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    Design and Architecture

    Can The Drought Bring Californians Together, Creatively?

    For the first time in its history, California has mandated a statewide cut in water use. What does this mean for the Golden State and its endless sense of possibility and its endless green lawns?

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    By Frances Anderton • Apr 7, 2015 • 1 min read

    For the first time in its history, California has mandated a statewide cut in water use. What does this mean for the Golden State and its endless sense of possibility and its endless green lawns?

    Jon Christensen is the editor of Boom: A Journal of California and an adjunct professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. He says it’s time to avoid the blame game and work together to forge a beautiful state that uses water wisely.

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    Testing the Limits: The Panama Canal Expansion and the Mile-High Tower
    1. 1:12Can The Drought Bring Californians Together, Creatively?You’re reading this
    2. 6:38The Panama Canal Gets an Expansion
    3. 20:38Will the Mile-High Tower Become a Reality?
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      Frances Anderton

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Testing the Limits: The Panama Canal Expansion and the Mile-High Tower
    1. 1:12Can The Drought Bring Californians Together, Creatively?You’re reading this
    2. 6:38The Panama Canal Gets an Expansion
    3. 20:38Will the Mile-High Tower Become a Reality?
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