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		<title>8 Low tech ways to solve household problems!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		8 Low tech ways to solve  household  problems:
Problem: No fridge, no power
Solution: Coolgardie Safe
Where there was no electricity  and ice was not available, bushmen would rig up what came to be known  as a Coolgardie safe in which they stored butter, meat etc..   It was a hanging, flyproof cage covered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homemade Playdough with Natural Dyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		We have talked about how to make playdough before but it was Kate&#8217;s wonderful recipes for natural dye to add to your homemade playdough that I just HAD to share with you!

Check out the colours! They are just adorable!
Just a note &#8211; while making these homemade natural dyes keep in mind they can stain, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be a true Environ-RENTAList &#8211; how to rent and be green!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		There is a huge property boom in Australia at the moment and with the cost of houses versus the cost of renting, the choice for some is pretty clear for some people. But renting doesn&#8217;t mean you have to stop being green!You may feel as if you have no control over certain things in your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s easy being … a Green Fisherman.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		So many times we walk along beaches and river banks and see tangled clumps of old fishing line, lead sinkers attached.  People are just now beginning to be aware that the lead is a hazard and the line will tangle around the necks, feet and wings of birds, be ingested by larger fish and generally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some really old-fashioned objects that help save the environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		Over the years I have learnt that there are some things you will use over and over again! Many of them are just every day objects but these items are a &#8220;must-have&#8221; in my household!Yellow block soap:

This was ‘Velvet’ or ‘Preservene’ in my childhood and my mother always scrubbed the collars and cuffs of shirts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religion, morals, ethics, the Gaia hypothesis and being green.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		There are many who believe that ‘green’ is a religion.  Others even add it to the list of stringent ethical mores by which they live,  ‘non-green’ behaviour taking on the gravity of a sin. It can be a serious business.
I have never forgotten  a discussion I had with a local Buddhist monk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Competition for Fire Awareness stimulates thinking about bushfire prevention.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		I just thought this needed to be posted!  We should all be thinking about fires now while it is still cool.  Get out with the scythe, tractor, mower, whipper snipper etc. etc. and clean up the areas around buildings.  The results of this competition may save lives!Entries for the 2010 Fire Awareness Awards are now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Green’ Fireworks – can you really launch heavy metals into the air safely?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		Fireworks are used at every major celebration all around the world and it’s probably a bit of a downer to start analyzing just how bad they can be for the environment.  Along with other fun stuff (helium balloons and confetti, the paint from paintball and shotgun pellets) they have a dark side.  Remember, what goes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dyeing to renovate your wardrobe.</title>
		<link>http://www.mygreenaustralia.com/2010/06/dyeing-to-renovate-your-wardrobe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		It’s hard to look at tie-dyed clothes without taking a trip back in time &#8211; But fear not! There are other ways to dye and be fabulous too!
The sharpest ‘dye’ effect for these days is the graduated colour or Ombré Dyeing look which has subtle graduations of colour moving up the garment.  It can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fund a forest, save the world.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		In simple terms, old-growth forests and clean oceans, through their absorption of massive quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere, are our greatest army to fight climate change.  They are the lungs through which the world breathes, filtering out all kinds of pollutants.  Governments know this.  They plant buffers of quick growing, high respirating trees, for [...]]]></description>
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