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Most of the activism I try to get people involved in seems like pushing against an unmoveable tide - the sort of thing where even if we, say, actually build Cape Wind, it’s only a drop in the bucket of the problem of renewable energy. An important drop, but still.
This, though, is just stupid, [...]

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Several people have expressed interest in knowing the quotidian details of my Ghana planning. (I had to look up “quotidian” to make sure I was using it right. The 2nd definition, according to the American Heritage Dictionary of Google, is “Recurring daily. Used especially of attacks of malaria.” Which seems appropriate.) [...]

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Here is my very exciting news that I haven’t really told anyone yet, although it’s obviously been in the works for awhile: I am going to Ghana for a month this summer! I’ll be living in a town called Ho, which is in the southeast, on the Volta lake. I’ve agreed to volunteer [...]

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