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	<description>An experiment in Australian household sustainability</description>
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		<title>The CSIRO Home Energy Saving Handbook</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/09/01/the-csiro-home-energy-saving-handbook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chest fridge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was interviewed on Monday by a researcher from the University of Wollongong about my experiences with installing solar hot water at our old house. They&#8217;re looking into why people choose solar, how they choose the system and supplier, what their experience has been, etc.

Sitting in on the interview was an interesting guy from CSIRO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bird Nets For Garden Beds</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/08/10/bird-nets-for-garden-beds/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/08/10/bird-nets-for-garden-beds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Growing Food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[beetroot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broccoli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carrots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chook]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[corn]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1769</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a real problem here with wild birds eating our seedlings. They love broccoli, lettuce, beans, beetroot, silverbeet, corn &#8211; they even pulled out some of our onions and garlic!

Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I love the birds &#8211; satin bowerbirds and purple swamphens are the main offenders &#8211; I just wish they&#8217;d leave our gardens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Processing Chickens</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/08/08/processing-chickens/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/08/08/processing-chickens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keeping Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preparing Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butchering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[processing chickens]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1762</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the euphemism for those that don&#8217;t like to say &#8220;slaughtering and butchering chickens&#8221;!

I processed the last two roosters from our first batch of chicks today. We&#8217;re keeping the one female from the group to join our layer flock. This photo is from the start of June -- I just realised I hadn&#8217;t taken any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicks Taken By Predator!</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/08/07/chicks-taken-by-predator/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/08/07/chicks-taken-by-predator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keeping Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backyard chickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brahma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broody chickens]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some sad news, I&#8217;m afraid &#8211; two of the three chicks that Girlie hatched have disappeared.

We&#8217;d left Girlie and the chicks in the main chicken run, since they had a safe indoor area that the rooster can&#8217;t get into (the entrance is just small enough that he can&#8217;t/won&#8217;t go in). Things had been going well, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Organic Fruit Fly Control and Hatching Chicks</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/08/01/organic-fruit-fly-control/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/08/01/organic-fruit-fly-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Growing Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illawarra Organisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keeping Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicken tractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chickens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1752</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a fantastic presentation today at the Jamberoo Community Growers meeting, by the people from Organic Crop Protectants. A big part of the talk was on organic fruit fly control, using their &#8220;eco-naturalure&#8221; male fruit fly trap and attractant/insecticide products. It looks like a great system to keep these frustrating pests down.

You simply bait [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Chicken Tractor Lifting Handles</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/07/24/chicken-tractor-lifting-handles/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/07/24/chicken-tractor-lifting-handles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chicken ark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicken coops]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1742</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The chicken tractor I built with my father a couple of years ago is still going strong. Since moving to Jamberoo we&#8217;ve been using it to build garden beds &#8211; we place it where we want the bed, leave it there for a few weeks until the grass has been cleared, then move it along [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dapto Markets</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/07/13/dapto-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/07/13/dapto-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frugality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illawarra Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dapto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meat chickens]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1737</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We went to the Dapto Markets on Sunday morning to try to buy a few things we need around the yard. What an awesome place!

The markets are a great place to buy second hand clothes, toys, tools, etc for very good prices. Or if you&#8217;ve accumulated a whole bunch of that sort of stuff yourself, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Thinking Different</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/07/06/thinking-different/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/07/06/thinking-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Growing Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My mate Gavin has a post over at the Simple, Green, Frugal Co-Op about how he &#8220;thinks differently&#8221; from most of the people he knows. I can certainly relate to that!

Me, I can&#8217;t help thinking about all the unused bits of land I see when I drive around.

I see a park, and think &#8220;why don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Visualising The BP Oil Disaster</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/06/30/visualising-the-bp-oil-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/06/30/visualising-the-bp-oil-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science and Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fossil fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illawarra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil spill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Thanks to the web site IfItWasMyHome.com, this map gives some perspective on the size of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf Of Mexico (click to see full-size image).

I&#8217;ve centered the spill around Kiama (NSW, Australia) to show its sheer size in relation to the Illawarra region.

You can see that if the spill area [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kiamasphere Web Site Launch</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/06/26/kiamasphere-web-site-launch/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/06/26/kiamasphere-web-site-launch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illawarra Councils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illawarra Organisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illawarra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiama Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shellharbour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Illawarra]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at the launch of Kiama Council&#8217;s new Kiamasphere web site on Thursday.

If you&#8217;ve been following this blog for a while, you&#8217;ll probably know that our sustainability journey really got going when my family joined the Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge. It gave us the impetus to stop [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fridge BuyBack Scheme Pays $35 For Old Fridges</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/06/25/fridge-buyback-scheme/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/06/25/fridge-buyback-scheme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electricity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fridge buyback scheme]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

I&#8217;ve had an old second fridge in the garage for a long time now, and I&#8217;ve been meaning to try out the Fridge BuyBack scheme to get rid of it. It&#8217;s extremely energy-inefficient.

If your fridge meets the requirements (over 10 years old, over 250 litres, working second fridge) and you have less than 6 steps [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Backyard Veggie Patch Workshop in Jamberoo</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/06/15/backyard-veggie-patch-workshop-in-jamberoo/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/06/15/backyard-veggie-patch-workshop-in-jamberoo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Growing Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Permaculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicken manure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ducks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden beds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home gardening]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lucerne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seedlings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Illawarra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegetable garden]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I attended another Sustainable Illawarra workshop &#8211; &#8220;Starting a Backyard Veggie Patch&#8221; at Jamberoo Primary School. Megan then attended the repeat of the workshop a week later. It was great that we were both able to do effectively the same workshop without need to organise child care!

