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		<title>The City Two Point Oh</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/12/10/the-city-two-point-oh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Solar Panels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Mother Nature Network By the middle of this century, there will be as many people living in cities worldwide as there are alive on the planet today. Sustainability, then, is first and foremost an urban project, and I’m always a little surprised to find that there’s a lingering divide between hardcore cleantechies and urban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Grow Home</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/10/19/he-grow-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[narrow homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Sprawl]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1544</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a success story of Montreal innovation leading the world! Source: Montreal Gazette Located close to work or public transit, on narrow streets not yet planned for car traffic, in areas with high enough density of population to foster thriving, busy commercial streets nearby, Montreal’s original narrow houses are living examples of sustainable city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Agriculture Movement Running into Municipal Roadblocks</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/10/03/urban-agriculture-movement-running-into-municipal-roadblocks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/10/03/urban-agriculture-movement-running-into-municipal-roadblocks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driveways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat-island effect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban agriculture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If local governments can&#8217;t support urban agriculture, then they need to get out of the way of these community gardens. Source: Montreal Gazette There are chickens laying eggs at community centres, volunteer gardeners sharing the work and the harvest in 45 collective gardens across the city, and vegetables growing on top of the Palais des [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Mobility in Quebec and California</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/09/15/urban-mobility-in-quebec-and-california/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electric car]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This event will be held in Southern California. Source: Dexigner A convergence of circumstances, including energy security, climate change and air quality concerns, have led to a rapid push toward sustainable transportation. Experts from across North America will present solutions and ideas related to sustainable transportation at the first-ever Forward Motion: Advancing Mobility in California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Sustaining Methods of Urban Farming</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/09/11/self-sustaining-methods-of-urban-farming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/09/11/self-sustaining-methods-of-urban-farming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aquaculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban agriculture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the solution to reducing crime and &#8220;terrorism&#8221; throughout the world. May freedom reign for all. Source: The Urban Farming Guys]]></description>
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		<title>The Work Group on Urban Agriculture</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/09/03/the-work-group-on-urban-agriculture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/09/03/the-work-group-on-urban-agriculture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soil contamination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban agriculture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: Montreal Work Group on Urban Agriculture Many obstacles are slowing the development of urban agriculture in Montreal, including: Pressure on land occupancy and use due to real estate development projects; The presence of contaminants in certain soils; The sub-optimal financing of initiatives and the absence of strategies in favor of urban agriculture; The lack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indigenous Knowledge (IK)</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/08/12/indigenous-knowledge-ik/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/08/12/indigenous-knowledge-ik/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Organizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Permaculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Nation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of great information and inspiring quotes in the Indigene Community web site. Their premise is that there is no need to re-invent the wheel in terms of re-learning how to live sustainably. They argue that Indigenous Knowledge (IK) provides many blueprints for a post-post sustainable world. This organization was inspired by Stewart Brand&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hen House Open to Public in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/07/18/hen-house-open-to-public-in-rosemont-la-petite-patrie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/07/18/hen-house-open-to-public-in-rosemont-la-petite-patrie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chickens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is unlawful to keep chickens or raise them in a coop in the city of Montreal although it is legal in Westmount. A new pilot project this summer in the Montreal borough of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie will test community interest and acceptance towards letting everyone on the island have the ability to raise chickens in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Encourage Biking and Public Transit by Making Car Life Miserable</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/07/06/encourage-biking-and-public-transit-by-making-car-life-miserable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/07/06/encourage-biking-and-public-transit-by-making-car-life-miserable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bike Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Walking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Montreal has a choice to make: design itself to be a car-friendly American city, or a pedestrian, bike and bus friendly European city. In the Plateau, where the debate over parking has been raging for several years between the Green party and store owners, both sides could learn from Europe. The city of Zurich found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montreal&#8217;s Urban Ag Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/05/23/montreals-urban-ag-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/05/23/montreals-urban-ag-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 15:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rabbits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A nice article featuring Marci Babineau and her urban farm. If you ever wondered how much food you could grow in a front or back yard, or how to keep urban chickens, this article is a good source of information. Source: Montreal Gazette On the sidewalk in front of Marci Babineau’s house, I craned my [...]]]></description>
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