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 <title><![CDATA[Comment and opinion from expert environmental writers on green living and making a practical difference to energy, politics, social issues and climate change -
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 <title><![CDATA[The art of the Slow Fix]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Carl Honoré worries that our addiction to superficial, short-term quick fixes is backfiring and presents ideas from his new book on tackling this.........]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Unity: what does it mean?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 08:58 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[We need to move away from short term thinking based on political gain and adopt an approach based on contribution and cooperation.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/other_comments/1906898/can_nuclear_solve_our_energy_crisis.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Can nuclear solve our energy crisis?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:16 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Lima Curtis asks whether we have no option other than to invest in nuclear energy, or whether the costs - financial and otherwise - are just too great.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Technology and the Intelligence of Nature]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:18 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Charles Eisenstein shares his concerns about how pervasive the 'technology will fix it' mentality has become, and proposes an entirely different approach to healing our current ecological and social crises.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The End of Thatcherism.]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The UK was as divided in its reaction to the death of Margaret Thatcher, as it was by her policies when she was in office. James Parker reflects on whether Thatcherism, (like its primary proponent) has now passed on.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/deepak-chopra/1888397/keeping_up_americas_reputation_in_the_world.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Keeping Up America’s Reputation in the World]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:09 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Deepak Chopra asks whether the American dream is tainted by current day trends in U.S. politics and society.......]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/other_comments/1883791/back_biomass.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Back Biomass]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:07 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Paul Thompson of the Back Biomass campaign on why he disagrees with an earlier article published by the Ecologist concerning the growing of trees to provide fuel for biomass stations...........]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/other_comments/1874015/securing_natures_future.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Securing Nature’s Future]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:14 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Naturalist and wildlife photographer Matt Adam Williams asks whether childhood experiences  are the key to the long-term health of nature and the conservation sector........<br/>]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/student-writes/1867658/intellectual_rigidity.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Intellectual Rigidity]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:25 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Would changes to academic structures help towards solving complex societal problems? ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/other_comments/1862176/the_hidden_conservation_costs_of_renewable_energy.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[The hidden conservation costs of renewable energy]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Ecologist writer Luke Dale-Harris questions the ability of Natura 2000 to work as an effective environmental regulator<br/>]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/other_comments/1845505/how_deep_is_your_love_vietnams_halong_bay.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[How Deep Is Your Love: Vietnam’s Halong Bay]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Nine years after his first visit to Halong Bay James Rippingdale returns to find dramatic changes have taken place......]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The Montreal Protocol - a model to follow?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[James Parker of Simpol UK argues that<br/>taking an approach to the climate crisis similar to that adopted by the Montreal Protocol offers a desirable 'Earth Centred Solution'.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Seeds in the Dock]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Karin Kloosterman reports on a lone farmer from Indiana who is locked in a bitter legal dispute with the GM seed giant Monsanto.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/other_comments/1834205/nature_writing_competition_2013_the_winners.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Nature Writing Competition 2013 – The Winners]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Associate Editor of Resurgence & Ecologist, Susan Clark, reflects on the joys of reading the entries for the 2013 Nature Competition, and the difficulties met by the judging panel in deciding on a winner.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Getting to the root of the problem in Madagascar]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[When Daniel Reeds visited Madagascar he was struck by the beauty of its ecosystems and people, but also by the appalling poverty. However, he found inspiration from a pioneering charity that works with humans and wildlife, to ensure a sustainable future for both.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Birds Sing, Stars Fall: Therefore I Write]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The world needs our words so that we may all speak and write as if we comprehend our esteemed place on this planet..........]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Safety as Freedom]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:58 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Vandana Shiva challenges the violence against people and Nature in the name of progress]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Britain’s obesity epidemic: are we addicted to sugar? ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:19 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[We are all aware that too much sugar is bad for us, but are we capable of giving it up, and can a new campaign lead society away from sugar dependence?]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Layer farming; a sustainable solution for farmers and wildlife]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:43 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[In a remote cloud forest in South America subsistence farmers are embracing an alternative to slash and burn.......]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Recognising the Rights of Nature]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Environmental lawyer Tom Brenan introduces Earth Jurisprudence and related concepts. These ideas, whilst unfamiliar to most, should undeniably be known - and practised - by all.........]]></description>
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