Alice Speck
@AliceSpeck
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Practitioner of the domestic arts. Director of development for Milo & Roman. Passionate schools advocate.
Brookline, MA
Joined September 2011
Will a bulletin about the end of the world elicit little more than a yawn?
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12-year-old Lilly is leading the fight against plastic waste in Thailand. Thailand ranks 6th in the list of the world's offenders for dumping plastic waste into the sea.
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A study estimates that residential laundry in the U.S. produces 179 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. Here are some steps you can take to reduce that — starting with water temperature.
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Hey @realDonaldTrump, Does anybody work at the #IRS anymore? Been on hold for over an hour for an elderly neighbor with #Alzheimers. #fail cc: @ewarren
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“Everything seemed fine.” But the ocean’s advance had become impossible to ignore. And then, all of a sudden, it was gone. Read more about #climatechange on the Cape. https://t.co/w97UwkFEHu
#warmingworld
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Goodnight from Copenhagen where we are not trying to buy Greenland!
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Managed to not get my kids killed on a bike tour of Copenhagen this morning!
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Tremendous respect for Ben’s work in #Brookline. Thank you, @BenLummis1.
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#Greenland is rich in valuable resources such as minerals, the purest water and ice, fish stocks, seafood, renewable energy and is a new frontier for adventure tourism. We're open for business, not for sale❄️🗻🐳🦐🇬🇱 learn more about Greenland on:
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Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in ice cores drilled in the Arctic by a U.S.-led team of scientists, underscoring the threat the growing form of pollution now poses to marine life in even the remotest waters on the planet. Read more: https://t.co/bXDEE9uAnI
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Tremendous gratitude for @BrooklineFD @BrooklineMAPD & ambulance crew who were amazingly quick during our emergency this morning. All good now, and we are so thankful.
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“It feels like we are taking the stories of 100,000 people who wrote down their thoughts and feelings. We’re taking those, as intended, and burning them in what I would call a sacred fire ceremony." https://t.co/o8Q5YQ5ODq
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"I didn't want it to be just an art installation. I wanted it to have an ephemeral life."
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"Popular" kids do play a role in setting a school's norms, writes @jpinsk, but kids' parents and close friends have more sway:
theatlantic.com
They do play a role in setting a school’s norms—but kids’ parents and close friends have more sway.
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So Stephen Ross, the owner of SoulCycle, the Miami Dolphins, and Equinox Fitness is hosting a big fundraiser for Trump. Many of his customers aren't happy. People can't vote out the president at the ballot box until next November. Will they vote with their pocketbooks sooner?
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#EqualityCantWait because every woman deserves a seat at the table! Proud of my friend @MelindaGates and so many others for elevating this conversation.
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Just when you thought you knew everything there is to know about the current craze for focaccia and all its pizzalike variants, along comes focaccia di Recco
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