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		<title>Climate Forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/07/23/climate-forgiveness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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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>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/07/13/im-university-of-british-columbia-bound/</link>
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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>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>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>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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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>Lifes work</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2005/10/26/lifes-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When young people enter the workforce they choose 4 general categories of work; Government, Business, NGO, and/or academia. I don&#8217;t want to work in either of those categories. Instead I will make a movement that combines the strengths or each discipline. NGOs Strengths: Core communication Facilitation, community building, team building Leveraging of free resources Openess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paradigm changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The way that I think about the world has changed so radically in the past few years that I have been accostomed, almost addicted to paradigm changes. I now think that my general philosophy on life is solid- I just have to flesh it out more. As I read, watch, surf or listen to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ode to Matthew</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2005 03:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone asked me recently who was/is the most persuasive person in my life. It took me a while to realize that indirectly the most influential person is my partner, Matthew. He gives me the stability &#038; freedom to experiment with who I want to be. Matthew cooks me tasty meals, makes little pillows for my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>reVOLUTION</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2005/10/10/revolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know that the environmental and social justice movements are going to become as big as the Vietnam war, the Women&#8217;s movement, the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Black Panthers was for students decades ago. I feel the passion, the energy, and the excitement wherever I go. The only difference these days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Website Realization</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2005/09/08/personal-website-realization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The original purpose of this website was for me to unify my presence to the public. I don&#8217;t have that problem anymore, I know who I am- and I always project that image. So the purpose of the website has been evolving. Now it&#8217;s more a space for me to put cool thoughts that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whose Story, What Future</title>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2005/09/05/whose-story-what-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elissa Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting article that sums up 4 types of thoughts about the future. I admire Susan Cannon for her ability to think and communicate clearly. Susan describes what I think about the future better than I could have myself! I definitedly fit into the &#8220;Necessary Simplicity&#8221; quadrant and I like to think that [...]]]></description>
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