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      <image:caption>Check out WasteLessWednesday.org for more fun enviro-gifs like this one.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The limestone floor of Waller Creek is estimated to be 75 million years old.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pollution from campus can wash into Waller Creek, and ultimately into Austin’s primary drinking water source–the Colorado River, more popularly known in the Capital City as Lady Bird Lake.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>UT’s Dell Medical School and Dell Seton Medical School in May.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>There are 71 bald cypress trees along a one-mile stretch of Waller Creek on the UT campus (a tree rarely seen throughout other parts of the watershed).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The view of the south end of Darrell K. Royal Stadium from the site of the 1969 Battle of Waller Creek.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“Creek Monster Habitat” from the 2019 Waterloo Greenway Conservancy Creek Show. (Photo: Texas Performing Arts)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Millie, Sancha and I balancing over a precarious drop at the top of Wagon Wheel Point in Echo Park.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Andie, Carrie and Millie on their way for a hike while I hung back at the campsite to write.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Enjoying our 25th anniversary in Santa Fe.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sancha in front of that 1,000-foot cliff, which was our view every morning as we woke up in the tent. She loves the great outdoors as much as we do, including sleeping in the tent.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Writing in the screen house that saved us from thousands of mosquitos and boxelder bugs. In the background, you can see the outhouse where we found the snake curled around a vault toilet.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Denis Hayes, now President of the Bullitt Foundation in Seattle, is credited with organizing the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Photo: CWH/Associated Press</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>It was an honor to see Congressman Lloyd Doggett share my op-ed and #WasteLessWednesday on #EarthDay50!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>See more sharable gifs like this and register to learn more at WasteLessWednesday.org.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I’ve been writing my book Green-ish entirely outdoors, including from a beach in Akumal, Mexico, in February.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My writing mascot, Chapu.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>It was a packed house at the W Hotel in Austin for the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce’s Winter Gala in December. Thanks to my friends at Texas Diabetes &amp; Endocrinology for sponsoring a table!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Participants as young as age 12 got to act out a Mock City Council Meeting at Austin City Hall in January. This was the first of the Advocacy Committee events planned for 2020 by the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Thanks City Council Member Jimmy Flannigan for helping to make this happen, and for Chamber Executive Director Tina Cannon for moderating. Look for a webinar or live event on the pending Supreme Court decision related to incorporating LGBTQ+ protections (Title VII) into the Civil Rights Act, and what it means to your business or employer. The Supreme Court is hearing Spring cases virtually, so we expect to hear something between now and July. And some predict sooner rather than later. We’ll be ready!</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This was my office with a view for about a week when I got to work on Green-ish outdoors and hike in Big Bend National Park.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hiking Big Bend with my wife Millie, dog Sancha, and longtime friend Andie Berry from Boulder, Colorado.</image:caption>
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