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		<title>I&#8217;m Doing My Inconsequential Part For The Environment</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/05/23/im-doing-my-inconsequential-part-for-the-environment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 16:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the funniest article I have ever read. I love the onion. By Peter Keim May 10, 2006 &#8220;&#8230;Scientists inform us that the combined effects of fossil-fuel consumption, land clearance, and overfishing the planet&#8217;s seas have already ushered in a period of &#8220;mass global extinction,&#8221; the sixth so far recorded in Earth&#8217;s history, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Did My Genes Go?</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/03/13/where-did-my-genes-go-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week my friend, Juan Pablo Hoffmaister (no, not John Hofmeister the President of Shell Oil), is participating in the 3rd MOP of the Cartagena Protocol in Brazil. The Cartagena protocol is an international agreement on the handling, transfer, and use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). It was negotiated as a supplement to the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuelan Revolution and the World Social Forum</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/02/03/venezuela-and-the-2006-world-social-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Anderson, a young Canadian, writes about his experience and perceptions at the World Social Forum: &#8220;Here are some more observations from Venezuela and the 2006 World Social Forum (WSF), held in Caracas. I went to Caracas in December, during the National Assembly elections (en route to Cuba, where I was studying the health system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Undecided</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/01/12/the-undecided/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My brother Alan Smith and his friend, Pat, made a brilliant online project entitled &#8220;The Undecided&#8221;. The project is designed to help young Canadians choose a political party to vote for this election season. I went through the website and figured out that I&#8217;m 85% NDP. Surprise Surprise.]]></description>
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		<title>Elissa &amp; the WTO</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2005/12/26/elissa-the-wto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada cannot live in isolation: our trade and security depend on our ability to cooperate, negotiate and interact globally. The economic interdependence of countries worldwide is growing and economic agreements increasingly reach into every part of our lives, yet most Canadians know little about the implications and consequences. There is a common perception that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report from the UN Climate Negotiations</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2005/12/15/report-from-the-un-climate-negotiations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of young people from all around the world attended the UN Conference on Climate Change in Montreal. ENvironment JEUneusse, the Sierra Youth Coalition and the Youth Environmental Network organized the“Beyond Kyoto &#8211; International Youth Summit” on climate change, bringing 100 youth together, 75 of which were not Canadian. The young people shared their experiences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disappointed in Canada</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2005/10/28/canada-sucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good news is that we can only get better! CBC News Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:19:06 EDT Canada is one of the worst environmental performers in the industrialized world and has shown no improvement over the past decade, a new study says. The report, researched at Simon Fraser University and released by the David [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Millennium Ecosystem Assessment:</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2005/09/05/millennium-ecosystem-assessment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I try not to talk like a depressing environmentalist but this Millennium Ecosystem Assessment is just to big for the majority of the planets population to ignore. According to the report: - organisms are disappearing at 100 to 1,000 times the &#8220;background levels&#8221; seen in the fossil record - a third of all amphibians, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Katrina&#8217;s Real Name</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2005/08/30/katrinas-real-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a insightful piece on The Hurricane in Lousiana by Ross Gelbspan, author of The Heat is On and Boiling Point. By Ross Gelbspan &#124; August 30, 2005, Boston Globe The hurricane that struck Louisiana yesterday was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming. When the year began [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Apocalypse now: how mankind is sleepwalking to the end of the Earth&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2005/02/07/apocalypse-now-how-mankind-is-sleepwalking-to-the-end-of-the-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2005 01:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the most sobering/depressing article I have ever read. Please read and send along.]]></description>
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