Author Archives: beckyajohnson

Blues & Brew Festival at the Springs Preserve

Posted on June 5, 2010 by beckyajohnson

For a big city, Las Vegas doesn’t seem to have an abundance of community events, so my husband and I were excited to go with some friends to the inaugural Blues & Brew Festival at the Springs Preserve this afternoon … Continue reading →

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Dragon Boat Racing at Lake Las Vegas

Posted on May 19, 2010 by beckyajohnson

When I lived in South Africa I belonged to a gym, and my favorite activity there was the rowing machine. With Johannesburg being the largest city in the world not on a body of water, implementing my love of rowing … Continue reading →

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CARE National Conference in Washington, DC

Posted on May 13, 2010 by beckyajohnson

Every 52 seconds a woman dies in childbirth. In some countries, such as Afghanistan and Sierra Leone, a woman has a 1 in 8 chance of dying in childbirth in her lifetime. This is in comparison to 1 in 4,800 women who die in childbirth in the United States and 1 in over 17,000 in Sweden for lifetime risk. Continue reading →

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Earth Week Book Review: Gorgeously Green

Posted on April 20, 2010 by beckyajohnson

During a recent long wait at O’Hare Airport in Chicago, I visited the bookstore in search of something to keep me entertained on my 4-hour flight back to Vegas. Passing over the section of best selling fiction that I frequently … Continue reading →

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Earth Week Kickoff – Flamingo Wash Clean-Up

Posted on April 17, 2010 by beckyajohnson

This morning I helped kick-off Earth Week in Las Vegas by volunteeringn for a few hours with the Flamingo Wash clean up. The event was organized by the Sierra Club and the local chapter of the Laborers International Union, and about … Continue reading →

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