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| Colorado River watershed [http://www.kjzz.org/content/1306/study-says-global-warming-will-reduce-colorado-river-levels-2050]
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| '''Appropedia''' brings "appropriate technology" for the new era. Definitely take a special '''Up Close Look''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/index.php?title=Appropedia] at [['''Appropedia''']][http://www.appropedia.org/] if you haven't already... thousands upon thousands of sustainable, forward thinking green projects for each and every community... Join in ! Model projects welcome. Cultivate, grow, nurture and spread new ideas... | | <small><center>''Now is time to go beyond old ways of thinking & shape new visions of our living [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_and_Space,_Politics '''Planet Earth''']''</center></small> |
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