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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

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Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work.

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CoopCycle Federation: aiming for a bicycle courier co-op in every town

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There’s interest in South America, and it’s all over Europe. Expertise of local laws across Europe would be helpful too. Orders can be booked and the deliverer gets a notification. I’d like to know a bit more about the federation. Is it European or global? Matt: It’s international now. There’s a lot of support out there.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

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Leisure activities: Biking, Board Games, Traveling, Hiking, Brewing(coffee and beers), and Books (science and philosophy). Babatunde loves a good book and spending time with his wife and 3 year old. Alexandra (Aly) Criscuolo. She/Her) Environmental Sustainability Manager, New York Road Runners New York, NY, USA Kickstarter (‘18).

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A brief history of money

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Davis’s book can also be accessed as a pdf here. Later, the law was changed to allow them to be transferable, and so they circulated through the economy as money, at least for bigger purchases. The bankers’ trick of lending non-existent money had to be enshrined in law, because it came to represent the foundation of European economies.