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You need flash 8 & javascript enabled to view the entire contents of Sierra Business Council's website. Please install/upgrade flash or consult your browsers help to enable javascript. Governor announces NSPGovernor Schwarzenegger announced the Northern Sierra Partnership (NSP) Wed., Oct. 8th at Donner Memorial State Park. Read more about this unique alliance working to link landscape, people, and local economies. Sierra Solutions SponsorsTogether with our sponsors we're taking on issues like climate change, the dip in the economy, and energy efficiency at 2008 Sierra Solutions. Join us Oct. 3-4, 2008 in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Sierra WarningStanding atop Yosemite's tallest peak in August 1950, Hal Klieforth looked out across the Lyell glacier and marveled at how solid and unyielding it appeared.
"It was like Grand Canyon or the Sierra itself," the 81-year-old meteorologist said recently. "It had been there for many years and probably would be there for many more." Slow food savors big momentAt the end of the summer, the gastronomic organization called Slow Food USA will host a little party for more than 50,000 people in San Francisco. Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental conservation efforts have traditionally focused on protecting individual species or natural resources. Scientists are discovering, however, that preserving the benefits that whole ecosystems provide to people is more economically and environmentally valuable. Take ACTIONThe Sustaining Rural Places Toolkit was created in partnership with the Sierra Business Council and Saving the Sierra because sharing stories about people, place, and innovation helps to protect our beautiful places. Civilizations last chanceEven for Americans -- who are constitutionally convinced that there will always be a second act, and a third, and a do-over after that, and, if necessary, a little public repentance and forgiveness and a Brand New Start -- even for us, the world looks a little terminal right now.
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