Kyle Cassidy
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Kyle Cassidy is the editorial director and senior staff writer at Wend magazine, an internationally circulated adventure travel journal. He has received several professional writing accolades, including a Society of Professional Journalists award and two Nina Mae Kellogg awards in the category of reporting. He has taught nonfiction writing at Portland State University and served two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kyrgyzstan. Kyle's work has appeared in Willamette Week, Hipfish Monthly, Metroscape Magazine, and Wend. His writing is regularly syndicated by various online news organizations and can be found padding garbage cans at the New Yorker.

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The Youth Climate Movement's Global New Media Push for Survival

Posted November 17, 2009 | 10:43:17 (EST)

SurvivalIsNotNegotiable

In March 2009 twenty-two-year-old college student Shadia Wood stood in front of a white board, sketching ideas for a project she believes may one day save the world. Her creation, Project Survival Media, which now encompasses over ninety like-minded...

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Armadillo Cam Like Riding a Triceratops

Posted November 2, 2009 | 16:30:31 (EST)

Ever wonder about the secret lives of animals? Of course you do. That's why you should satisfy your inner voyeur by checking out video naturalist Sam Easterson's Museum of Animal Perspectives (M.A.P.), an...

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Michael Pollan's 'Hummer-Driving Vegan' Claim Debunked

Posted November 2, 2009 | 16:00:24 (EST)

Michael Pollan is an authority on food politics. He's published five books and eleven essays on the subject. And, as a Professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkley, he knows the importance of getting his facts straight. So it's not surprising that, moments after he stated that...

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