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On Interning at Island Press: Web, Social Media and Marketing

In this next installment, Upma Kapoor writes about what it's like to be the Web and Social Media intern. Dedicating every living moment to the internet sounds like the dream job for a handful of 20-somethings. Fact: I and many other applicants may have underestimated the investment, intense consumption of knowledge, and responsibility towards managing social media.
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The Wolverine and the Refrigerator

One of Marvel Comics' most popular characters, Wolverine, was born with the genetic mutation allowing him to recover rapidly from any injury. Combine that with the Canadian [sic] government's program to replace his skeleton with the indestructible metal adamantium, and you have one tough character. The character's eponymous creature is also one tough critter, one that thrives in frozen mountain habitats and has been reported to scare off grizzlies from their kills.
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Conserving Our Wild Border

From an important op-ed in the San Diego Union Tribune The southern border region is one of the most bio-diverse areas in the United States and a crossroads for many carnivores. Today, the area is more widely known for the highly charged border politics involving people than for how those politics may affects the bears, jaguars, mountain lions and other wildlife that make the area home.
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On Interning at Island Press: CAKE and the Development Department

Hannah Robinson, a Development & Programs Intern, sheds some light on interning at Island Press I joined the Island Press team in late May, eager to begin working and inspired by the organization’s dedication to the environmental movement. As an Environmental Studies major at the George Washington University, I had taken an array of climate science, human ecology and environmental policy classes. I was ready to utilize my knowledge to help assemble and spread a message to the public: students, academics and climate change practitioners.
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Copenhagen Aspires to be the First Carbon Neutral Capital in the World

On the 23rd of August, 2012, it is expected that a majority of votes at the Copenhagen City Council will pass the CPH 2025 Climate Plan with the ambition of carbon neutrality by 2025. Despite the meagre results of the international COP15 Climate Conference in Copenhagen a few years ago, the city has kept on focusing on the consequences of climate change and now wants to lead the way towards a carbon neutral future.
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When will America, world make sustainability a priority?

Twenty years ago, I took a week off from my job at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources and attended the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development as a private citizen. At this conference, also known as the Earth Summit, nations of the world, including the United States, endorsed a nonbinding plan for a new form of development: environmentally sustainable development.

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