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	<title>Healthy and Green Living &#187; Conscious Consumer</title>
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	<description>more than 4,000 ways to enhance your life</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>No Animal Testing? Deceptive Beauty Labels</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/no-animal-testing-deceptive-beauty-labels.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mel, selected from Natural Solutions magazine</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Beauty Basics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Make-Up]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Skin Care]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[True Beauty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[animal testing]]></category>

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By Maryann Hammers, Natural Solutions
The face cream smells delicious, feels gratifyingly luxurious, and promises to smooth out wrinkles. Best of all, the label reads &#8220;No Animal Testing.&#8221; Now you can be sure that no animals suffered or died to make this product. Right?
Wrong.
Despite what the label proclaims, this face cream, or any one of its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make a Reusable Shopping Bag from an Old T-Shirt</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/make-a-reusable-shopping-bag-from-an-old-t-shirt.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Green Options</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Crafts &amp; Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Green 101]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reduce, Recycle &amp; Reuse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[craft projects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DIY projects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[old t-shirts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[reusable shopping bag]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always on the lookout for creative uses for t-shirts. We have a bunch collecting dust in our closets and they are readily available at resale shops.Martha Stewart has a fabulous idea for making a reusable shopping tote out of t-shirts.  What a fun way to reuse all those souvenir and college tees. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nutrients Depleted by Common Pharmaceutical Drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/nutrients-depleted-by-common-pharmaceutical-drugs.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/nutrients-depleted-by-common-pharmaceutical-drugs.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Schoffro Cook</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cold and Flu]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Conditions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Conscious Consumer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Diet &amp; Nutrition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[General Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health &amp; Wellness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Schoffro Cook]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Simply Healthy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[prescription drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Move over Rolaids and Tylenol.  Step aside Tums and Seldane.  If you spell relief D-R-U-G-S, you might want to consider the effects of doing so.
First there are the obvious side-effects of drugs.  The pharmaceuticals that millions of people turn to for relief from pain, inflammation, and other symptoms are not only causing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Tis Almost the Season: Unique Holiday Gifts</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/tis-almost-the-season-thinking-out-of-the-gift-box.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/tis-almost-the-season-thinking-out-of-the-gift-box.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hall-Jackson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Conscious Consumer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Food &amp; Recipes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Green 101]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Green Gifts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hanukkah]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nature &amp; Wildlife]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nature Activities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[national parks]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[presents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[preservation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You know those people who are done with their holiday shopping before school starts, some of whom already have their gifts wrapped?  Well, I’m not one of them.  I am a tried and true last minute shopper, knocking out the entire task in one highly focused weekend, usually two weeks before the holidays.  This year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Trade Chocolate for Halloween a Real Treat</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/halloween-fair-trade.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hall-Jackson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Conscious Consumer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[candy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chocolate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fair trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter and I read a picture book recently about Halloween.  We both laughed at the appalled look on the children’s faces when they received a box of raisins and a toothbrush from one of their conscientious neighbors.  Sorry, but to kids, that definitely qualifies as a trick.
Let’s face it&#8211;most kids want candy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Natural Homemade Mouthwash Recipes</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/use-these-all-natural-homemade-mouthwash-recipes.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/use-these-all-natural-homemade-mouthwash-recipes.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Planet Green</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Conscious Consumer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Green 101]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health &amp; Wellness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Beauty Basics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[homemade mouthwash]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mint leaves]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rosemary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mouthwash is a neat little invention. It&#8217;s an easy way to feel like your mouth is totally clean and fresh smelling in a matter of seconds&#8230;and you can achieve all of this without a toothbrush on hand. It&#8217;s no wonder that mouthwash is so popular. My only question is this: Why should we grow so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heirloom At Home</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/heirloom-at-home.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/heirloom-at-home.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Citron-Fink</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Conscious Consumer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[EcoNesting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Healthy Home]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[antiques]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are we replacing old items too often? Our culture has made it easier for companies to create disposable goods&#8211;or items designed to have a short life&#8211;that it&#8217;s hard to separate what we need, from what we want, from what will last.  Then there are changing styles and trends. Can stuff be designed and built [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eat at Your Own Risk: The Truth About Tainted Health Foods</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/eat-at-your-own-risk-the-truth-about-tainted-health-foods.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/eat-at-your-own-risk-the-truth-about-tainted-health-foods.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Experience Life</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Food &amp; Recipes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health &amp; Wellness]]></category>

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By Joseph Hart, Experience Life
Tree of life. Dancing Star. Mojo. Karma. They sound like  workshop  sessions at a 1968 “be-in,” but, in fact, they are just a few of the   natural and organic food brands yanked from grocery shelves  during last  spring’s  salmonella outbreak.
The  poisoned  peanuts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Organic Really Organic?</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/if-its-organic-is-it-ethical.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/if-its-organic-is-it-ethical.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Experience Life</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Basics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Conscious Consumer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Food &amp; Recipes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[labels]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[organic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plenty of consumers are already &#8220;voting with their forks&#8221; in favor of a new  sustainable food system by buying organic and local whole foods in record  numbers. And this newly honed interest in how food is produced will serve us  well as the organics market becomes larger and more complicated.
The good news: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Get Greenwashed</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/dont-get-greenwashed.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/dont-get-greenwashed.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Ode magazine</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Conscious Consumer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Green 101]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[environmentally-friendly products]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[greenwashing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greenwashing: A particularly evil practice used by companies to fool you into thinking you are buying an environmentally-friendly product or service. 
Here are three ways to out-smart cunning companies with deep pockets.
1. &#8220;Natural&#8221; isn&#8217;t a regulated term, and products labeled as such are often quite the opposite. Because no laws govern the use of terms [...]]]></description>
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