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		<title>Shoe poverty is relative.</title>
		<link>http://www.mygreenaustralia.com/2010/06/shoe-poverty-is-relative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		One of the good things about traveling is that it alerts you to the ways of life of  others. It CAN (provided you keep your eyes and ears open) stop you pining for that new pair of  Stuart Weitzman’s Ruby Slippers and make you realize that all you need is a few pairs of Spalding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noise pollution jeopardizes health of people, animals and environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 08:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		Loud, sharp or constant noise in the workplace, home or leisure areas can cause hearing impairment, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, annoyance and aggression, sleep disturbance, and a lowering of learning capability which can be measured in school results.
Changes in the immune system and birth defects have even been attributed to exposure to noise but evidence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Dinner Party Factoids about recycling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 03:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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		We all need a few factoids to throw out there at dinner parties when we’re faced with that non-believer who thinks that recycling is a waste of time.  So I thought I would put a few ‘gee whiz!’ statements together! Check us out from time to time and we will add more of these to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia and Green Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 14:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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Australia has been praised for its commitment to green education in Copenhagen today (last year’s Hopenhagen Conference) (Friday 11 Dec, 2009).

Written by education academics from 10 nations, Climate Change and Sustainable Development: the Response from Education proposes eight recommendations for education policy makers. Dr Dianne Chambers, from the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of Education, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding plastic bags – a quick tip</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 22:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		I had a problem.  All my reusable small bags to refill at markets or supermarkets with fruit and veges were heavy and at the checkout, the girls would get frustrated as they couldn’t see the contents.  So I cut up an old, raggy mosquito net and made some tulle bags.  Perfect.  I have made them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic ain&#8217;t fantastic &#8211; time to live life without plastic!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		The beginning of the plastic era began in the early 1800s with the discovery of polystyrene and now in today&#8217;s world, life without plastic seems to be incomprehensible. Everybody, every single day, comes into contact with plastic. From our plastic toothbrushes, milk containers, Tupperware, parts of our cars, clothing, headphones, bags, medicine bottles, medical equipment, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TakeOut WithOut</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		Have you gone out for your usual Friday night Chinese take away and just realised how many plastic boxes, forks, spoons and napkins you end up getting? It all adds up! That is where TakeOut WithOut comes in to help!
SAY NO TO UNNECESSARY PACKAGING. FILL YOUR STOMACH. NOT THE LANDFILL.
It takes approximately 20 seconds to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To: Store Fruits and Vegetables</title>
		<link>http://www.mygreenaustralia.com/2010/03/how-to-store-fruits-and-vegetables/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		Thanks to The Ecology Center who operate a certified farmers&#8217; markets in Berkeley, California for providing us with tips and tricks to extend the life of your produce without plastic. 
The Berkeley Farmers&#8217; Markets, a program of the Ecology Center, are eliminating all plastic bags and packaging from their three weekly markets, making them the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco Coke Bottle Design by an inspiring student!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		Industrial design student Andrew Kim created this very cool concept of  some  square Coke Bottles. Not a stupid idea for the iconic bottle, since you  gain in space for the shipping and for the recycling. Let see if Coke  will like it…





All images via Andrew Kim
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		<title>David Letterman interviews Captain Charles Moore</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
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		I don&#8217;t usually watch David Letterman &#8211; it is on at weird times and I am usually half asleep when it is on but I did catch some of the interview between Captain Charles Moore founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation who are engaged solely in the protection of the marine environment and its  [...]]]></description>
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