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DashkaSlater

  1. Get up from your computer -- now! Sitting for 11 or more hours a day increases risk of death by about 40 percent. buff.ly/Lkqq5n about 13 hours ago via Buffer
  2. I'm betting you can guess the answer: Who’s really hurting Aspen’s environment — jet-setters or immigrant workers? buff.ly/KM8c17 8:01 AM May 24th via Buffer
  3. Plastic levels in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have increased one hundredfold since the seventies. buff.ly/Ji7hlc 2:03 PM May 21st via Buffer
  4. The Economic Hardship Reporting Project is launched! I'm proud to be part of this amazing team of journalists. buff.ly/KWNqun 11:05 AM May 21st via Buffer
  5. I challenge you to read about the ban of the picture book Dirty Cowboy without collapsing into giggles. #kidlit buff.ly/Jm6iFe 10:13 AM May 21st via Buffer
  6. I challenge you to read about the ban of the picture book Dirty Cowboy without collapsing into giggles. #kidlit buff.ly/Jm6iFe 10:11 AM May 21st via Buffer
  7. Love this: RT @Vintagekidsbook: Astonishing cover for the bio of Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: buff.ly/Jm5Syw 8:06 AM May 21st via Buffer
  8. Love this: RT @Vintagekidsbook: Astonishing cover for the bio of Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: buff.ly/Jm5Syw 8:06 AM May 21st via Buffer
  9. Do voters care about corporate welfare? 350 has a counter showing how much taxpayers pay in subsidies to fossil fuels. j.mp/JU8ctj 2:39 PM May 18th via Buffer
  10. Hilarious Infographic: how a book is born by Weldon Owen. j.mp/JRgMu8 2:20 PM May 18th via Buffer
  11. "Remember me as somebody who talked about nature" -- SLJ remembers the great children's author Jean Craighead George. j.mp/LTbywV 10:07 AM May 18th via Buffer
  12. The coal era is coming to an end, Bloomberg analysis says. j.mp/MoIccL 8:02 AM May 18th via Buffer
  13. I warned you about shellfish superbugs in this issue of Sierra. Now Massachusetts officials chime in: j.mp/MoFync 2:01 PM May 17th via Buffer
  14. I set about ruining your summer: A Race of Superbugs - May/June 2012 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Club j.mp/MoFrIl 1:15 PM May 17th via Buffer
  15. For the sheer charm of it, here's a photo of Edward Gorey with a large stuffed animal. j.mp/Md70UM 11:02 AM May 14th via Buffer
  16. StAy!: Oakland A's fans ask team owner to either commit to keeping the team in Oakland, or sell to someone who will. j.mp/JWvoI8 10:07 AM May 9th via Buffer
  17. Just stumbled onto this amazing blog/book: Playborhood. Check it out. j.mp/LGm7G2 8:02 AM May 9th via Buffer
  18. Books & cities, two of my favorite things combined in Liu Wei's cityscape Installations made from discarded textbooks. j.mp/LG46aS 2:01 PM May 8th via Buffer
  19. Heartland's campaign comparing environmentalists to mass murderers angers corporate donors & alienates allies. j.mp/KKo5zC 1:15 PM May 8th via Buffer
  20. RIP Maurice Sendak, the wildest of all wild things. j.mp/KiiMe2 11:02 AM May 8th via Buffer
  • Name Dashka Slater
  • Location Oakland, California
  • Web http://www.dashka...
  • Bio Journalist. Novelist. Children's Book Author. I tweet about the environment, writing, children's books, & other obsessions. www.dashkaslater.com
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