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 <title><![CDATA[TAKE ACTION to save Scotland's seals ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[There has been a significant reduction in the killing of seals in Scotland but the Seal Protection Action Group needs your help in ending the killings altogether ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Stop the biomass blackout: say no to the UK's destructive bioenergy policies ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Biofuelwatch warn of an unfolding 'biomassacre' as the UK is set to rely on a growing amount of wood-based biomass, driving landgrabbing, replacing old growth forests with plantations, destroying biodiversity and causing air pollution]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[PHOTO GALLERY: The Arctic - Treasure of the North]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:28 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A new book of stunning photos of the Arctic documents the wonder of one of the last wilderness regions on the planet]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/1221751/take_action_just_label_it_americans_demand_gm_food_labelling.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[TAKE ACTION: Just Label It - Americans demand GM food labelling]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:18 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Join the growing chorus of individuals and organisations demanding the right to know what's in their food... all GM foods should be labelled, say Just Label It campaigners  ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[CAMPAIGN HERO: Sharon Johnson, Trees for Cities]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:30 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It is estimated that by 2030, 92 per cent of Britons will live in cities. The CEO of charity Trees for Cities on why its so important but difficult to plant trees in our streets]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[TAKE ACTION: are you a carbon coach in the making?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Mission impossible or radical manifesto? This year Dave Hampton aims to create a million coaches to help inspire real action on climate change ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Home retrofit experiment shows low carbon living for real people]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:07 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A single mother, three teenagers and an East London terrace offer a living piece of research on retrofitting designed for real-time living ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/campaigning_the_basics/1212075/take_action_urge_your_mp_to_vote_for_1010s_climatefriendly_daylight_saving_bill.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[TAKE ACTION: Urge your MP to vote for 10:10's climate-friendly Daylight Saving Bill]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Adding an extra hour of daylight would decrease carbon emissions, promote outdoor activities and make travel safer. Make sure your MP supports the Daylight Saving Bill in today's vote ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Climate hotspot: sea level rise threatens millions in Mekong Delta rice belt]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:43 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Some 60 million people depend on the Mekong River for their livelihoods but sea level rise and severe weather puts the area at risk, as Gratianne Quade's unique film shows]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Coal power: miners pay in blood for China's economic miracle]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A new film, To the Light, exposes the cost in human health and lives of China's coal-fired power boom ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[An Ecology of Mind: film interprets a life of unconventional thought]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:11 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A new documentary, An Ecology of Mind, directed by Nora Bateson, celebrates her father Gregory - anthropologist, philosopher, ecologist and systems theorist]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/1193541/greeks_reclaim_the_land_to_ease_the_pain_of_economic_austerity.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Greeks reclaim the land to ease the pain of economic austerity]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:59 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A group of community-minded gardeners have turned a former Athens airport into a blooming vegetable plot, showing how Greece's eroded soil holds the keys to a revival in farming and a way to buck the jobless trend]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[CAMPAIGN HERO: Dave Hampton, the Carbon Coach]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Dave Hampton on watt's watt in carbon footprints and why he aims to launch a campaign for a million more carbon coaches]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/campaigning_the_basics/1175218/take_action_save_orangutans_with_football_star_puyol.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Take Action: Save orangutans with football star Puyol  ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:40 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Act Now for Orangutans is a new campaign fronted by World Cup winner and Barcelona skipper Puyol aimed at the conservation of orangutans <br/>]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/culture_change/1175214/paradigm_shift_how_one_young_activist_uses_documentary_film_to_inspire_change.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Paradigm Shift: how one young activist uses documentary film to inspire change]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:15 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Rebecca is an ordinary woman with extraordinary ambitions, inspiring people all over the world and making 'Shift Happen' through her charity that creates free educational films]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/campaigning_the_basics/1167151/urge_brazilian_president_dilma_rousseff_to_save_the_amazon_rainforest.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Urge Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to save the Amazon rainforest  ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:04 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The new Brazilian Forest Code proposes to relax land regulation in the Amazon rainforest which will increase logging, cattle ranching and other destructive activities. Tell President Dilma to veto the decision before it is too late]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Campaign For Better Transport: how to reduce the need to travel]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:58 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Planning Policy Framework will sideline smart growth in favour of out-of-town sprawl - rolling back decades of town centred development. Now campaigners have launched a toolkit to reduce travel demand within local transport plans]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[How global finance fuels a secretive and unethical land grab in Africa]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:41 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Global banks, investment houses and pension funds are gobbling up farmland in poor countries for food and biofuels production. GRAIN, winners of the 2011 Right Livelihood Award, says this secretive and unjust practice needs to stop]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/campaigning_the_basics/1154320/petition_to_stop_dow_chemical_partnering_with_2012_london_olympics.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Petition to stop Dow Chemical partnering with 2012 London Olympics]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:53 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Responsible for one of the worst industrial accidents in the world, Dow Chemical's toxic legacy threatens the reputation of the London Olympics]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The Story of Broke]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Annie Leonard's new film looks at how money that could be used to build a sustainable future through investment in renewables and increasing recycling is being used to fund wars and subsidise fossil fuels]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[WildAid: How to end the illegal wildlife trade ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[WildAid's Steve Trent on why only robust anti-poaching operations, undercover investigations and high profile prosecutions can save the remaining wild rhinos, elephants, tigers and sharks]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The human face of conservation: bringing community and wildlife together]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:46 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Across Africa, the traditional idea of safari parks is getting an overhaul - and where once locals were excluded, models with community involvement are finding long-term success ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[#OCCUPY and Buy Nothing Day move into phase two: #OCCUPYXMAS]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:14 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[On its twentieth anniversary, Ad Busters plan to take it up a gear, marrying Buy Nothing Day with Occupy in order to #OCCUPYXMAS]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[TAKE ACTION: Tools for Self Reliance providing practical help for practical people]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:18 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Charity group Tools for Self Reliance empower the disadvantaged - providing tools and skills so that others can go on to create small businesses in hands-on occupations such as carpentry and tailoring ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Steve Kretzman 'We won the Keystone XL campaign because of nonviolent protest']]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:53 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The founder of Oil Change International, Steve Kretzmann, talks about the tight bond between politicians and the fossil fuel industry, 'fracking', and why Occupy is now the anti-Tea Party]]></description>
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