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		<title>Pigging Out!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before Christmas I started having fond memories of raising our own two pigs for meat around 5 years ago. Now, living in a mid terrace house, I don&#8217;t think my neighbours would particularly appreciate the grunting of a four legged porcine creature lurking at the bottom of the garden, so raising our own animals at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable Energy Systems Can Reduce Carbon Emissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[feed in tariff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FIT payments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the largest areas to consider if you’re looking at ways to be greener and to reduce your carbon footprint is by looking at the resources that you and your family consume. This can encompass many different areas, such as food, clothing and transportation, but as the weather gets colder, one thing we all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Your White Wedding A Green Wedding</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/green-blog/make-your-white-wedding-a-green-wedding-103/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco tourism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many of my friends and family seem to be getting married at the moment that linking the subject with being environmentally friendly was bound to happen sooner or later. Large life events can have a huge impact on your carbon footprint, and weddings are certainly no exception to the rule. Many people start planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Holiday With A Difference &#8211; Staycationing</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/green-blog/a-holiday-with-a-difference-staycationing-94/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[B&B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cannock Chase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAT centre]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lush]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/green-blog/?p=94</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always looking for new ways to increase my eco credentials and that, coupled with a need to save some cash this month, led to the decision to staycation for the time we had booked off from work. There had been plans for a week in Ireland, travelling by ferry, or a few days in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newcastle-under-Lyme Council Give Impressive Recycling Container Response</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/green-blog/newcastle-under-lyme-council-give-impressive-recycling-container-response-88/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living in Newcastle-under-Lyme makes recycling easy in many ways, because we are known to have the largest number of recycling containers for waste out of the whole UK, despite some people thinking this may make things trickier due to separating out waste and storing said containers. It can have downsides when small terraced properties have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Has Sprung!</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/green-blog/spring-has-sprung-82/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bumble bee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ladybird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tadpole]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the daffodils have been out for a couple of weeks now and we&#8217;ve been blessed with some early sunshine (despite the rather heavy rain around lunch time today!), this weekend for me has really felt like spring is here and winter is over. I know it&#8217;s not always wise to say this sort of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning Over A New Leaf</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/green-blog/turning-over-a-new-leaf-78/</link>
		<comments>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/green-blog/turning-over-a-new-leaf-78/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[crops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fruit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harvest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seeds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the chill of December snow and frost on the ground and the busy bustle of the Christmas period, getting through the January blues and starting to see evenings grow longer with more daylight hours to enjoy, I&#8217;m beginning to look to making plans for the year ahead. This weekend is looking to be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco Xmas Wrapping</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/green-blog/eco-xmas-wrapping-73/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crafts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gifts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[washing tablets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Xmas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend has seen me create the first attempt at my eco wrapping gift ideas. OK, so some of you will be thinking, that is way too organised to have gifts ready for wrapping, but there will be others more organised than I have been who already have bags of gifts wrapped, tagged and ready [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Succeeding With the Succession Planting</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/green-blog/succeeding-with-the-succession-planting-70/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fruit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I&#8217;m happy to report (belatedly) that the bean tunnel is up and the flowers are beginning to appear on my french beans and runner beans so can&#8217;t wait to start seeing little beans forming. The peas however have not ended up being part of the tunnel, but are in the main bed with some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There May be Plenty of Veg&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thegreenvillage.co.uk/green-blog/there-may-be-plenty-of-veg-60/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 17:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[allotment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grow your own]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seeds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[May has to be one of my favourite months of the year, not just because it often has more reliable weather than August, or because two bank holidays give the luxury of a couple of long weekends (although the reliable weather thing doesn&#8217;t usually extend to cover the British Bank Holidays as we are often [...]]]></description>
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