{"id":1565,"date":"2005-08-29T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-29T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/08\/29\/monday-open-thread\/"},"modified":"2005-08-29T12:46:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-29T12:46:00","slug":"monday-open-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/monday-open-thread\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned last week, Mondays and Wednesdays will be slow this semester — I have four seperate class meetings during these days. So, in order to keep things humming here at sustainablog, I’ll start putting up open threads on these days. These threads are yours: feel free to post articles and news items, ideas or rants. Hopefully, you’ve discovered I moderate with a very light touch, so feel free to comment away on anything relating to sustainable development, green business, environmental politics, etc. Of course, I’ll keep an eye out for posts involving cheap Viagra, hot webcam action and contests in which you may already be a winner…<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Of course Louisiana (which is, as much as anywhere, my “home state”) is getting smacked by Katrina. If you have information on ways to help the folks in affected areas, please let us all know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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