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		<title>Going Green In Your Office The Easy Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author: Brandi Cummings Many of us want to be responsible citizens of the Earth. We think about the effects our lifestyles have on the environment. We are concerned about global warming. We want to ensure our children&#8217;s future on this planet is one that still has clean air to breathe, an abundance of trees and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/conservation/going-green-office/</link>
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		<title>The World&#8217;s First Carbon-Neutral Zero Waste Town &#8211; &#8220;Masdar City&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the world of Energy! In Physics, Energy is a scalar physical quantity that shows the amount of work that can be performed by a force, an attribute of objects and systems that are subject to a law of conservation. Any form of Energy can be transformed into another form, but the total energy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/eco-projects/carbon-neutral-masdar-city/</link>
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		<title>Turning the Desert Green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across this interesting video about turning a 10 acre area of salty desert into a productive plot of land. There are definitely some great possibilities outlined here. Pollution levels, famine, and climate increase are all problems that could be solved by an idea like this. Enjoy.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/eco-projects/turning-desert-green/</link>
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		<title>Replacing lightbulbs saves $</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Energy efficiency around the home is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to help conserve energy around the globe. Replacing aging appliances, re-insulating walls, and recycling are just a few of the ways everybody can get involved with conservation and eco-friendly habits. Though some of these may seem like they will require planning and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/conservation/replacing-lightbulbs-saves/</link>
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		<title>Project Has Vacant Lots Blooming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By getting thousands of residents excited about using their green thumbs, Newark, N.J., is turning its vacant lots into prosperous, blooming gardens. Because the city’s urban gardening program is coupled with a leaf composting project, it helps reduce landfill costs while beautifying plots of land that were once eyesores, said Frank Sudol, manager of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/eco-projects/project-has-vacant-lots-blooming/</link>
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		<title>Recycling Program Turns Bottles to Benches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turning the fruits of a recycling program into tangible results has proven hugely successful for the Chicago Park District and the city’s residents. Chicago’s 563 parks are now being covered in garbage. But it is in the form benches, playground barriers and other items composed completely of plastic donated by residents in the city’s Plastic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/eco-projects/recycling-program-turns-bottles-to-benches/</link>
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		<title>Recycling for Charity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While recycling itself is a worthwhile endeavor, when intertwined with charitable organizations, its power for good is taken to far greater heights. A perfect example has been under way in St. Petersburg, Fla., for several years now. By picking up used paper donated by various companies and eventually hauling it to a local paper company, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/eco-projects/recycling-for-charity/</link>
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		<title>Rooftop Greenhouses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Transforming useless, black rooftops into prosperous, green gardens — that is the goal of Dr. Paul Mankiewicz. As director of the Gaia Institute, an environmental research group in New York City, he has designed a unique greenhouse which solves the complexities of gardening on rooftops and will provide fresh produce for thousands of residents below. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/eco-projects/rooftop-greenhouses/</link>
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		<title>Providing Youth Environmental Avenues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earth Corps, a new YMCA program expanding across the nation, is allowing high school students the opportunity to take charge and promote environmental issues and actions. Created in Seattle, Wash., the original program quickly grew from 270 participating students to more than 1,500 students from 43 different schools. Earth Corps programs are now under way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/eco-projects/providing-youth-environmental-avenues/</link>
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		<title>Offshore drilling resistance evaporating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Worldwatch Institute published an article detailing a decline in offshore drilling opposition in sharp contrast to the year 1982 when the drilling moratorium was enacted. Further expansions by George H. W. Bush in 1990 extended the moratorium to include the coasts of Florida, California and New England. With the presidency of Clinton in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/technology/offshore-drilling-resistance-evaporating/</link>
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		<title>Power grid holding back renewable energy advances</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times has published an article on an aging power grid and the potential setbacks to wind energy and other sources of renewable energy. Current electric transmission lines are not able to handle the load produced my massive wind farms such as the Maple Ridge Wind Farm in New York.  The 200 turbine strong [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/technology/power-grid-holding-back-renewable-energy-advances/</link>
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		<title>Marine Turtle conservation being ramped up as populations decline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marine turtle populations have declined drastically over recent years and now of the known 7 species, all are considered protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). By acknowledging the bleak situation we have created for sea turtles, multi-national programs have began to collaborate resources in an effort to protect the nesting grounds and ocean habitats [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/animals/marine-turtle-conservation-being-ramped-up-as-populations-decline/</link>
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		<title>Pond scum power: Algae a way to create fuel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Found on DesMoinesRegister.com The green slime or pond scum that comes from algae could be valuable after all. Renewable Energy Group of Ames says it has developed a process that takes the oil from algae and turns it into biodiesel fuel. &#8220;Algae oil would give us a third option as a biodiesel feedstock after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/technology/pond-scum-power-algae-a-way-to-create-fuel/</link>
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		<title>Google enhances green technology development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mega search engine Google.com, today announced an investment of $10.25 million in advancing the development of green technologies. Google is supporting a technology called, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, to help meet its goal of providing enough green energy to power a city the size of San Francisco. Through Google&#8217;s philanthropic entity Google.org, an initiative dubbed &#8220;Renewable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/technology/google-enhances-green-technology-development/</link>
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		<title>7th Annual Des Moines: River Run Garbage Grab</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Des Moines, Iowa: On Saturday, the Polk Country Conservation Board hosted the 7th annual River Run Garbage Grab to clean up trash and debris along the Des Moines River south of the Saylorville Reservoir. Canoes, kayaks, and motorboats were launched along the river, by volunteers, to scour the banks and sandbars. Throughout the morning hours, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/environment/7th-annual-des-moines-river-run-garbage-grab/</link>
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