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		<title>Sustainability and the Lesson of Passover</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2010/03/31/sustainability-and-the-lesson-of-passover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Passover has many lessons, one of which is that a community must be able to provide for itself the necessities of life. When it can&#8217;t, a community is dependent on others for charity and support. Haiti is a perfect example of a country that once supported itself, and then through free trade policies, became dependent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Sustainable Professions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a survey performed in late 2009, the following list of Top 10 sustainable professions emerged. The responders of the survey had all been motivated to find or develop new skills in response to threats from Peak Oil. Top 10 Sustainable Professions: Farming Activism/Volunteerism Renewable Energy/Energy Audits Teaching Small Business Owner Permaculture Design/Teaching Sustainability consulting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosperity Without Growth</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2010/01/27/prosperity-without-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new book by Tim Jackson &#8220;Prosperity Without Growth&#8221; focuses upon our new reality: economics needs to shift its focus from growth and towards new definitions of prosperity. Gross National Product (GDP) is one of the statistics economists have used for 50+ years to define economic growth and prosperity. However, there are alternatives to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Restaurant Solution</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2009/12/28/sustainable-restaurant-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a great idea! Entrepreneurs can buy one of these containers that fold out into an off-the-grid food stand and have them shipped virtually anywhere in the world. These would be great in rural Hawaii (Molokai or the Big Island), national parks or any place that gets lots of sunshine and is not connected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Slow Money Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2009/12/26/the-slow-money-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has real potential as a solution to re-define wealth that calls back to an earlier definition:  a roof over your head, clothes on your back, running fresh water and fresh food grown nearby. And the concept is analogous to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) where many individuals invest in the health and prosperity of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Coupon Book for Montreal</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2009/12/15/green-coupon-book-for-montreal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Green Consciousness Guide is Montreal’s only Green Guide and Local Coupon Book. There are coupons for shops like Yoga Studios, Organic and/or Vegetarian Restaurants, Organic/Fairly Traded Tea &#38; Coffee Houses, Independent Bookstores, Natural Health Practitioners, Local Gyms, Responsible Clothing Stores, Bike Shops, and far, far more. The purpose of the coupon book is: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Business Encyclopedia</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2009/05/31/sustainable-business-encyclopedia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 11:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a year and half of research and development, &#8220;ethipedia&#8221;, the online encyclopedia of sustainable business practices, is now available online. This reference website hosts a database of documented practices adopted by organizations seeking to incorporate greater social and environmental responsibility into their operations. With an initial store of over 75 case studies from around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainablility will be born from Economic Collapse</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2009/02/25/sustainablility-will-be-born-from-economic-collapse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2009/02/25/sustainablility-will-be-born-from-economic-collapse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collapse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This I have known in my gut. A professor argues that in order to get sustainability, we will have to submit to a &#8220;new world order&#8221;. I agree that at the heart of sustainability is awareness for the health of the global ecosystem and everyone in it. That could be considered a &#8220;new world order&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>B2B Bartering Networks</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2009/02/21/b2b-bartering-networks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think this would be a fabulous entrepreneurial opportunity in Quebec: Source: PitchEngine In the face of the added challenges brought on by the current recession, Vermont business now have another innovative resource available to them, the Vermont Sustainable Exchange. Vermont Sustainable Exchange (VSE) is a business-to-business barter-style marketplace that allows Vermont businesses to measure, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dot &amp; Lil sustainable Local Soaps and Scents</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2009/02/18/dot-lil-sustainable-local-soaps-and-scents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2009/02/18/dot-lil-sustainable-local-soaps-and-scents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dot &#38; Lil is a small company making homemade bath &#38; body products in Montréal. We try to use locally produced organic ingredients whenever we can, both to reduce our carbon footprint and bring you the best quality in our finished product.]]></description>
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