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 <title>The water footprint: the hidden cost of our meat consumption</title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:18 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Watching our leaky taps is the least of our problems when it comes to water wastage - agricultural practices and animal products are by far the greater danger]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/Blogs/atlantic_rising/579802/atlantic_rising_sea_level_rise_threatens_the_orinoco_delta_in_venezuela.html</link>
 <title>Atlantic Rising: sea level rise threatens the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:43 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Rising sea levels are forcing the migration of indigenous peoples and threatening the freshwater ecosystem of catfish and piranha found in the Orinoco Delta near the coast of Venezuela]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/Tom_Hodgkinson/576678/starting_a_business_has_never_been_so_liberating.html</link>
 <title>Starting a business has never been so liberating...</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Find the hidden entrepreneur in you to free yourself from slavery to corporate and state authority, says Tom Hodgkinson ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/Letters/574543/letter_water_use_need_not_stall_desert_solar_power.html</link>
 <title>Letter: water use need not stall desert solar power</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Yes, pioneering concentrating solar power plants are thirsty facilities, but their water use requirements could be made dramatically less]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/Blogs/Greening_my_office/567517/greening_my_office_cant_we_all_just_go_camping_instead_of_jetting_off_overseas.html</link>
 <title>Greening my office: can't we all just go camping instead of jetting off overseas?</title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:43 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[As her colleagues jet off to sunnier climes, Sylvia tackles the thorny issue of eco holidays - but will she pluck up the courage to confront her boss over his second home?]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/Molly_Scott_Cato/566395/forget_the_big_society_we_just_need_a_cooperative_one.html</link>
 <title>Forget the 'big society'; we just need a co-operative one</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:32 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Claims that we need a 'big society' to fix our 'broken' one are just Victorian throwbacks - we have the business tools to survive; we just need a co-operative attitude to go with them]]></description>
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 <title>Europe shows how local communities can make money from renewables</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:10 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Kate Hathway from the local communities charity Urban Forum says we should look to Europe for tips on successful community renewable energy projects]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/Blogs/laura_laker/559083/life_without_supermarkets_community_action_is_the_best_way_to_beat_them.html</link>
 <title>Life without supermarkets: community action is the best way to beat them</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A hypermarket victory in Hackney demonstrates how local groups can help protect community shops...]]></description>
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 <title>The Government has seriously miscalculated the cost of green homes</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:34 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[There's a lot of nonsense talked, bought and done when it comes to eco-retrofitting houses. David Thorpe's new book sorts the wheat from the chaff, and challenges some green orthodoxies...]]></description>
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 <title>Policymakers recognise peak oil threat, now they need to deal with it</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Most officials in both Europe and the UK still believe peak oil is a problem the markets will solve. That's a dangerous game to play with our energy supplies, says Lionel Badal]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/Tom_Hodgkinson/551093/come_get_a_proper_education_with_the_idler_academy.html</link>
 <title>Come get a proper education with the Idler Academy</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Tom launches the Idler Academy to teach us good grammar, sadly lacking practical skills like carpentry and lastly, of course, merriment]]></description>
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 <title>Starting out: how Teddy Goldsmith launched the Ecologist 40 years ago</title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Running a magazine on a shoestring budget; printing unpopular but groundbreaking analyses; fighting off lawsuits: the <em>Ecologist</em> has evolved over its 40 year history, but the passion present in 1970 is still here today...]]></description>
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