training runs for Bloomsday. Now drop the temperature
Can you say “Only in Spokane?” To be honest there maybe some folks in Idaho and Montana who believe that too. Spokane’s John Ahern, who gained fame for asking LC High School students how many babies they were killing–and equating gay people with pets, is leading the charge against sustainability in front of the city
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Back in August 2007 did a story on pro-hemp Idaho Republican. Tom Trail champions hemp as a great economic development tool for our region. In today’s USA Today there is a great piece about to North Dakota farmers sueing the government to be able to grow hemp. Check the great Quotes from the Dr. Bronner’s
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Out There Monthly‘s sister publication, The Go Green Directory, was awarded the first annual Children of the Sun Spokane Peace Prize on Friday. This award honors people and organizations in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho for outstanding contributions to environmental endeavors. Other Spokane Peace Prize winners included Hearts of America Northwest, and peace activist Al
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