Melani Smith

Planner, fellow, convener, teacher, always learning.

[Melani Smith @nextphasela]

@DrLucyJones my Friday night: never ending rain falling outside my window and you talking about the Great Flood of 1862 in CA on a PBS special I happened to find tonight. Good times

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@Russ_Parsons1 the annual dry brining has begun!

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@APA_LosAngeles Login link is not working for me!

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@CasualBrasuell 100% agree on the bogus Twitter acquisition publicity stunt, but I REALLY feel that we need to disrupt the goods movement sector and hoped that Hyperloop & Boring Co style tunneling could be deployed for a much better purpose than Disney style people movers

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https://t.co/RFC32BJmis

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Kills me to see @NRDC continues to have to lead this campaign after so, so long talking about it. We gave up all of the brands that aren’t A rated years ago. Why would anyone continue to use toilet paper sourced from the boreal forest in Canada?

[NRDC 🌎🏡 @NRDC]

One way to fight climate change and respect the rights of Indigenous communities? Save forests. 🌲 Read @nrdc’s updated analysis of how the tissue industry is degrading the boreal forest, including a new toilet paper 🧻 sustainability ranking and more: https://t.co/KOnu09DW9f

[Melani Smith @nextphasela]

@asmamk @cgrisales I found mine in the refrigerator, in one of the drawers. They slipped off when I was unloading groceries. Husband was back retracing our steps in the grocery store when I found them. Early marriage. No cell phones. Called the store and they announced over the loudspeaker.

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@HawthorneCDOLA The Mom weeping as she tears up the sheets…I’ll never forget it.

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@StreetsblogLA This is a much better plan, though I’m biased, because I led it, a very long time ago…(wish I had found the link to the whole plan, but you get the idea) https://t.co/F0yJBXyRh8

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Editorial: What we should do with all that rainwater: The last line is the best, “the need is great and we have to move faster.” https://t.co/9Be3T5MVIW

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So true, #COP26 we are watching you

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

“We need to remind ourselves that we can still turn this around. It’s entirely possible if we are prepared to change. Hope is all around us.”

I wrote a text about what it will take for the #COP26 to be successful.

https://t.co/zLTo0RLArS

[Melani Smith @nextphasela]

Important story from the Washington Post, glad this is coming to light: https://t.co/DEXsKSHjhR

[Melani Smith @nextphasela]

We all win!

[Anaber @Amaeme]

@GavinNewsom You win , Gavin Newsom!

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Great and very sad article: https://t.co/rKRvPCrBJg

[Melani Smith @nextphasela]

In a summer that found us remarking on the fact that we actually noticed one black rider from South Africa in the TDF this: Justin Williams’s Vision for a Uniquely American Version of Bike Racing Is Revolutionary. https://t.co/gOKBWxyZ1E

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@bobkeroll I get tears in my eyes thinking of Paul Sherwin every time I hear Bobke say “argey bargey”.

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@awalkerinLA Street services would be responsible for the design not “city planners” but you already know that!

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@awalkerinLA These mini planters are up and down Loleta in Eagle Rock. Something to do with making up grade I guess, but very mysterious.