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		<title>The Revolution Starts at Home</title>
		<link>http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/the-revolution-starts-at-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 01:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I felt like a hypocrite.  For years I had trumpeted the benefits of local food, but my consumption of local food was limited to twice monthly trips to the farmers market and whatever produce was carried at the full service &#8230; <a href="http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/the-revolution-starts-at-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirtbagway.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8733475&amp;post=203&amp;subd=dirtbagway&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have We Changed?</title>
		<link>http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/have-we-changed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 01:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The myth of the most recent recession is that Americans have somehow abandoned the conspicuous consumption that has defined the post-World War II era and embraced a more frugal way of life. Savings rates are up, credit card balances are &#8230; <a href="http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/have-we-changed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirtbagway.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8733475&amp;post=199&amp;subd=dirtbagway&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Proctor &amp; Gamble is Happy at Least</title>
		<link>http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/proctor-gamble-is-happy-at-least/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 01:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil is spreading all over the Gulf Coast of the southern United States and the environmental devastation has yet to be calculated. All of the technology that we have and all of the research dollars have created the ultimate weapon in &#8230; <a href="http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/proctor-gamble-is-happy-at-least/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirtbagway.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8733475&amp;post=197&amp;subd=dirtbagway&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Young Turqs</title>
		<link>http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/young-turqs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 01:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stewart Brand, notable for the Whole Earth Catalog which featured the now iconic photograph of the entire earth taken from space, has come out with a book entitled Whole Earth Discipline.   One idea is that the future of the environmental &#8230; <a href="http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/young-turqs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirtbagway.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8733475&amp;post=195&amp;subd=dirtbagway&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hits Just Keep Coming&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 01:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbovinet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico grows to historic proportions, sad news comes from Kentucky.  Two miners were killed in an apparent roof collapse at an underground coal mine with a history of such mishaps.  Check it &#8230; <a href="http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/the-hits-just-keep-coming/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirtbagway.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8733475&amp;post=193&amp;subd=dirtbagway&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our Energy Has Great Costs</title>
		<link>http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/our-energy-has-great-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbovinet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of discussing the connection between where your electricity comes from and the destruction of landscapes in rural Appalachia comes imagery from the recent offshore oil platform tragedy in the Gulf Of Mexico. This story is still developing &#8230; <a href="http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/our-energy-has-great-costs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirtbagway.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8733475&amp;post=190&amp;subd=dirtbagway&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;ve Made It When&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/youve-made-it-when/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jbovinet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know something has arrived when it goes from being a paragon of the environmental platform to something that the Wall Street Journal reports on with a slight amount of snark and an even tone.  Check it out here. Every &#8230; <a href="http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/youve-made-it-when/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirtbagway.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8733475&amp;post=188&amp;subd=dirtbagway&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Price Electricity?</title>
		<link>http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/what-price-electricity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The saga over the off shore wind project near Nantucket Sound continues, nearly 9 years after the initial proposal was made public.  Check out the article on the topic here.  I do not disagree with the furor over the destruction &#8230; <a href="http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/what-price-electricity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirtbagway.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8733475&amp;post=184&amp;subd=dirtbagway&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Did I Do On Earth Day?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did nothing.  That was the most environmentally responsible thing that I could think of on April 22nd. I did not go shopping.  I did not go out to eat.  I did not attend a rally or a clean up &#8230; <a href="http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/what-did-i-do-on-earth-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirtbagway.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8733475&amp;post=182&amp;subd=dirtbagway&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bike Stations</title>
		<link>http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/bike-stations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the bicycle is to be part of the transportation solution the infrastructure to accommodate bicycle needs to be built up.  I am not talking about just bicycle lanes or paths, but places to secure bikes, take showers, transfer to other transport options, etc. &#8230; <a href="http://dirtbagway.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/bike-stations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dirtbagway.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8733475&amp;post=177&amp;subd=dirtbagway&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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