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		<title>Event: Free Permaculture Talks, Nov 3 &amp; 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last three years we have been working hard to convert our Calgary inner city home into a thriving permaculture project complete with a front yard food forest, water-harvesting features, abundant food production, compost-making, a solar greenhouse, low-maintenance veggie gardens, grey-water, natural building material demonstrations, and even energy retrofits on the house. We&#8217;ve learned a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Shift Your Habit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shift Your Habit: Easy Ways to Save Money, Simplify Your Life, and Save the Planet by Elizabeth Rogers. Three Rivers Press, 2010. When persuading reluctant family members and friends to a “green” lifestyle, we usually encounter two big objections: money and time. The evidence in the store is that the green option is more expensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Event: CONFERENCE: Pathways 2 Sustainability 2011 &#8211; Food, Fuel &amp; Finance: Pathways to Local Resilient Economies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHEN: Friday, February 23 &#8211; Friday, February 25 WHERE: Red Deer College, Red Deer COST: $350 regular registration, $175 students/non-profit DESCRIPTION: Pathways began as a community sustainability conference in Cochrane Alberta in May of 2009. P2S 2009 explored the five phases of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) sustainable community planning. Participants attended from across Alberta to learn about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to School Eco Craft</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Send your kids back to class this year with eco sense! With the guidance of this instructable, you and your youngster can create a one of a kind lunchbag. Be creative and incorporate other durable and unique materials like fair trade foil coffee bags and other packaging from your recycling bin! While you&#8217;re at it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forestry, Gardens &amp; House Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 22:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past April I spent a week in the woods at MacPhail Woods taking a university course, Environmental Studies 209 – Ecological Forestry, learning about forest ecology, sustainable forestry practices, forest restoration and the Acadien Forests. It was an amazing experiential learning course and everything we learned has stayed with me and I think it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco Craft: Sew a Recycled Bevy Cozy</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2010/03/eco-craft-sew-a-recycled-bevy-cozy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insulation isn&#8217;t just for walls, attics and beer coolers. It can actually look mighty fine on your next pot of tea or coffee. The tea cozy is by no means a new invention, but rather one that deserves renewed praise and rediscovery. This set was a birthday gift to me from my dear Mother a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discover Window Gardening</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2009/11/discover-window-gardening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for apartment-dwelling gardener wannabes: You can build your own window gardens and grow veggies in your bachelor pad! Hydroponic gardening has always been around for those comfortable tinkering with the components. But with Window Farms&#8217; handy DIY instructions, you can assemble this simple system called the &#8216;air lift&#8217; in an hour with less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Great Summer Eco-Activities</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2009/07/top-ten-great-summer-eco-activities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Deborah Merriam, of ecoDomestica reDesign School’s out, and summer vacation is upon us. If you’re like me, you’re trying to think of good ways to keep your kids entertained. How about these summer eco-activities? 1. Enrol your kids in summer camps and classes for budding naturalists, like those offered at Edmonton’s Devonian Botanic Garden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco Craft: Recycled Bevy Cozy</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2009/05/eco-craft-recycled-bevy-cozy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2009/05/eco-craft-recycled-bevy-cozy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 21:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think insulation is just for walls and attics? Behold the trusty old tea cozy! Only this one&#8217;s not old. Ok, so it sort of is. Crafted by my brilliantly thoughtful Mother out of a charming pre-loved winter sweater, this coordinating coffee and tea cozy set keeps my warm bevies warmer longer. Following the random explosion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EcoSense &#8211; Up Close and Personal</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/2009/04/ecosense-up-close-and-personal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next Tour:  This Sunday May 3rd from 10am to 12:30 pm .  Please contact us to reserve your spot.  ann@eco-sense.ca or 250-478-2680 The Update… a little late Every month leads to a dilemma, we usually burst into the month with vigor, spewing thoughts, experiences and new found knowledge, feverishly writing our updates early so as [...]]]></description>
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