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October 22nd, 2007
Posted by rtrujillo at 8:33 pm
All and sundry are invited to join us this weekend, October 27th and 28th, to get your pumpkin carving on! A nominal fee gets you a pumpkin and some time with a tool-carving kit to create high-art masterpieces to delight and fright your friends and family. Top prize for most originally awesome pumpkin is a Blue State gift card.
Specifics:
Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM until sundown.
Quantities are limited so arrive early.
Happy Halloween!
- The BSC Team
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October 18th, 2007
Posted by Bridie at 4:19 pm
Friend-of-Blue-State-Coffee* Bill Curry posts a provocative analysis of whether Gore will run…plus the possibility of a more “chaotic” and open convention.
Read it!
*(and Hartford Courant columnist, former adviser to Bill Clinton, two-time Democratic nominee for governor of Connecticut…)
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October 12th, 2007
Posted by Bridie at 10:01 am
Former VP Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change jointly won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize today. What do you think: will Gore’s victory make him more or less likely to seek the presidency in 2008?
Read article in the New York Times.
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October 12th, 2007
Posted by Alex Payson at 7:35 am
On winning the Nobel Peace prize with the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Keep up the good work. While the path to a more ecologically minded world has just begun, thank you for your role in boosting awareness of climate issues.
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October 10th, 2007
Posted by Alex Payson at 11:58 am
David Sandalow, a scholar from the Brookings Institution, former director for environmental affairs in the Clinton administration, and good friend of Blue State Coffee has just released a book entitled “Freedom From Oil”. His book discusses our dependence on oil, why that is not a great thing, and covers some of the options for starting to remedy our current situation.
The book is available at amazon now, and should be widely available at bookstores very soon!
Check it out here.
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October 2nd, 2007
Posted by Bridie at 10:24 am
Sunday’s WSJ featured an article about environmental groups targeting children to spread the word about reducing energy consumption. Kids pressure their parents to make changes at home — often very good changes (solar panels for the roof; cleaning the coils on the back of the fridge to make it more efficient).
The article references the movie “An Arctic Tale” as an example of this trend — it’s educational, but also propagandistic. There’s that kid at the end of the movie who tells young viewers: “If your mom and dad buy a hybrid car, you’ll make it easier for polar bears to get around.”
Obviously I love that children are being educated about how they can make a positive impact on the environment…and it’s great that they’re spurring their families to become more responsible. But on the other hand, I was struck by the story of a first-grader who’s terrified of the dark but feels he has to sacrifice his night light, and wondered…are we giving these kids too much anxiety, or a one-sided understanding of the issues? Are they being used in a way that’s sometimes unfair?
What do you think? We’d like to hear.
Full article here.
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