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	<description>The intersection of liberal and conservative, where great ideas are the only agenda!</description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>The intersection of liberal and conservative, where great ideas are the only agenda!</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>The GreenZoneOnline is a place where perspectivesndash; left and right, liberal and conservative, spiritual and secular mdash; are united under the common goal of protecting the Earthrsquo;s precious resources. Insights on energy, natural lands, air and water quality, food resources, and other important environmental issues are all invited to the GreenZone where we will explore real solutions to real problems and make real, positive change happen for the planet. Here wersquo;re taking the conversation beyond self interest and toward real solutions.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>A Fresh Idea on Frozen Food</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/08/07/a-fresh-idea-on-frozen-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JuliaG</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the fall of 2007, Contessa Premium Foods opened the first environmentally responsible, LEED-certified frozen food manufacturing plant in world. Known as “Green Cuisine,” the plant is carbon neutral.
So, what is LEED? Standing for, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, it is a third-party certification program, which regulates design, construction and operation of green buildings. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low-Income Green Initiative?</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/25/low-income-green-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeahS</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[And you thought &#8220;green-building&#8221; was only available to the financially elite of our society&#8230;  Until very recently this preconception has led to a yuppie-fied view of the sustainable building industry.   It&#8217;s been brought to our attention, by several notable national non-profits, that it&#8217;s time to shift the core of this paradigm to the more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth about my Green Roots</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/23/the-truth-about-my-green-roots/</link>
		<comments>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/23/the-truth-about-my-green-roots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MorganO</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greenzoneonline.com/?p=399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People often ask me how I came to be green. I tell them it’s the leprechaun blood. Seriously, I owe my green roots to my dad. He is the one who has inspired many of my so-called cockamamie (as my hubby claims) ideas. Now my dad is a mixture of Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waterworld-esque</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/20/waterworld-esque/</link>
		<comments>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/20/waterworld-esque/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JoeA</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greenzoneonline.com/?p=370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Coastal cities also have do deal with climate change.  There are many different ways they could deal with this problem, but this is one imagination straight out of Waterworld.
These newly designed cities are self-sustainable and can produce more energy than they waste in theory.  They also look like lilypads.



Here is the story about the Lilypad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farms That Scrape the Sky</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/16/farms-that-scrape-the-sky/</link>
		<comments>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/16/farms-that-scrape-the-sky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DesmondW</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greenzoneonline.com/?p=349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last post regarding urban gardening I had considered, but eventually omitted, mentioning one long-shot possibility: vertical farming. It seemed too outlandish, too far reaching. &#8220;Maybe when pigs fly&#8221;, I thought.
Well Babe and his porcine ilk might be sprouting wings and taking to the skies sooner than anyone had thought. Dr. Dickson Despommier (professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Gardening’s New Agitators</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/09/urban-gardening%e2%80%99s-new-agitators/</link>
		<comments>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/09/urban-gardening%e2%80%99s-new-agitators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DesmondW</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Urban gardeners have long had one complaint: Not enough space. New sets of upstarts – who exist at varying spots on the social spectrum but share radical horticultural thinking and ingenious use of space – have city green thumbs thinking outside of the window box.
On one end stand the guerilla gardeners with their ramshackle tools, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;LEED AP&#8221; not for Dummies</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/09/leed-ap-not-for-dummies/</link>
		<comments>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/09/leed-ap-not-for-dummies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeahS</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve had delusions, as I did, that you&#8217;ll simply pick up a hammer one day and start &#8220;green-renovating&#8221; your home, you can snap out of it.  After attending a green-building conference in Austin, TX this past week, I&#8217;ve discovered that it nearly takes a degree in physics to grasp some of the ideas presented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeFreitas Home a Masterpiece of Green Design</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/08/defreitas-home-a-masterpiece-of-green-design/</link>
		<comments>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/08/defreitas-home-a-masterpiece-of-green-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SteveT</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This house manages to be incredibly elegant and modern while using 60% less water and 50% less energy than a typical house of its size.  Kevin DeFreitas, the architect and owner, started by paying extra to salvage the original house on the site so the materials could be repurposed in Mexico. Its efficiency is partly due to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco Eco</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/02/eco-eco/</link>
		<comments>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/07/02/eco-eco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>UshaS</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greenzoneonline.com/?p=152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ecology and economy have not been the best of pals. We have had to compromise one for the sake of the other (usually, it is ecology that gets hits). But what if there is possibility to settle the battle between the two ‘ecos’? William A. McDonough thinks that green living and industry enterprises can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Technology Costing Jobs?</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/06/30/green-technology-costing-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/06/30/green-technology-costing-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeahS</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greenzoneonline.com/?p=146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The aim of the green boom is efficiency, and with this efficiency comes longevity. With cutting edge green materials being integrated into various everyday industries, the products are lasting longer.  As Americans, we are accustomed to using and discarding products when we are finished with them.  Our economy thrives on this unwavering culture of consumerism. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleeping green</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/06/09/sleeping-green/</link>
		<comments>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/06/09/sleeping-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaxM</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greenzoneonline.com/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With increasing environmental consciousness around the globe it seems no industry is safe from scrutiny through an environmental prism. The tourism/hospitality industry is no different, but not many people are aware of the ways in which to ensure they travel in a more sustainable manner. 
Take for example lodging. This is a large area in which you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Fitting Name</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/06/05/the-most-fitting-name/</link>
		<comments>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/06/05/the-most-fitting-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarinC</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greenzoneonline.com/?p=80</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[May 4, 2007: a tornado nearly two miles wide plows through Greensburg, Kansas.  Ninety-five percent of homes and businesses were destroyed. On the Enhanced Fujita Scale, an EF5 storm like this one exhibits winds of over 200 mph.  There have been only two since the scale went operational in early 2007.

The thing about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aire Acondicionado de Mexico</title>
		<link>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/05/29/aire-acondicionado-de-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://greenzoneonline.com/2008/05/29/aire-acondicionado-de-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 18:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SteveT</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greenzoneonline.com/?p=67</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine had a term for the experience of cruising down a road at 65 miles per hour with all four windows down so the wind would rush in and suck the sweat right off your body - &#8220;Mexican air-conditioning&#8221; is what he called it.  So I couldn&#8217;t resist applying his jargon to [...]]]></description>
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