The workshop was delivered by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamberoo Community Growers – Don Cairns Talk</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/06/07/jamberoo-community-growers-don-cairns-talk/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/06/07/jamberoo-community-growers-don-cairns-talk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Growing Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illawarra Organisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broccoli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jamberoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamberoo Community Growers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lettuces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mulch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seedlings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tomato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1677</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What a great turnout we had at yesterday&#8217;s Jamberoo Community Growers meeting!

Don Cairns, former resident of Kiama and Kangaroo Valley and now living in Nowra, gave an excellent talk about growing food through the season.

Don has been gardening for many years, and understands our climate and weather patterns very well. His tips and local knowledge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joel Salatin in Australia</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/06/03/joel-salatin-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/06/03/joel-salatin-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keeping Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Permaculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abc radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Salatin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1640</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

I&#8217;m a big fan of US farmer Joel Salatin. He&#8217;s the man behind Polyface Farm, &#8220;a family owned, multi-generational, pasture-based, beyond organic, local-market farm and informational outreach in Virginia&#8217;s Shenandoah Valley&#8221;.

You might recognise him from the recent films Food, Inc and Fresh, and from Michael Pollan&#8217;s book The Omnivore&#8217;s Dilemma.

One of my favourite articles by Joel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residential Solar Power: Is The Income Taxable?</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/05/14/residential-solar-power-is-the-income-taxable/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/05/14/residential-solar-power-is-the-income-taxable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 01:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electricity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar array]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar installations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar panels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar systems]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been a bit of a storm in a teacup lately in the Australian press, claiming that all those people who &#8220;bought into the hype&#8221; and installed solar panels on their homes will now have to pay tax on the income they receive for any electricity generated.

Of course it&#8217;s very easy for the media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustaining The Library</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/05/05/sustaining-the-library/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 04:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended an event at the Kiama Library last night, &#8220;Sustaining The Library&#8221;, put on by the Kiama Greens.

Ten years ago, The Greens donated about $1200 worth of books and CDs about the environment and sustainability to the Kiama Library. Last night they did it again. There are some great books in the collection &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kiama Council Focus Group Workshop – Food</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/04/23/kiama-council-focus-group-workshop-food/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/04/23/kiama-council-focus-group-workshop-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kiama Council has been putting on a series of focus group workshops this week, on topics such as health, community, waste, and environment. Last night I participated in the Food workshop.

What an awesome experience!

The room at the Harbourside Brighton was packed with people passionate about all aspects of food &#8211; there was a chef, someone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamberoo Community Growers Bulb Fundraiser</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/04/01/jamberoo-community-growers-bulb-fundraiser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Growing Food]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1582</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a small fund-raising activity for Jamberoo Community Growers, we&#8217;re running a bulb purchase. This is a great way for members and friends to get high-quality bulbs for the garden at very competitive prices.

There are lots of different varieties and colours to choose from &#8211; I&#8217;ve scanned the catalogue (5.6 MB PDF file) so you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CSIRO State Of The Climate Report</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/04/01/csiro-state-of-the-climate-report/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/04/01/csiro-state-of-the-climate-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t normally talk much about climate change.

I don&#8217;t enjoy debating with people over whether the climate is really changing or not, or whether humans bear any responsibility for the change, or even whether the change will be a bad thing. It&#8217;s a polarising subject, and I don&#8217;t want to put people off my sustainability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soil Blocker Recipes</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/03/26/soil-blocker-recipes/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/03/26/soil-blocker-recipes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[seed germination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seedlings]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1548</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Soil blockers are a great way to start seeds for your garden, but some of the recipes you&#8217;ll find around the web aren&#8217;t exactly sustainable &#8211; including things like peat moss and artificial nutrients.

I&#8217;ve tried to take the general ideas from other recipes, and make a more environmentally-friendly soil blocker mix. The main change is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soil Blockers</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/03/25/soil-blockers/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/03/25/soil-blockers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago I bought a soil blocker from Peddler&#8217;s Wagon with some birthday money.

Incidentally, it was way cheaper to get it sent from the US than to buy it in Australia – something like 40% cheaper for exactly the same product made by the same manufacturer. It seems the manufacturer or distributor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing With Their Food</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/03/23/playing-with-their-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[backyard chickens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chicks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was telling some friends at work about our new chicks, and when I mentioned that we were growing them out for meat they asked if our girls &#8211; aged 4, 6 and 8 &#8211; knew.



To be honest, we&#8217;ve been upfront with them since before the chicks hatched. We&#8217;ve been clear all along that these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backyard Chickens Soar In Popularity</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/03/18/backyard-chickens-soar-in-popularity/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/03/18/backyard-chickens-soar-in-popularity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve long had the feeling that more and more people are getting into things like growing their own food, keeping chickens, and living sustainably. But then my own interest in these areas has been growing over the past few years too, so I wasn&#8217;t sure if it was just that I was paying more attention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hatching Chicks</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/03/15/hatching-chicks/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/03/15/hatching-chicks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://green-change.com/?p=1454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This story has been a bit of a saga.

Remember back when I got Molly the leghorn to go broody and slipped some eggs under her? Well, none hatched. I think it was a combination of inexperienced first-time mother and low fertility rate of eggs. She was sitting on 6 eggs: three exploded in the nest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So What Can We Do With Old TVs Today?</title>
		<link>http://green-change.com/2010/03/04/so-what-can-we-do-with-old-tvs-today/</link>
		<comments>http://green-change.com/2010/03/04/so-what-can-we-do-with-old-tvs-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/h2oalchemist/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

The proper disposal of ewaste (electronic waste &#8211; old TVs, stereos, computers, faxes, printers, etc) is becoming a significant issue. These products contain toxic materials such as lead, cadmium, beryllium and brominated flame retardents.

People are upgrading to flat-screen TVs in record numbers, leaving them with huge unwanted CRT TVs [...]]]></description>
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