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	<title>Whole Living Today - Green Blog</title>
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	<description>Promoting green living, renewable, natural, eco friendly, earth friendly products, simple and alternative living</description>
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		<title>Reduce, Reuse and Recycle with Composting</title>
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Compost Bins &#38; Systems

Biobags™ are a great way to handle kitchen scraps. No more messy kitchen compost containers. These bags are biodegradable and can just be tossed into the compost pile.

Compost Tumbler systems make it easy to turn and aerate your compost pile. Just toss your kitchen and garden wastes in and give it a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholelivingtoday.com/greenblog/2010/01/20/reduce-reuse-and-recycle-with-composting/</link>
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		<title>Promote Green Living – Build a Victory Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it&#8217;s the only thing that ever has.&#8221;    ~Margaret Mead
Victory Gardens were a concept started during the W.W. II era as a means to help with the food shortages created from the war. Nearly 20 million Americans grew [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholelivingtoday.com/greenblog/2010/01/19/promote-green-living-%e2%80%93-build-a-victory-garden/</link>
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		<title>Help the Earth, switch off your lights!</title>
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THIS IS THE WORLD&#8217;S FIRST GLOBAL ELECTION, BETWEEN EARTH AND GLOBAL WARMING.
On March 28 you can VOTE EARTH by switching off your lights for one hour.
Or you can vote global warming by leaving your lights on.
The results of the election are being presented at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. We want one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholelivingtoday.com/greenblog/2009/03/28/help-the-earth-switch-off-your-lights/</link>
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		<title>Tips of Green #2 &#8211; Wash laundry in cold water</title>
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With modern washing machines and detergents, washing your clothes in cold water gets them just as clean as washing in hot water but saves a lot of energy. With really tough loads, you can still make a difference by washing in warm but rinsing in cold. Not only an energy saver but washing clothes in cold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholelivingtoday.com/greenblog/2009/03/04/tips-of-green-2-wash-laundry-in-cold-water/</link>
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		<title>Plastic Recycling Codes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plastic recycling codes come from the The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI) that introduced its resin identification coding system in 1988 after lobbying by recyclers. The recycling codes are explained below.
Number 1 Code &#8211; Polyethylene Terephthalate, PETE

Figure 1. Symbol for PETE plastics
Name of Plastic &#8211; Polyethylene Terephthalate, PET or PETE
Description &#8211; PET or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholelivingtoday.com/greenblog/2009/03/02/plastic-recycling-codes/</link>
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		<title>Tips of Green #1 &#8211; Phantom Electricity Load</title>
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Phantom Load
&#8220;Standby power, also called vampire power, phantom load, or leaking electricity, refers to the electric power consumed by electronic appliances while they are switched off or in a standby mode. A very common &#8220;electricity vampire&#8221; is a power adapter which has no power-off switch. Some such devices offer remote controls and digital clock features [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholelivingtoday.com/greenblog/2009/02/20/tips-of-green-1-phantom-electricity-load/</link>
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		<title>Promise of tomorrow</title>
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&#8220;The promise of tomorrow
Depends upon the way
We honor all the blessings
That are ours today.
Can we hear the voices of
The children yet unborn?
Do they call to us with gratitude,
Or do we hear their scorn?
Are we so wrapped up in taking
That we forget to give?
Wasting every resource that
Allows the future to live.
Have we killed the promise
Of tomorrows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholelivingtoday.com/greenblog/2009/02/19/promise-of-tomorrow/</link>
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		<title>7 Fixes from the Green Economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Cross-post from Green America)
Bold solutions from the green economy are the antidote to the broken economy—and can repair the damage and create a world that works for all.
Everyone now understands that the economy is broken. What our members and readers have known for years— that the economy is not working for people and the planet—is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholelivingtoday.com/greenblog/2009/01/20/7-fixes-from-the-green-economy/</link>
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		<title>Whatever happens to me, happens to the world.</title>
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&#8220;Taking care of ourselves is a contribution we can all make. It can only help the whole if the parts of that whole are healthy, happy, and functioning in top form. Our well-being can be our greatest gift to humanity.
&#8220;But sometimes we get confused about what it means to take care of ourselves, to focus [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholelivingtoday.com/greenblog/2008/12/31/whatever-happens-to-me-happens-to-the-world/</link>
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		<title>Green Links 12.25.08</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Green Links is a regular feature of Whole Living Today’s Green Blog. Every Thursday organizations and sites that promote such issues as green living, fair trade, sustainable agriculture, wildlife and nature preservation, and more efficient use of resources and energy will be featured. Take some time to visit these sites, catch up on current issues and maybe donate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholelivingtoday.com/greenblog/2008/12/25/green-links-122508/</link>
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