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On November 19, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful reminded students it is accepting nominations for the Litter Hawk Youth Award Program through January 31 to recognize students in Kindergarten through 6th Grade, who complete a litter or beautification project specific to their grade level. Kids can participate individually or as part of a lesson initiated by schools, home-schools, scout troops, 4-H clubs, environmental clubs or other organized groups.
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By Cristian Roman, Assistant Professor, College of Information Science, University of Arizona (cromanpa@ null arizona.edu) Large academic conferences have not strongly attracted me for years. That, combined with the limited direct overlap between my research and public environmental policies, as well as lack of financial support, has kept me away from attending COP or similar events.
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Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
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Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
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