May 10, 2012

What's in the Name `Environmentalist?'

Joel Reynolds, Huffington Post


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Someone sent me a blog post this morning titled "Don't call me an environmentalist," arguing that "we need to look beyond the divisions and understand that most of us are on the same side, regardless of the labels we place on ourselves." Wouldn't it be great if that were all it took?

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