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		<title>Eco Sense Summer update &#8211; on the verge of something</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/index.php/2009/10/02/eco-sense-summer-update-on-the-verge-of-something/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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We continue to be inspired and disturbed, optimistic and pessimistic, excited and depressed. Seems that we are also not alone in these oscillating waves of emotion. But what is clear is that it’s emotion in the form of love, passion, and fulfillment that is driving us towards a sustainable future and giving meaning to our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EcoSense &#8211; Up Close and Personal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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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 the month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Composting Toilet &#8211; Flush Toilet Ready</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great news! The public composting toilet in the little cob building was approved by the District of Highlands at Monday nights council meeting.
Construction will begin in the next couple weeks.  The site chosen is on a small rock near the lake.  This insures an excellent dry cob friendly location, minimal habitat impact, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy and the Living Building Vision</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/index.php/2009/03/16/531/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gone are the days when the Eco-Sense updates bubbled with visions of our dreams, and anecdotal observations of absurdities in our society.  Reality is here; now is when we find out whether all our talk and thoughts amount to much.  Reality is always more scary than dreams.
Yes the house is sustainable… it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open for Business &#8211; Eco-Sense December Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moving in…sort of
Christmas drew near, and our goal of being in the home before Christmas, make that last Christmas, is almost realized.  Unfortunately, we didn’t have Ann’s Mom in before Christmas… as nature played the Harper card and prorogued completion, as well as froze 18 buckets of floor mix together, under a blanket of 26 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspection</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/index.php/2008/11/14/inspection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspection
Yes, we passed final electrical inspection, by default because the inspector didn’t show up in the two day window.  Apparently a group of inspectors will be coming shortly… this presents yet another educational opportunity.  So officially all we need to get final occupancy is the completion of the railing on Merrily and Howie’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September Eco-Sense Update #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update
As the house is coming very near completion we continue to discover more things to inspire us, and our passions are expanding if you can believe it.  Wow looking back over the past three years it is interesting to see where passion has led.  From our first date three years ago, to marriage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-Sense September Update</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/index.php/2008/10/09/eco-sense-september-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update
Ann and I have wondered why people are so interested in what we are doing. One response came back this month which made it all hit home for us.
“I love the updates. They inspire me to try to do more. The familiar tone and family life anecdotes make your actions seem less abstract and academic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco-sense Update</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/index.php/2008/09/12/eco-sense-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update
As the house is coming very near completion we continue to discover more things to inspire us, and our passions are expanding if you can believe it. Wow looking back over the past three years it is interesting to see where passion has led. From our first date three years ago, to marriage 6 months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Garden to Kitchen &#8211; Sustainably</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingspaces.com/index.php/2008/08/08/from-garden-to-kitchen-sustainably/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ecosense</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The human species has this ego that they must know everything about everything.  What good is this if it increasingly wrecks havoc on everything else.  Ann and I have come to understand, the more we learn the more we realize what we don’t care to know.  This makes us stand out a [...]]]></description>
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