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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dennis the superintendent has been up this dark path before. Armed with a long hooked pole, he hopes to avoid a painful and potentially dangerous collision. He has dealt with the messy results of past collisions before. His opponent is a lodged garbage bag and he is staring up into the dark tunnel of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ourgreencity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10855278&amp;post=94&amp;subd=ourgreencity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Water water everywhere&#8230; but not enough for golfers.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How green are your greens? It seems illogical that vast swaths of open space, surrounded by trees, interspersed with ponds, creeks and streams, could be anything but environmentally friendly. However, poor water management, chemical use and the impact of land clearing for golf courses can all be particularly harmful. Throughout the golf industry water use [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ourgreencity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10855278&amp;post=90&amp;subd=ourgreencity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How low can your food miles go?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many food miles are on your plate today? What type of journey did your rib-eye endure? Was it a planes, trains and automobiles scenario for your spuds? Increasingly, Torontonians food priorities are shifting and they are beginning to ask these questions. One of those is self-acknowledged locavore (local product purchaser) Ian Kay, who has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ourgreencity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10855278&amp;post=87&amp;subd=ourgreencity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going green with beans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers face a barrage of information every day. Labels, advertisements, jingles and emails implore them to make the right choice. Simple consumer decision-making takes on a further twist when social consciousness and the green worlds collide. For the socially conscious consumer, the term “certified fair trade” is a key component in decision-making. Transfair Canada is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ourgreencity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10855278&amp;post=80&amp;subd=ourgreencity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Washing Away: 10-year-old bylaw ignored by Torontonians</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a sunny Saturday morning and the car, long overdue for a wash, is sitting in the driveway practically begging to be cleaned. So you get out the pail and sponges and for the next hour it’s just you and the car. That scene has been played out in countless homes across the country, except [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ourgreencity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10855278&amp;post=74&amp;subd=ourgreencity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hybrid cars are taking charge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roy Lampard and his wife used to own a seven passenger Toyota Sienna minivan. Back when their children were younger it made perfect sense for the family to have a larger vehicle. However, these days it’s just the two of them, and they decided it was probably time to switch to something a little smaller [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ourgreencity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10855278&amp;post=71&amp;subd=ourgreencity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Long-term green renos to think about</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amy Peers’ house in Waterloo was built in the 1960s. Nearly 50 years later, it was still in its original condition, and that included its old gas furnace, Peers investigated her options and eventually settled on a geothermal system for the house because it’s more environmentally friendly than a typical gas furnace. About $28,000 later, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ourgreencity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10855278&amp;post=66&amp;subd=ourgreencity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wasting Away: T.O. aims for 70</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living in Korea had a profound effect on Sarah McGaughey’s life. McGaughey doesn’t speak Korean and she noticed the language barrier was having a strange and unexpected side effect. When she went shopping she had to buy a lot of pre-packaged goods, because buying produce in Korea is a little different than buying produce in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ourgreencity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10855278&amp;post=62&amp;subd=ourgreencity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Guilt-free&#8217; fish on today&#8217;s menu</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lack of information may be the less obvious culprit of why it’s so hard for companies to break into the seafood market in Ontario. Jennifer Johnston, the Ontario sales representative for Goldwater Seafoods is spreading the word about her company’s sustainable fishing practices by holding information demos at farmer’s markets and various supermarkets in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ourgreencity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10855278&amp;post=27&amp;subd=ourgreencity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Everything starts at &#8220;The Zero Point&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nestled between the up and coming Leslieville neighbourhood and the trendy Beaches, The Zero Point is an eco-store located at 1590 Queen St. E. in Toronto’s east end. Just opened in June of this year, the store has built its reputation in a short period of time through word of mouth. What makes this store [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ourgreencity.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10855278&amp;post=20&amp;subd=ourgreencity&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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