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 <title><![CDATA['Just throw it out' - Council advice on toxic lightbulbs]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[An Ecologist investigation reveals that three quarters of London Boroughs are advising their residents to simply throw compact fluorescent lightbulbs in their general waste, despite the hazard posed by their mercury content]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Councils' 'just throw it out' advice on toxic lightbulbs]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:33 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Ecologist investigation reveals three-quarters of London councils giving out wrong advice on the safe disposal of mercury-containing compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs)]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/436374/eu_exporting_onethird_of_co2_emissions_to_poorer_countries.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[EU exporting 'one-third' of CO2 emissions to poorer countries]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:53 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Study shows industrialised countries are 'outsourcing' carbon emissions to countries like China, one quarter of whose CO2 emissions are from exports]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/how_to_make_a_difference/schools/436219/win_a_green_roof_for_your_school_by_photographing_local_wildlife.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Win a green roof for your school by photographing local wildlife]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:16 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[With spring around the corner, why not take a walk around your local park or forest to get a closer look at - and photograph - local wildlife. Uploading pictures can win a school near you a green roof]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/green_green_living/gardening/436130/getting_started_in_balcony_farming.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Getting started in balcony farming]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Strapped for garden space needn't mean being strapped for home-grown veg, as an experienced London balcony gardener reveals]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/433940/ancient_tradition_of_water_purification_could_save_lives.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Ancient tradition of water purification could save lives]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Thousand-year-old Indian method of using tree seeds to purify water should be used more widely for tackling waterborne diseases ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/433141/fat_tax_needed_to_tackle_obesity.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA['Fat tax' needed to tackle obesity ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A tax on unhealthy foods would be more effective at tackling obesity than making healthy foods cheaper but could hit the poorest the hardest]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/how_to_make_a_difference/climate_change_and_energy/433139/the_solar_powered_house_of_the_future.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[The solar powered house of the future?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[This gallery of images shows a prototype solar powered, zero carbon house designed by students at Nottingham University ]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/blogs_and_comments/commentators/Tom_Hodgkinson/432970/noone_put_keats_on_a_wellbeing_course_and_a_dose_of_prozac.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[No-one put Keats on a well-being course and a dose of Prozac]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:58 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[An obsession with happiness science is just the chemistry set for a new opiate of the masses. Give me misery, says Tom Hodgkinson]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/Interviews/432382/lses_anne_power_my_recipe_for_80_per_cent_energy_savings_in_your_home.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[LSE's Anne Power: my recipe for 80 per cent energy savings in your home]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy Housing and Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, on why nearly all homeowners can afford to insulate properly, and how to save energy on a budget]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/blogs_and_comments/bloggers/Greening_my_office/432362/greening_my_office_no_ones_switched_on.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Greening my office: no one’s switched on ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:54 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[In her second blog posting, young environmental pretender Sylvia Sunshine reports on her attempts to convert her office workplace to more sustainable practices]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/432318/crop_scientists_discover_fungi_alternative_to_pesticides.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Crop scientists discover fungi alternative to pesticides]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Study identifies naturally occurring alternatives for controlling wireworm, a widespread potato pest in the UK]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/blogs_and_comments/commentators/Dan_Box/431884/are_nike_starbucks_and_walmart_our_best_hope_against_climate_change.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Are Nike, Starbucks and Walmart our best hope against climate change?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:18 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer... well, enemies who are making some pretty bold pledges, at any rate]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/investigations/society/431864/the_human_cost_of_superclean_sugar_ethanol.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[The human cost of 'super-clean' sugar ethanol]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:13 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Brazil is hailed as a biofuels success story - producing and using ethanol from high yielding crops within the country. But those indigenous families who have been displaced by sugar cane cultivation see things differently]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/431805/most_uk_milk_already_from_industrialsized_dairy_farms.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Most UK milk already from industrial-sized dairy farms ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:56 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA['Biggest not always best' says dairy industry as new super-dairy is proposed for Lincolnshire]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/calendar/431803/earthwatch_lecture_farming_and_sustainable_environments_17_mar.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Earthwatch Lecture: Farming and sustainable environments, 17 Mar]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Join environmental charity Earthwatch in this debate at the Royal Geographical Society, London]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/calendar/431800/the_edible_garden_bbc_2_16_mar.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[The Edible Garden, BBC 2, 16 Mar]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The Edible Garden follows Gardener's World's Alys Fowler across the growing year as she shows the value of growing your own food]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/green_green_living/clothing/431797/save_your_health_and_the_planet_run_barefoot.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Save your health and the planet: run barefoot]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It won't come naturally to most pampered westerners, but running in a barefoot-style can help reduce injuries and make trainers less resource-intensive...]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/431723/persuading_your_local_station_to_plant_fruit_trees.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Persuading your local station to plant fruit trees]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:32 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Armed with just a good idea and big dose of enthusiasm you can transform a bleak area into a mini orchard. Plus, the best way to approach a station manager...]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/blogs_and_comments/bloggers/atlantic_rising/431717/atlantic_rising_how_sea_level_rises_are_poisoning_water_in_ghana.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Atlantic Rising: How sea level rises are poisoning water in Ghana]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:15 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[In the latest blog the Atlantic Rising team look at how rising sea levels are poisoning local water sources in Western Ghana]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/Guides/Ecologist_guide_to_greening_your_home/431535/ecologist_guide_to_greening_your_home.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Ecologist guide to greening your home]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:14 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Greening your home can save you energy and money as well as making it healthier and lowering its carbon footprint]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/Guides/Ecologist_guide_to_greening_your_home/431522/advertorial_emmaus.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Advertorial: Emmaus]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:11 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Why giving a sofa a second chance leads to so much more than you might expect.]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_analysis/430969/shipbreaking_clampdown_in_asia_will_send_it_to_africa.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Shipbreaking: clampdown in Asia will send it to Africa]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:03 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Following our exclusive investigation, Ingvild Jenssen from the NGO Platform on Shipbreaking explains how tougher regulations simply relocated the shipbreaking industry, and how the public can help stop the trade]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/News/news_round_up/430724/european_carbon_trading_labelled_model_for_the_world.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[European carbon trading labelled 'model for the world']]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[The world’s first carbon trading scheme should be used as a model for global cap-and-trade says leading American economist]]></description>
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 <link>http://www.theecologist.co.uk/blogs_and_comments/bloggers/other_blogs/429397/is_the_climate_change_movement_splintering.html</link>
 <title><![CDATA[Is the climate change movement splintering?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Climate change activists are regrouping post-Copenhagen – and some are reasserting their radical roots]]></description>
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