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    • November/December 2009

    2009 November/December

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    Go Fly a Snowkite

    A snowkiting newbie rises from the wreckage

    By Emmett Berg

    November 28, 2009

    An early-morning bus ride from Chicago's General Wood Boys and Girls Club precedes a trudge into Ted Stone Forest Preserve
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    Promise on the Prairie

    Working hard outdoors is fun. Even in the heart of a midwest winter.

    By M. G. Bertulfo

    November 8, 2009

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    How to Throw an Ecofriendly Kegger

    The mere thought of heaps of disposable cups, replete with congealing backwash and reconnoitering insects, can spur even the most environmentally indifferent into action.

    October 8, 2009

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