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	<description>Act as a personal journal/scrapbook for my life. Be a medium to communicate what I think is important to others.</description>
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		<title>Brower Youth Award Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<title>Canon Frome</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having lived somewhat independently for most of June in Venezuela, I was reminded again of the importance and beauty of long term companionship and friendship when I was re-united with my partner Matthew and my family! I have spent the last 3 weeks on a co-operative farming estate 2 hours north-west of London, U.K. called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Forgiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I ask for forgiveness for my past climate crimes. I am currently spiritually agnostic but I went to confess my climate crimes in a Catholic Church the other day. One of my 2005 Summer Conclusions was that “I will challenge myself to be as effective an organizer as possible while keeping within my sustainability values. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m University of British Columbia Bound!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am registered for Bachelor of Science in Global Resource Systems at the University of British Columbia in the fall. Check out some of the cool courses that I will be taking! Sociology of Development and Underdevelopment Processes of social change in the Third World and other developing countries. Major themes stress the relationship between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Sense</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Emmanuel Prinet wrote this a few months ago in an email. It sums up what I have been thinking lately in accessible language. &#8220;A lot of &#8220;economists&#8221; and &#8220;development thinkers&#8221;, having studied neoclassical economics, are programmed to think &#8220;economy&#8221; in whatever they do. So if there&#8217;s a problem with the &#8220;environment&#8221; (ie. over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farms are For Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of my parental figures live on farms. My mother and step-father live on a farm in Wainfleet, Ontario. My father, step-mother, and grandparents live on a farm in Grimsby, Ontario. My parents-in-law live on a farm in Canon Frome Court, England. I&#8217;m planning to visit and help out on all three of my farms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Planet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A short article I wrote is featured in &#8220;Our Planet&#8220;, the magazine of the United Nations Environmental Programme. Also featured in the magazine are some of my heros including: the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the visionary and revolutionary Amory Lovins, and the General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy Herman Scheer. The magazine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Birthday EVER</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 04:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My partner, Matthew surprised me with a skiing vacation to Jay Peak Vermont for my 21st birthday! Am I spoiled or what?!? The skiing conditions were perfect (except I kept loosing my skiis in the powder). This quicktime video reflects the exhileration I felt while skiing. We stayed at a quaint little bed and breakfast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wouldn&#8217;t it be …</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/03/02/wouldnt-it-be-%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 01:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Zoë Caron wrote a beautiful poem today entitled &#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t it be&#8230;&#8221;. The poem is special to me because these seemingly &#8216;far-fetched&#8217; and optimistic thoughts that keep me going. &#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t it be …&#8221; by Zoë Caron Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice, to wake up today And hear the voice on the radio say: The smog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First Press Conference.</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/02/24/my-first-press-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zoë Caron, Rosa Kouri and myself (all members of the Sierra Youth Coalition) booked Charles Lynch press conference room at the Centre Bloc Parliament Buildings on Friday, February 24th, 2006 from 12:00 &#8211; 12:30 pm. We gave a youth statement that voiced our concerns and requested for immediate government action on Kyoto targets.It was surprisingly [...]]]></description>
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