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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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		<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>2009 Solar Decathlon Brings Innovative Home Designs to the National Mall in Washington, DC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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This past weekend, the 2009 Solar Decathlon kicked off on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Hosted by US Department of Energy and open to the public Oct 9-13 and 15-18, the Solar Decathlon is an international collegiate competition in which student teams compete to design, build, and operate highly energy-efficient, completely solar-powered houses.
Teams will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Take a Staycation!</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/07/09/step-forward-take-a-staycation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Design your dream vacation at home. Consider a vacation with no packing, no airports, no stress and less environmental impact.
A staycation is an economical and environmental alternative to a conventional vacation of travel. It&#8217;s a vacation spent experiencing the great things that home and close to home provide.

There are lots of reasons to stacation: financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 6.20.09</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/06/20/eco-roundup-62009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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Harnessing the Power of the Jet Stream
Researchers have compiled the first global survey of wind energy at high altitudes, where currents blow more steadily and 10 times faster than near-surface winds. If the energy of the jet stream energy could be harnessed using tethered, generator-kites, it could provide a major source of electricity for cities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Roundup &#124; 5.23.09</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/05/23/eco-roundup-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 15:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Petz</dc:creator>
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Chinese Ban on Plastic Bags Saves Oil
&#8220;Banning flimsy plastic bags has been dismissed as a drop in the ocean when it comes to dealing with the world&#8217;s environment problems, but multiplied on a China scale, it appears to have made a big difference.&#8221;
Recycling? Fuhgeddaboudit
Susan Burton takes an entertaining, sometimes disturbing but informative look at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Compost! Recycling The Way Nature Meant It To Be</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/05/06/step-forward-compost-recycling-the-way-nature-meant-it-to-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 01:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week is International Compost Awareness Week &#8212; really!
International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW), established in 1995, promotes awareness about the importance of this valuable organic resource. ICAW takes place this year from May 3-9.Â  This year&#8217;s theme is &#8220;Compost!&#8230;Recycling The Way Nature Meant It To Be.&#8221;Â  In nature, compost just happens. Leaves, plant debris, dead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step Forward &#124; Plant A Tree on Arbor Day, April 24</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/04/23/step-forward-plant-a-tree-this-arbor-day-april-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Post by Adam Downing
Virginia Cooperative Extension Agent, Forestry &#38; Natural Resources
With the approach of Arbor Day, we should all have plans to plant a tree.Â  To encourage you in this direction, I would like to recap some of the wonderful services trees offer.
(Note: If you do not have a yard or space to plant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life On Another Planet May Not Be So Far Away</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/04/15/life-on-another-planet-may-not-be-so-far-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric McLamb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We may very well not be alone in our galaxy.Â Â While most people concieve that there is life elsewhere in the universe, it is almost surreal to know that not only is it true but that life may not be that far fromÂ Earth, astronmically speaking.
A little more than 20.5 light years away exists a planet that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#039;s a Home Garden Worth?</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/03/24/whats-a-home-garden-worth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With burgeoning interest in local food and the revival of Victory Gardens, from your house to the White House, I found this article, from Kitchen Gardeners International, supportive of our individual efforts to reconnect with the food chain.
Consumers are taking action in record numbers, inspired by both health and the recession.  According to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Design Student Creates Energy-Producing Playground See-Saw</title>
		<link>http://ecology.com/ecology-today/2009/02/03/design-student-creates-energy-producing-playground-see-saw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Engelsiepen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Sheridan, a student on the combined masterâ€™s Consumer Product Design degree course, at Coventry University in the UK, designed a simple see-saw which when played on by children at schools in the developing world, generates electricity to help power up their school.
My final year MDes [Coventry School of Art &#38; Design, Industrial Design Program] [...]]]></description>
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