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		<title>Hand-made Advent Calendars</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/12/04/sustainable-advent-calendars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve seen them in the supermarket. My son is asking for one: Over-packaged advent calendars with non-fair trade chocolate inside. Is there a way to save this tradition from commercialism? Yes! Source: QuietFish Check out this matchbox advent calendar. Amazing huh? Alas, at the time I was planning this all out I was stuck at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Design for the Long Haul</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/11/08/design-for-the-long-haul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[electronic waste]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the name of corporate profits, jobs and economic growth, products like light bulbs, automobiles, clothing and computers are designed to break. This is known as planned obsolescence. The documentary below, The Lightbulb Conspiracy, is an interesting story about the real conspiracy between light bulb manufacturers in the 1930&#8242;s to limit the life span of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compost Treatment Centers</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/11/01/compost-treatment-centers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Limits to Growth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biofuel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dorval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landfills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LaSalle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montreal East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Michel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The pressing reality of living on an island is that land is a finite resource and eventually we run out of space to put our garbage. Transforming some of our garbage to fuel and soil is one step toward sustainability. If you don&#8217;t want to wait for the city to get its ducks in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NDG Eco-Fair</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/09/01/ndg-eco-fair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Organizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vericompost]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Come celebrate the environment during the 4th annual Éco-fête NDG Saturday September 10th, come join us for the 4th annual Éco-fête, a great annual event in the neighbourhood. In addition to Éco-quartier, there will be plenty of other environmental organizations presenting kiosks and conducting workshops aimed for children as well as adults. The eco-fete will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permaculture Movie and Earth Activist Training</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/06/16/permaculture-movie-and-earth-activist-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Organizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Permaculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban agriculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Filmmakers Donna Read and Starhawk will be at the screening of the film Permaculture: The Growing Edge on June 22 at the Crowley Arts Centre, 5325 Crowley Ave. It is a fundraiser to celebrate the NDG Food Depot&#8217;s 25th anniversary. Tickets are $20 and available only at the door. Starhawk is doing a two-week workshop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Housing from Trash &#8211; The Garbage Warrior</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/05/25/sustainable-housing-from-trash-the-garbage-warrior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 13:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[off-grid home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passive solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thermal mass construction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When an architect builds sustainable housing in North America, she is faced with bureaucratic rules and regulations. When she takes the same technology to other countries, she is welcomed with gratitude. This touching documentary traces the work of sustainable architect extraordinaire, Michael Reynolds&#8230; best of all, it has a happy ending! Source: Garbage Warrior web [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Sustainable Living TV series</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/04/13/the-art-of-sustainable-living-tv-series/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/04/13/the-art-of-sustainable-living-tv-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Permaculture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Claude William Genest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living buildings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straw-bale homes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The NDG Food Depot and the Montréal Permaculture Guild invite you to a free evening with Claude William Genest, on Wednesday April 20th at 7pm at the NDG Food Depot (2120 Oxford Ave). Mr. Genest, permaculturalist and former Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada, will present a selection of episodes from his PBS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washable Cloth Diapers</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/01/18/washable-cloth-diapers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land fills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raising children]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those 1st time parents, or to veteran parents looking to take care of babies in a more sustainable way, buying and using cotton, cloth diapers is probably the #1 way to reduce your weekly land fill (garbage) bag. Disposable diapers take an estimated 500 years to decompose. Additionally, it takes up huge amounts of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of Electronics</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2010/11/20/the-story-of-electronics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2010/11/20/the-story-of-electronics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-waste]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for the holiday shopping season, The Story of Electronics introduces you to the design strategy that has us dumping our electronics every 18 months and rushing out to buy new ones: It&#8217;s called Designed for the Dump, and it&#8217;s a major problem for our planet and our wallets. This is the story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor Releases 5-year Sustainability Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2010/10/12/mayor-releases-5-year-sustainability-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2010/10/12/mayor-releases-5-year-sustainability-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike paths]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Electric car]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gérald Tremblay]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Highlights of the plan include funding for: more bike paths green promenades through the most densely populated sectors charging stations for electric cars curb-side pickup of kitchen compost for buildings with less than 8 units (sorry apartment dwellers!) Source: Montreal Gazette Mayor Gérald Tremblay on Tuesday unveiled a new sustainable-development plan for Montreal that will [...]]]></description>
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