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	<description>Living In Balance</description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 15:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This OXO pour spout atop an old olive oil bottle has radically reduced our consumption of dish washing soap. We used to go through a bottle of soap in a couple of weeks. Its been a month or more since we bought this spout and we are just about halfway through the bottle. It took [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been a home owner for nearly three years now. Saving energy is important to us, not just to save money, but because we want to be conscientious about the worlds resources and we do believe that burning fossil fuels contributes to global warming. One simple change you will find recommended over and over [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Climate Change &#8211; Building a Green Economy &#8211; NYTimes.comThe casual reader might have the impression that there are real doubts about whether emissions can be reduced without inflicting severe damage on the economy. In fact, once you filter out the noise generated by special-interest groups, you discover that there is widespread agreement among environmental economists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring the Past &#8211; Wooden Churches in Russia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An important aspect of keeping our humanity grounded is the attention and the respect we offer the past. In a world that so rapidly changes, where the evolution of intelligence is proceeding at a lightening fast pace, experiencing the history of what has come before can be a calming and meditative practice. By acknowledging and [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been doing some thinking about alternative economic models to the one that currently predominates. I am not sure that we can expect to totally upend the system we have now, but I am increasingly convinced that there are alternatives within it. An example that came across my desk recently is that of workers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can a house be too big to be green? What does Buddha think?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is an interesting question: MITCH KAPOR, the software mogul and philanthropist, has given millions of dollars to environmental groups. Now Mr. Kapor wants to build a 10,000-square-foot house, complete with a 10-car garage, in Berkeley, Calif.When the house won planning approval earlier this year, many neighbors were surprised — not so much by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows With a High R-Value</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is generally not cost effective to replace windows that are functioning well with new, more energy efficient windows. However, if the useful life of windows in your building has been reached, or if you are building new, then installation of highest R value windows can be very cost effective, as it is now the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preaching the Green Gosple</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Religion Journal &#8211; Churches Knocking on Doors, to Talk About the Environment &#8211; NYTimes.com Across the Northwest, where church attendance has long been low but concern for the environment high, some church leaders and parishioners are ringing doorbells to inform neighbors — many of whom have never stepped inside the sanctuary down the street — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revolving door concept harvests energy as it spins, sparks urban ‘revolution’</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=29613&#038;tag=nl.e539 Cool!]]></description>
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		<title>By Osmosis&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Osmosis is an energy intensive water purifying technique that most of us are familiar with. It is a last resort of sorts for water filtration, to be used only when the impurities that must be removed escape all other filter systems. Here is an article about the use of osmosis to generate power: Osmotic Power [...]]]></description>
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