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	<title>Healthy and Green Living &#187; Halloween</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Spooktacular Halloween Tricks and Treats</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Hessinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love dressing up, decorating pumpkins, roasting the seeds, handing out candy to adorable trick-or-treaters, and then celebrating the holiday with costumed grown-ups. Fortunately, we have an annual SCare2 eco-friendly Halloween party and DIY costume contest to showcase our inner vampire or butterfly.
And, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Classic Fall Sweets: Vegan Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hall-Jackson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sticky popcorn balls and gooey caramel apples: two classic treats that declare fall and Halloween are here.  Typically, these delights are loaded with corn syrup, sugar, and/or butter.  For a healthier alternative with a similar taste, experiment with the following recipes.
Vegan Popcorn Balls
Yields 12 balls
1/2 cup organic popcorn kernels
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wisdom of Black Cats</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wagner</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Susan Wagner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Halloween week, and I&#8217;m seeing black cat decorations all around me. Black cats have gotten a bad rap for centuries &#8212; many cultures have perpetuated myths about them. They have been maligned and even tortured because of their alleged association with evil and witchcraft. Chinese believed a black cat was an omen for poverty, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Your Halloween Safer with DIY Luminaries</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/easy-paper-bag-luminaries.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Citron-Fink</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s the good news:  Halloween is fun for kids.  Most of the Halloween fun happens when the sun goes down.  Here’s the bad news: Halloween can be dangerous to children.  A study from the Center of Disease Control found that Halloween poses special risks to children as they engage in door [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Super-Simple Steps to Green Trick-or-Treating</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/five-super-simple-steps-to-green-trick-or-treating.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Green Options</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Green 101]]></category>

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

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[ Getting your little ghosts and goblins ready for Halloween while attempting to minimize your impact might seem scarier than global warming, but it&#8217;s so simple: you&#8217;re probably already doing at least one of these things.

Use reusable candy-collecting bags. This is simple, easy, and ensures that your large stash of candy won&#8217;t end up all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scare the Kid Out of You: Is Halloween Age Appropriate For Young Children</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/scare-the-kid-out-of-you-is-halloween-age-appropriate-for-young-children.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Steinman</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Parenting at the Crossroads]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[children's fears]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A good friend and fellow parent provided for me a cautionary tale about Halloween. His son (then a very excitable three-year old) expressed nothing but anticipation and enthusiasm leading up to Halloween. For weeks he talked about dressing up, trick-or-treating, and seeing all the other boys and girls in costume. To hear my friend explain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Halloween Costumes (slideshow)</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/diy-halloween-costumes-slideshow.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan Zehnder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Halloween rolls around, I tend to have a difficult time deciding on the perfect costume. What it often comes down to? Whatever clothes and props I have lying around the house the day before - or the day of - Halloween.
 If you’re in a last-minute Halloween rush like me, or want to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Squash and Pumpkin: Part of the Gourd Family</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/winter-squash-and-pumpkins-part-of-the-gourd-family.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/winter-squash-and-pumpkins-part-of-the-gourd-family.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judi Gerber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With Halloween around the corner, it&#8217;s time for pumpkins and winter varieties of squash. Both the pumpkin and the squash are members of the gourd family or the Cucurbitaceae family.
While we often hear a lot about cooking with winter squash and pumpkins; this isn&#8217;t true of gourds. Gourds are not usually used in cooking or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Cat Balderdash</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/black-cat-balderdash.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Garey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Knock at our door on Halloween prepared to be greeted by Bombalurina, Grizabella, Jennyanydots, the most Magical Mr. Mistoffelees, Mungojerrie, Old Deuternonomy, Macavity, Rumpleteazer, Rum Tum Tugger, Skimbleshanks, or - depending on our whim each year - any other Jellicle that prowled on and offstage during Andrew Lloyd Weber&#8217;s delightful musical Cats. No flimsy, disposable approximation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Magic of Costumes</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-magic-of-costumes.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cait Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There is actually a very deep and positive magic in costume: by choosing to embody certain qualities, we call them forth from our inner selves and invite them into our lives in a very real way. A costume can become the gateway to greater self-understanding and empowerment. And besides, it’s just plain fun to dress up! Our ancestors did it: mummers, costumed dancers, masques and masks, and German Fasching rites were all manifestations of the human love of disguise, of taking on the appearance of something other than the self, expanding the limits of the personality.]]></description>
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