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	<description>Common sense, sustainable suggestions &amp; DIY projects to reduce your impact on mother earth.</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Tips to Greener Personal Care &amp; Clothing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tips to Greener Personal Care &#38; Clothing



Go fragrance free. Don&#8217;t buy perfumes with the words &#8220;fragrance&#8221; or parfum&#8221; which indicate the presence of phthalates. Items scented with essential  oils are fine.



Wash your clothing in cold water and hang to dry.



Don&#8217;t buy clothes that require dry cleaning. Hand wash dedicates.


Purchase clothes with recycled content.


Choose quality. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Compact Fluorescent Lights Safe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Are Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL) Safe?
Compact fluorescent lights, or CFLs, use a small amount of mercury to run. But just what is the impact of this mercury use and what do you do, should a CFL break?
Looking at the complete life-cycle of lights, including the generation of power required to operate them, we see that CFLs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 Money Saving Tips for Tough Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[11 Money Saving Tips for Tough Times
We all like to save a little of the &#8220;green&#8221; from time to time. But in these tough economic times, it&#8217;s even more important to make every penny count.
11 Money saving tips that cost nothing to implement:

Lower your thermostat by a degree or two for heating, or raise it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Solar Panels</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Home Solar Panels
Adding solar panels to your home for both heating water (solar thermal) and producing electricity (solar photovoltaic) can reduce your monthly utility bills, increase the value of your home and reduce your carbon footprint on planet earth.
Let&#8217;s start with domestic water heating, solar thermal, as it has the quickest payback. The two basic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Household Hazardous Waste - get with the program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Household Hazardous Waste - get with the program
Our municipality held their &#8220;annual&#8221; household hazardous waste collection, this past weekend. The depots, setup around the city, should have been open for most of the day. Obviously, the general population has received the message, loud &#38; clear - don&#8217;t through your excess paint, unused chemicals and dead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Carbon Credits INCREASE Emissions?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Do Carbon Credits INCREASE Emissions?
I agree with Cap &#38; Trade carbon credits for large industries. But carbon credits for individuals may actually INCREASE greenhouse gas emissions!
In a Cap &#38; Trade system, the total number of credits in the system are limited, with  credits removed year after year. Industry has no choice but to reduce their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the 100 Mile Diet a Bad Thing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the 100 Mile Diet a Bad Thing?
Food has to travel to get from the farm to your plate. The farther it travels, the more transportation emissions it causes. Therefore, buy food that&#8217;s produced locally (100 miles) and reduce the carbon footprint of the food you consume - low &#8220;food miles&#8221;.
The simple idea of &#8220;food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electric Vehicle Musings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Electric Vehicle Musings
Chrysler joined GM this week, by announcing a group of Electric Vehicles (EV) they hope to have in production in 2010. While I still wonder if this is too little, too late, for the North American manufacturers, I&#8217;m glad they are at least making an effort.
My first choice in EV is still the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residential Wind Turbines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Residential Wind Turbines
The national electrical grid is the single largest producer of greenhouse gas. As such, by reducing your use of electricity from the grid, you are reducing your personal carbon footprint.  New, small residential wind turbines or wind generators are making this an easy process for the home owner.
Homemade power usually comes from one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural ways to keep Deer away</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Natural ways to keep Deer away
 
Deer can be graceful, gentle creatures, but their ongoing healthy appetite for much of what grows in your garden can make them a menace.
Deer love tulips (so do rabbits) and yews. To keep them at bay, you need to create a beautiful garden, that doesn&#8217;t &#8220;feed&#8221; the wildlife. Plants and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is LEED Certification?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What is LEED Certification?
LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is an internationally recognized standard which promotes healthier indoor air and efficiency in energy and water usage.

LEED is based on a scoringsystem where projects earn points for satisfying green building criteria. LEED certification is available in four progressive levels. For new construction, the levels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Air Heater #3 - The Sponge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Solar Air Heater #3 - The Sponge
Our third look at solar air heaters, takes us all the way to Sydney. This model was designed by David and Nicole Jones.
 
This design for a solar collector, comprises a black metal plate which absorbs the solar radiation and converts it into heat and a sealed cavity on top to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More DIY Solar Air Heaters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[More DIY Solar Air Heaters
 
We have a couple more designs for Do It Yourself Solar Air Heaters. The first homemade design can be found at several sites all over the Internet. While it puts the term &#8220;reuse&#8221; to good use, it is not that efficient. There are several minor changes that can be made to improve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Air Heater DIY</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Solar Air Heater DIY

While browsing the Internet I came across this solar air heater, &#8220;heat grabber&#8221; from a 1977 issue of Mother Earth. My local Home Depot no longer carries the rigid foam insulation board manufactured by Celotex, trade-named &#8220;Thermax TF-610. (it was impregnated with glass fibers for strength and faced on both sides with heavy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Water Heater DIY</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Solar Water Heater DIY
Making your own solar water heater can be a very easy and rewarding project. As with most do it yourself (diy) projects, making your own solar water heater can also be a bit more involved is you want to get the maximum usage and return from your work of art.
 
Hot Water Needs [...]]]></description>
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