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		<title>Ecuador Begins: Seed Exchange, Crafts, Fair Trade and Community-based Tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Huehuecoyotl: 30 years of utopia, and going strong</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[COYOACAN, Mexico City - "...Huehuecoyotl is more than an ecovillage... It's the certainty that not everything is bad, that not everyone is asleep, that not all the civilizing efforts have failed, nor...<br/>
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		<title>Guadalajara by foot: Trek reveals many faces of historic avenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, Mexico - It was a beautiful day for a hike - and a fascinating, if not always beautiful, route. The Fifth Annual Caminata por Guadalajara, an event sponsored by the sustainable...<br/>
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		<title>Call of the Mountain 2012: The First IberoAmerican EcoVillage Gathering!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Videos: Historic mass ceremony on Cerro Quemado</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[REAL DE CATORCE, Mexico: Two beautiful glimpses at the cermony to save Wirikuta on the night of Feb. 6-7, 2012.<br/>
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		<title>Message from the gods: Unite to defend the Birthplace of the Sun</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[REAL DE CATORCE, Mexico – They came by the hundreds from the Western Sierra Madre, native Wixarika or Huichol people on a spiritual quest, seeking to consult with the spirits of their ancestors and...<br/>
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		<title>Stars come out for Wirikuta</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[REAL DE CATORCE - A lineup of popular artists from Mexico City, part of a team that has been supporting the defense of Wirikuta with periodic concerts and events, culminated a high-voltage...<br/>
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		<title>Real de Catorce awaits historic pilgrimage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[REAL DE CATORCE, San Luis Potosi, Mexico - A quiet but excited buzz hums through the streets of this normally sleepy ghost town turned tourist attraction. Hotels that languished for months are filled...<br/>
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		<title>Bring on the butterflies: Hope, change and Mayan dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Much has been written about this turning of the ages; and no place on Earth is more fascinated with the Mayan prophecies than Mexico, birthplace of the Mayan calendar that ends this year. To me, it's...<br/>
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		<title>Vision Council: Call of the Deer ushers in a new era</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Barnett</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[TEMICTLA, Mexico State, Mexico – It began with a rainbow and ended with a spiral that represented life itself. The eleventh Vision Council, Call of the Deer, was spun from poetry and passion, woven...<br/>
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