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## [What I'm Reading (02/04/17): Learning What's at Stake, Finding Inspiration](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog/what-im-reading-10/24/16-0-0-2-0-0-0)

 \[fa icon="calendar"\] Feb 4, 2017 5:40:35 PM / by [Kate Cholakis](https://www.katecholakis.com/blog/author/kate-cholakis)

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Sharing my finds, with the hope that you will share yours as well. 

**I. Read**

- ThinkProgess: [What's at stake if we overturn the Stream Protection Rule](https://thinkprogress.org/congress-is-set-to-overturn-the-stream-protection-rule-1829c522f388#.6942bnuav)
- Architizer: [20 Distinguished Minority Architects and Designers You Need To Know](http://architizer.com/blog/distinguished-designers-of-color-exhibition/)
- MassLive (local news!): [Chicopee, Holyoke to create urban street gardens to reduce stormwater](http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/chicopee_holyoke_to_create_urb.html?utm_campaign=Projects&utm_content=45699174&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook) (Conway School projects!)
- Timeline: [The story of the American chestnut](https://timeline.com/american-chestnut-trees-disappeared-39217da38c59#.r5q6c8rdk)
- Places: [Black in Design (a reading list)](https://placesjournal.org/reading-list/black-in-design/)

** II. Watch**

- PBS American Experience: New film about [Rachel Carson](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rachel-carson/player/) (can be viewed online)
- Mother Nature Network: [Video time-lapse of acorn transforming into sapling](http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/blogs/acorn-transforms-into-sapling-in-8-month-time-lapse)
- Sustainable Cities Collective: [Resiliency proposal for Manhattan ](http://www.sustainablecitiescollective.com/dirt/1254773/bjarke-ingels-wants-cities-embrace-resilience)

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