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		<title>Coal &#8211; a Short Story Animation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got this from GreenPeace China website.  It's good, very good.  Short, music, informative.
WATCH IT]]></description>
		<link>http://alternativelifestylesite.com/blog/?p=839</link>
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		<title>A long cold winter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, was one of only 4 sunny days this month and I took the opportunity to go out into the muddy patch that used to be my yard! :-)  I love that it's so wet, I love that we have all the water we can ask for and I love that Spring is just around the corner.
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		<link>http://alternativelifestylesite.com/blog/?p=834</link>
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		<title>Transition Project #3: The House (an update)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our building program has proceeded steadily over the past 6 months and we are getting very close to our straw bale home extension being completed.  The render work is all finished (thanks Chris from Australian Render Systems in Beechworth), the gorgeous handmade doors and windows are in (thanks Rob and the crew from Designed By Eye in Stanley)  and the double glazing (thanks Hilton from Indigo Glass - another local business) is working perfectly, the lighting and fans have all been installed as have the solar panels and we are now exporting electricity to the grid.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://alternativelifestylesite.com/blog/?p=827</link>
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		<title>Transition Project #2: The Chook Project (Part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Needless to say, on Christmas Eve the first of three little chicks made it's entrance into the world and she is now the mum of three little bundles of soft, fluffy, cheeping delight.  We've made a little video of the accommodation and the happy little family for your enjoyment.  Hope it makes you smile!]]></description>
		<link>http://alternativelifestylesite.com/blog/?p=819</link>
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		<title>Global Vision: Facing The Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now to my point. I'm reading the current edition of Resurgence magazine on which they focus on the subject of Liberty.  I'll admit right now that I thought perhaps I wouldn't really resonate with this edition, how wrong I was.  More to the point, one of the keynote articles was by HRH The Prince Of Wales, or Prince Charles as I call him.  Ho Hum thought I.  Wrong again.  I'm really going to have to practice my non-judgement skills a little more.  :-)]]></description>
		<link>http://alternativelifestylesite.com/blog/?p=813</link>
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		<title>Living Your Passion from the Heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As this (almost half hour) clip comes toward the end I realised that here were two people who were living their passions and their purpose and luckily for all of us, that meant that they would share them with the world.  Permaculture is Permanent Culture and Community as Common Unity.  These guys have it on so many levels and they touched me today so now I'm passing it on to you.]]></description>
		<link>http://alternativelifestylesite.com/blog/?p=809</link>
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		<title>Video: Adventures In Straw &#8211; The Roof</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Video: Roof going on Straw Bale House  Finally got the software glitches sorted so you can see our big day.]]></description>
		<link>http://alternativelifestylesite.com/blog/?p=804</link>
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		<title>Transition Projects #3: The House (part 4)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When owner building, the time can seem to simultaneously drag and absolutely speed by. By regular building standards we are taking quite a long time to build our home however this is not an off the shelf house, a breeding box as a friend of mine sarcastically puts it, it is custom made by us, for us and for the planet we all inhabit. So that takes care of the time dragging component but what about the time speeding by? Well, we look back at the end of each month and sometimes marvel at what we've managed to accomplish, there are some things that just make such a big impact. Despite beavering away each weekend (and during the longer summer evenings) we can sometimes feel as though no progress has been made. Then, as if by magic, one day something big happens and we marvel at the fact that WE are building a house and it's beginning to actually look like a house!]]></description>
		<link>http://alternativelifestylesite.com/blog/?p=788</link>
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		<title>Transition Movement Explained</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just came across this video of Rob Hopkins (via AlterNet and TED) primarily speaking on our Transition to a World Without Oil.  It's very thought provoking and may help get to grips with some of the big ideas we need to grapple with. ]]></description>
		<link>http://alternativelifestylesite.com/blog/?p=795</link>
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		<title>Transition Projects #3: The House (part 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The biggest drama was the discovery of not one but TWO old Chinese mine shafts at the bottom of a few of our stump holes! During the gold rush this area was full of hopeful souls from all over the world and the Chinese shafts stand the test of time due to the being round, rather than square as the European shafts generally were.]]></description>
		<link>http://alternativelifestylesite.com/blog/?p=772</link>
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