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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Eat Your Vegetables: November is World Vegan Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A vegan is one who tries to live a life free of animal products. Vegans eat a plant-based diet, with no components from animals: no meat, dairy, eggs or honey. A vegan lifestyle also avoids leather, wool, silk and other animal products for clothing or other merchandise, and animal tested products.
The Vegan Society, founded in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; International Day of Climate Action: Oct. 24</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/10/22/step-forward-international-day-of-climate-action-oct-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, October 24th, the International Day of Climate Action, will inspire over 4000 actions in 170 countries, aimed at focusing attention on the number 350. This day may be the most widespread day of environmental activism in history, with the intention of urging world leaders to support a clear solution to the climate crisis: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; No Impact Week: October 18-24</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/10/15/step-forward-no-impact-week-october-18-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you’ve heard of the ‘No Impact Man,&#8217; Colin Beavan, who, in 2006, with his wife and daughter, went off the grid in New York City to minimize their negative impact on the environment.
This incredible experiment, which inspired a blog, a book and a movie, has now inspired a challenge to which more than 2000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. President Obama Speaks on Climate Change at the UN</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/09/23/us-president-obama-speaks-on-climate-change-at-the-un/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transcript of yesterday&#8217;s speech follows, with video after the jump.
Good morning. I want to thank the Secretary-General for organizing this summit, and all the leaders who are participating. That so many of us are here today is a recognition that the threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it is growing. Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Plant a Tree for Peace on September 21st</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Day of Peace will be observed across the globe, on Monday, September 21st, with events planned in every UN Nation State. Individuals, schools, communities and nations worldwide are joining in, with over 10,000 events planned this year, sponsored by thousands of organizations, with the estimated participation of over 200 million people.
Human rights, environmental, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Plant Seeds for Change in a Park(ing) Space in Your City</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/09/10/step-forward-plant-seeds-for-change-in-a-parking-space-in-your-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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Friday, September 18th is Park(ing)Day. This annual, one-day, worldwide, non-commercial, awareness-raising enterprise is the brainchild of Rebar , a San Francisco art and design studio &#8220;operating at the intersection of art, design and activism.&#8221; Park(ing) Day began in 2005 when Rebar&#8217;s principals rolled out sod and added a park bench to a single, metered parking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Student Stories from the Student Conservation Association</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/09/03/step-forward-student-stories-from-the-student-conservation-association/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Student Conservation Association (SCA) provides college and high school-aged members with hands-on conservation service opportunities in virtually every field imaginable, from tracking grizzlies through the Tetons to restoring desert ecosystems and teaching environmental education at Washington, D.C.â€™s Urban Tree House. SCA is truly building the next generation of conservation leaders by engaging young people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Clean Up the World!</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/08/13/step-forward-clean-up-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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Clean Up the World inspires communities to clean up, fix up and conserve their local environment through carrying out initiatives ranging from waste removal and tree planting to water and energy conservation projects. Clean Up the World is a global team of volunteers across every continent working together to ensure our environmental future. Clean Up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Underbelly of the Dolphin Trade Revealed in &quot;The Cove&quot;</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/07/31/dark-underbelly-of-the-dolphin-trade-revealed-in-the-cove/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/07/31/dark-underbelly-of-the-dolphin-trade-revealed-in-the-cove/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Film review by Lisa Rosen
Dolphins hold a special place in the hearts of almost anyone who comes across them. I call them the fireworks of the sea, because whenever beachgoers are lucky enough to see one leaping through the water, they actually ooh and ahh as if they were watching the skies light up with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Think Local</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/07/29/step-forward-think-local/</link>
		<comments>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/07/29/step-forward-think-local/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer is the perfect time to get acquainted with local produce. Local gives &#8220;fresh&#8221; new meaning &#8211; providing food with far more flavor, nutrition and connection to the local landscape than supermarket fare. Purchasing produce close to where it is grown insures that it is in its peak form. Supermarket shipping and processing can put [...]]]></description>
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