Pikes Peak Justice & Peace Commission http://www.ppjpc.org A Voice for Social Justice and Nonviolence Tue, 14 May 2013 22:12:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Students call for sustainable investment http://www.ppjpc.org/2013/05/02/students-call-for-sustainable-investment/ http://www.ppjpc.org/2013/05/02/students-call-for-sustainable-investment/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 21:13:08 +0000 TThomas http://www.ppjpc.org/?p=1372 Steven Saint A forward-thinking group of Colorado College students are asking the Board of Trustees to put their money where their values are. Armed with a petition signed by more than...

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]]> http://www.ppjpc.org/2013/04/18/local-food-movement-blossoms/feed/ 0 Farms face growing water concerns http://www.ppjpc.org/2013/04/15/colorado-farms-face-growing-water-concerns/ http://www.ppjpc.org/2013/04/15/colorado-farms-face-growing-water-concerns/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:19:02 +0000 TThomas http://www.ppjpc.org/?p=1277 Trudy Thomas For years, Coloradans have speculated about the possibility of turning on the faucet and finding that nothing flows out. It wasn’t something we thought could actually happen. It...

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