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			<title><![CDATA[Local company plays it Green Safe]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I always find the most helpful reading materials while waiting on carryout at Mudgie's Deli in Corktown. Greg Mudge's countertop has introduced me to tour de troit, Grown in Detroit and The Greening of Detroit among others. The latest of lunchtime lessons: Michigan Green Safe Products.


Based]]></description>
			<author>(Cindy Jacobs)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:16:21</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Say what you want about Detroit, but ...]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There are some really great things going on here. Today, on my lunch break, I made the short trip from my downtown office to the final Grown in Detroit farmers market* of the season at Wayne State University.


I returned with a bag of arugula for a co-worker, a bunch of kale to cook at home,]]></description>
			<author>(Leslie Ellis)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:00:11</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[An energy haiku]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ants work in the lab
Cutting leaves, tending fungus
Will they save the world? 

During a trip to the Department of Energy's Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, we observed a study being conducted on leaf-cutter ants. Scientists are observing how the]]></description>
			<author>(Leslie Ellis)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:52:03</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit conference this weekend]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit
will be hosting their fifth annual conference this weekend. &quot;Bioneers&quot; as they call themselves promote practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring the Earth's ecosystems and healing our human communities. Great Lakes]]></description>
			<author>(Danielle Kaltz)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:03:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A challenge for urban (and suburban) dwellers]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[&quot;There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.&quot; -- Aldo Leopold in &quot;A Sand County Almanac&quot; 


During a session Sunday we were lucky enough to talk]]></description>
			<author>(Leslie Ellis)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:32:24</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Al Gore and more]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Former Vice President Al Gore was cautiously optimistic in a speech Friday about the United Nations climate change summit that will be held this December in Copenhagen. He warned that our dependence on carbon-based fuels can be linked to not only climate change, but also economic turmoil and]]></description>
			<author>(Leslie Ellis)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:48:23</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Something dirty's brewing in Canada]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Did you know Canada replaced Saudi Arabia as the No. 1 oil supplier to the U.S. 7 years ago? Neither did I until I met 
Andrew Nikiforuk on Thursday in Madison, Wis., at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference. Last night, he won the prestigious Rachel Carson Environment Book Award for]]></description>
			<author>(Leslie Ellis)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:53:11</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drink coffee, save the rainforest?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Drink coffee, save the rainforest? I am not sure it is that easy, but it is something I would like you to consider if you drink coffee.
Coffee not grown in a sustainable manner means many trees and forests will be removed to clear land for the coffee plants. One-third of the world's rainforests]]></description>
			<author>(Danielle Kaltz)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:28:59</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Green Alley bollards and lighting]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dan and Tom have worked to match the bollard style we plan to use in the Green Alley with that of the historic street lights on Woodward Avenue in Midtown. Maintaining consistent community aesthetic in the alley has been an important consideration. Our plan is to have them in black, made of]]></description>
			<author>(Neil Steinkamp)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:23:31</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Garden sale at the Catherine Ferguson Academy]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I take beekeeping classes in the city, as Detroit is a wonderful place to raise bees with all the wildflowers and lack of chemicals used on them, as well as on the urban farms and the many vacant lots. Detroit is a great place for little bee populations to survive. The classes I take are taught at]]></description>
			<author>(Danielle Kaltz)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:01:50</pubDate>
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