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	<title>Healthy and Green Living &#187; Materials &amp; Architecture</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Build Your Own Recycled Pallet Compost Bin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Green Options</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to limit the amount of trash you produce and help make your backyard soil healthy and productive? One of the easiest solutions to these problems is to compost your food waste. It requires little personal energy, and you will benefit from the rich compost that&#8217;s created from the breakdown of your kitchen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Your Utility Bill With a Smile</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Ode magazine</dc:creator>
		
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By Ursula Sautter, Ode magazine
How can a new kind of home drastically reduce fuel bills, CO2 emissions, and produce more energy than it consumes? Rolf Disch, an architect and environmentalist in Freiburg, Germany, has been asking this question and seeking out answers.
&#8220;What if each house became a power plant, if it created even more energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways to Reuse Old Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Green Options</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Obviously collector books, quality library books and books we just plain love get pampered and kept on our shelves and tables. But what about the rest? Obsolete manuals, damaged books, those which have only kind-of survived the toddler years&#8230; where do they go, what do they become?Here are some great ideas I found for turning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Eco Friendly, Socially Conscious and Vegan Shoes</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/top-10-eco-friendly-socially-conscious-and-vegan-shoes.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 20:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veronica, selected from White Apricot</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bonny Osterhage, White Apricot
Shoes might be the most perfect item of clothing. They always fit…Even on your “fat” days, they can completely change the look of that same old outfit and just look what they did for Cinderella! And while we eagerly collect all shapes and styles, this is the time of year that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Natural Stone Knobs</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/diy-natural-stone-knobs.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Citron-Fink</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[EcoNesting DIY]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Materials &amp; Architecture]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[home decor]]></category>

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

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

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories,&#8221; says master stone artist and environmentalist, Andy Goldsworthy .   If you are like me, you pick up stones and rocks to remember places, to connect with nature and because you like the &#8220;feel&#8221; of stones.  From almost every view inside and outside of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Remodeling: 10 Reasons To Do It Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Citron-Fink</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to spice up the conversation at the next house party? Bring up your latest home renovation project.  Despite a down-turned economy, people are still doing it.  They are renovating and spending on the home improvement front at an above average clip. An article from Calculated Risk concludes that investments in home improvement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Must-Have Pieces for an Affordable &#8220;Green&#8221; Wardrobe</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/5-must-have-pieces-for-an-affordable-green-wardrobe.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veronica Peterson</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[In this uncertain economy most of us are having to put off expensive purchases and clothes don&#8217;t always make the cut. However, with a few budget-conscious pieces you&#8217;ll be sitting pretty for years to come and always look pulled together.

Cozy Cardigan
We all have those &#8220;shlumpy days&#8221; when you want to run around in jeans and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycled Shopping Cart Chair</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veronica Peterson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking everyday objects and turning them into chic pieces of functional design takes wonderful form in reestore&#8217;s &#8220;Annie the shopping trolley&#8221; chair (yes, it&#8217;s British).  
Taking carts that were landfill bound due to missing wheels or bent legs, designer Max McMurdo works his magic and &#8220;poof!&#8221; they are pieces you&#8217;d love to own. Reestore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tearing Down the House</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/tearing-down-the-house.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Citron-Fink</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Like some of its inhabitants, my home is hurdling into middle-age. The classic signs are all there: Weak underfootings, a thinning roof, leaky plumbing, and the deluge of emotions when the basement floods.  We’ve given it the requisite face-lifts, tummy-tucks with energy-efficient windows, new paint jobs and sump pumps to dry the tears.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Low-Carbon Companies for Your Home</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/7-low-carbon-companies-for-your-home.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veronica, selected from Sprig.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Much to our relief, patchouli-drenched hemp carpets are no longer de rigueur for green homes. It&#8217;s never been easier to eco-chic your home in style, thanks to a bumper crop of designers and retailers who are fashioning remarkable pieces of furniture and decor using eco-forward materials and practices.
By using sustainable materials and reducing their carbon [...]]]></description>
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