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		<title>My Obsession With Human Dwellings</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/04/18/my-obsession-with-human-dwellings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EC Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alternative dwellings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/?p=1823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently became obsessed with human dwellings. I’m not sure why or when this happened exactly; I just know that the housing crisis had something to do with it. My mom and my dad (despite being born and growing up in completely different countries—US and Brazil, respectively) both grew up in humble blue collar households [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dave Foreman of Earth First! Visits FLC</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/04/10/dave-foreman-of-earth-first-visits-flc/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/04/10/dave-foreman-of-earth-first-visits-flc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EC Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fort Lewis College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunter Mallinger]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/?p=1814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Without knowing what to expect when attending the Dave Foreman talk hosted by Fort Lewis College on April 5th, I would have to say I look at the state of the world from an entirely new perspective. Dave Foreman considers himself a conservationist and is co-founder of “Earth First!,” an environmental advocacy group based in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Algae: Fuel of the Future?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/04/08/algae-fuel-of-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/04/08/algae-fuel-of-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EC Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zero-Waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[algae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[algal fuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drew Walters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fossil fuels]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/?p=1800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The global population of humans has seen alarming exponential growth in the past century, which can be largely attributed to the exploitation of our most prized resource: fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are utilized in most facets of human society including agriculture, transportation, clothing and technology. However, with our increasing reliance and use of these non-renewable resources, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Different Cultures&#8217; Perspectives on Human-Animal Relationships</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/04/03/different-cultures-perspectives-on-human-animal-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/04/03/different-cultures-perspectives-on-human-animal-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EC Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate Action/ Sustainable Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buffalo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hanae Miyabo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native americans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/?p=1792</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a human, are you always thinking about animals? I believe humans cannot live without animals because we depend on them to eat and survive. However, the animals humans eat differ. Each person has his or her symbol animals, which are determined by the environment around the person. Japanese people live on an island, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zero Waste Is a Challenge Faced</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/03/29/zero-waste-is-a-challenge-faced/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/03/29/zero-waste-is-a-challenge-faced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EC Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emma Kurfis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[skyfest]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/?p=1782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a member of the Zero Waste Team here at the Environmental Center and I am very excited about the project I’m working on this year! Emma Kurfis, another Zero Waste Team member, and I are working on a Zero Waste Event Service Guide specific to Fort Lewis College. This guide will be available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on a Zero Waste New Year&#8217;s Resolution</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/03/25/reflections-on-a-zero-waste-new-years-resolution/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/03/25/reflections-on-a-zero-waste-new-years-resolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EC Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colin Beaven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michaela Steiner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no impact man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reduce]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/?p=1766</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve recently been thinking about my New Year’s Resolution, which is to make as little harmful ecological impact as possible in the year 2013.The resolution is a promise to the world and to myself that I will live as a ‘No Impact Woman’ or at least, a ‘Least Impact Woman.’ For me, this means not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Throwing Away Energy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/03/18/throwing-away-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/03/18/throwing-away-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EC Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[burn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Durango]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erica Gilrein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landfill]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/?p=1755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you take out your trash, do you think about where it ends up? Most of the waste produced on the Fort Lewis College campus goes to a landfill 45 miles away in San Juan County, NM. Waste-related fees add up to $30,000-$35,000 annually, one of the many reasons why Fort Lewis aims to become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting the &#8220;Real&#8221; into Real Food</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/03/15/putting-the-real-into-real-food/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/03/15/putting-the-real-into-real-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EC Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Action/ Sustainable Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[campus sustainability team]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Melanie Weber-Sauer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/?p=1736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past February, three members of the Environmental Center’s campus sustainability team traveled to Baltimore, Maryland to attend a Real Food Challenge Breaking Ground Summit. There, the team members met over 200 other like-minded students from over 70 universities, discussed ideas and tactics and ate delicious “real food.” So what is real food? The Real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FLC Common Reading Experience Exposes Nuclear Waste Issues Close to Home</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/03/10/flc-common-reading-experience-exposes-nuclear-waste-issues-close-to-home/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/03/10/flc-common-reading-experience-exposes-nuclear-waste-issues-close-to-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EC Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[colorado]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Randy Newkirk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/?p=1724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I learned that the 2013-2014 Common Reading Experience book for FLC would be Kristen Iversen’s Full Body Burden, a nonfictional narrative that focuses on Rocky Flats, a once secret site near Denver that manufactured plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons during the Cold War. The author has a history with the plant, as she grew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Impactful Weekend With C2C Fellows</title>
		<link>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/03/01/an-impactful-weekend-with-c2c-fellows/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/2013/03/01/an-impactful-weekend-with-c2c-fellows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EC Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[conference]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kala Hunter]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.fortlewis.edu/ec/?p=1711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Applying to Bard’s Center for Environmental Policy’s C2C Fellow’s workshop was one of the greatest ideas I’ve had in a while. The conference was held in Boulder, CO for just three short days. Consisting of a mixture of students from Boulder, University of Wyoming, University of New Mexico, Denver University and others from schools all [...]]]></description>
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