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		<title>And I&#8217;ve dropped off the face of the Earth&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . . but that doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m not still racking up a list of sites and posts. (It just means more are old news now.) For now, I&#8217;ve cleared out some of my tabs by adding a Sustainable Agriculture page and listing more blogs in the blogroll in the sidebar. One of my favorite [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grassideas.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2459319&amp;post=24&amp;subd=grassideas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So much for that.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much for posting every day. Added a few stormwater management links to Ideas and Resources (TX).<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grassideas.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2459319&amp;post=21&amp;subd=grassideas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of Stuff</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Story of Stuff has been one of those cool things that everyone knows about on the internet for quite some time now, so I&#8217;m a little late jumping on the bandwagon. But as they say, better late than never. Under the link above you&#8217;ll find a 20 minute video made by Annie Leonard about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grassideas.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2459319&amp;post=16&amp;subd=grassideas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Daily postings.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New design template. I&#8217;d like something with three columns and adjustable width, but sadly my widgets don&#8217;t seem to be transferring over very well. Someday. Now that I&#8217;m done with spring break travels and have barricaded myself indoors due to gloomy weather I&#8217;m going to try to post at least once a day. I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grassideas.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2459319&amp;post=15&amp;subd=grassideas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Critical Mass</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday found me visiting a friend in York, England with surprisingly good weather, so naturally we grabbed the bikes and zipped down to the York Minster to join the Critical Mass gathering there. Critical Mass (useful Wikipedia link) has all the qualities I like about Food not Bombs. It&#8217;s a spontaneous gathering of cyclists, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grassideas.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2459319&amp;post=14&amp;subd=grassideas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stupid bike lanes.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently posted some resources about possibilities for bike lanes in Dallas, TX. Ironically, one NYTimes blog&#8217;s post yesterday is titled &#8220;How Stupid Is Your Bike Lane?&#8221; Some of the stories seem patently stupid. Why on earth would you paint a bike lane superimposed on a (not widened) car lane? Because the cars can drive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grassideas.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2459319&amp;post=13&amp;subd=grassideas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disappearing species&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[means disappearing diversity means less chance for adaption, survival, and evolution of the remaining species. But let&#8217;s leave the doomsday talk for later and instead talk about the birds and the bees. This NYTimes article last year (among dozens of similar news stories published elsewhere) caused quite a stir. More than a quarter of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grassideas.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2459319&amp;post=12&amp;subd=grassideas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Safe urban bike commuting?</title>
		<link>http://grassideas.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/safe-urban-bike-commuting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently travelling in Bristol, England with a friend, where we took advantageous of the beautiful bike paths in the city and surrounding land. Turns out Bristol is home to SusTrans, a registered charity that wants to make sustainable, healthy transportation a reality. While here in America we&#8217;re still debating the merits of biodiesel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grassideas.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2459319&amp;post=11&amp;subd=grassideas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rays of Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rays of Hope in Austin, Texas is a group that combines a push for affordable housing with one for renewable clean energy. Their site explains: &#8220;We work with other notable local organizations to provide and install solar photovoltaic systems on houses being built or retrofitted for low- to moderate-income homeowners&#8221;. These project houses provide a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grassideas.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2459319&amp;post=10&amp;subd=grassideas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Solar energy gaining popularity in the west.</title>
		<link>http://grassideas.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/solar-energy-gaining-popularity-in-the-west/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;[T]he world appears to be on the verge of a boom in a little-known but promising type of solar power,&#8221; predicts the New York Times, talking about huge plants using solar thermal power. It is not the kind that features shiny panels bolted to the roofs of houses. This type involves covering acres of desert [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=grassideas.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2459319&amp;post=8&amp;subd=grassideas&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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