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Dirk Maas

Dirk is an advocate for all things green
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T&C Residents, what would it take for you to put solar panels on your roof?

Feedback regarding solar panels requested from Town & Country residents.

Backyard chickens in T&C?

Backyard chickens in T&C?

Community Garden Spaces Available

Community gardens are starting in our area -- grab a plot while you can!

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The Importance of Native Plants

Some thoughts on the importance of replacing lawns and exotic plants with a diversity of native plants.

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Climate Change News Round-Up

A quick summary of climate change news, including a talk with scientists Tuesday at the St. Louis Zoo.

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Abeego Creates Natural, Re-usable, Compostable Alternative to Plastic

A suggestion of how to reduce your use of single-use, disposable plastic.

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Book review - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

A review of the thought-provoking, well-researched book "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed."

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Epistemic Closure

An exchange between political commentators leads to insight on views on climate change.

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Letter to the Editor of West Newsmagazine

Rebuttals to two recent letters, one about ICLEI and the other about climate change, to the editor of West Newsmagazine.

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Town & Country's Proposed Solar Panel Ordinance

My thoughts on Town & Country's proposed solar panel ordinance.

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