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		<title>Garbage Glows Green in Placer County Spotlight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Going green has never been more popular. Look around, and it seems that just about every businesses is tripping over itself to showcase their efforts at embracing sustainability. There are many businesses around the country that have been engaged in sustainability practices for many years, and even they are incorporating the greenness of their efforts as they make over their images. As an example, consider Placer County, California's Auburn Placer Disposal Service, also known as Placer County's garbage company.]]></description>
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		<title>Renting as a Green Concept</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a era of over consumption and waste its time to think outside of the box and consider Renting certain goods and services as an alternative to buying them. Especially when they are the types of things that we do not use often. Renting things naturally reuses them and therefore recycles a wide variety of consumer products. There are websites out there like www.RentItToday.com that can help you find almost anything for rent.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/travel/renting-as-a-green-concept/</link>
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		<title>Go Green While Promoting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Environmentally friendly products and practices are becoming the way of the world and they are also a major part of life today. With the environment worsening under the weight of problems like pollution, global warming and deforestation, it has become essential that everyone do their best to save the earth from further destruction. Switching to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/recycling/green-promotion/</link>
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		<title>What Are the Best Recycling Methods?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people think that recycling is the be all and end all of helping this planet, however, this is simply not true, as many people have seen there are no truly perfect ways for recycling but true recycling does no start at the bin, it starts with the buying of products. The first thing that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/recycling/best-recycling-methods/</link>
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		<title>Kitchen Composting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Growing your own vegetables and herbs is highly fashionable again. Not only is it cheaper than buying them, but is also healthier, if they are grown organically. Instead of using chemical fertilizers, it is recommended that you use compost. Making your own compost is not necessarily a pleasure, and often yards are such that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are You Doing to Help?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the planet in so much peril of just burning up all resources that are used to exist, it is little wonder that many are jumping on the bandwagon of living green in order to save what is left of the earth. There has definitely been a major concern that future generations will not have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Living &#8211; Why I Made the Decision to Go Green</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kathryn Lambert Until July, 2007, I lived in Michigan. Green living wasn&#8217;t really part of my life. Like all of my friends, I complained about my electric bill (especially in the winter!), I worried about the rising costs of things like food and gas, and I made an effort at eco friendly activities like recycling. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/green-advice/green-living-why-i-made-the-decision-to-go-green/</link>
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		<title>Why Go Green &#8211; More to the Point, Why Not?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new Obama administration has indicated a strong focus on developing America&#8217;s renewable energy resources. So whether you believe global warming is man-made, or purely a result of the earth&#8217;s natural cycles of warming and cooling, now is a perfect time to adopt an individual green lifestyle that will conserve energy, save water and result [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/conservation/why-go-green-more-to-the-point-why-not/</link>
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		<title>Plastic Water Bottles &#8211; Environmental and Safety Issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Americans buy over $22 billion plastic water bottles per year, which translates to over 70 million bottles consumed daily. Recent reports have many consumers confused as to whether it is safe to drink from these bottles. Since only 17% are recycled, there are also environmental concerns.  The safety reports about Bisphenol a (BPA) in plastic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/conservation/plastic-water-bottles-environmental-and-safety-issues/</link>
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		<title>Green Living: What it’s Really About</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you hear the term “green living”, you may get an image in your head of hippies living in communes making everything they use. Truth is:  the definition of green living has changed. The concept simply includes doing things to help the environment be viable for future generations. If you don’t feel like shedding your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/environment/green-living-what-it%e2%80%99s-really-about/</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>Local Environmental Service Projects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those interested in contributing to or starting a environmental community service project, here are a few ideas as recommended by the EPA. 1. Planting trees Trees help to filter out dangerous pollutants from the air, and provide habitat for animals. Visit the Arbor Day Foundation and TreeHelp.com for information about planting trees in your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.planmygreen.com/environment/local-environmental-service-projects/</link>
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