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  Re: Cleaning Up the Gulf With Twitter

  Looking forward

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  Elizabeth Schwarz University of California, Riverside

  Tuesday, July 20, 2010 — 9:37 pm

   Thanks for your comment Kevin. Stick posted a very timely update yesterday that addresses your observation. ...
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  Re: Cleaning Up the Gulf With Twitter

  Mardi Gras Comparison

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  Elizabeth Schwarz University of California, Riverside

  Friday, July 23, 2010 — 2:04 pm

  You draw a great comparison-- I wouldn't have made that connection! Thanks for the comment. ...
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  Re: Cleaning Up the Gulf With Twitter

  Action?

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  Elizabeth Schwarz University of California, Riverside

  Tuesday, July 20, 2010 — 5:15 pm

  Thanks for your comment Janelle. You raise some really good questions. It'll be interesting to continue to 'follow' the Twitter account as time passes to see, as you said, if it successfully engages people or draws their attention away from ...
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  Re: Cleaning Up the Gulf With Twitter

  Back to the individual

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  Elizabeth Schwarz University of California, Riverside

  Tuesday, July 20, 2010 — 9:30 pm

  Thanks for your response Carrie. You make a good point about bringing it back to individual responsibility. I wonder if this Twitter account has made any followers more aware of their own individual practices?  ...
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  Re: Feeling Place

  Great commentary

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  Elizabeth Schwarz University of California, Riverside

  Monday, July 19, 2010 — 3:46 pm

  Very interesting note. I agree with your statement "We briefly learn from the incessant (yet, fleeting) news coverage how to care about 'them' over 'there' without being fully implicated ourselves." With messages that continu ...
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  Re: Dawn Soap: Greenwashing our way to cleaner wildlife

  Without a second thought

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  Elizabeth Schwarz University of California, Riverside

  Friday, July 23, 2010 — 2:02 pm

  Great post Carrie. Greenwashing is so dangerous to the environmental movement. It can detract attention from the important issues and a lot of consumers take the companies' messages at face value without looking into the discrepancies between message ...