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		<title>Brower Youth Award Video</title>
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		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/11/11/brower-youth-award-video/</link>
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		<title>Canon Frome</title>
		<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>
		<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. For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/07/23/climate-forgiveness/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m University of British Columbia Bound!</title>
		<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 urbanization and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/07/13/im-university-of-british-columbia-bound/</link>
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		<title>Common Sense</title>
		<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 consumption [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/07/06/common-sense/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Doing My Inconsequential Part For The Environment</title>
		<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 the only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/05/23/im-doing-my-inconsequential-part-for-the-environment/</link>
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		<title>Youth Action on Industrial Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I said this statement this morning at the UN during a discussion about &#8220;Investing in energy and industrial development: challenges and opportunities.
&#8220;Youth advocate industrial development that ensures the safety of human health and the ecological integrity of our planet. Industrial Development often contributes to environmental problems, but industries that are aware of their social and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/05/05/youth-action-on-industrial-development/</link>
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		<title>Church Taking Climate Action!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, speaking with environment correspondent Roger Harrabin of BBC Radio 4&#8217;s Today program, said the public has a moral responsibility to change lifestyles. The consequences if they do not, Williams warned, would be the deaths of billions of people worldwide from the effects of extreme climate change. He said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/04/02/church-taking-climate-action/</link>
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		<title>Google accused of bio-piracy</title>
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According to an article in Slash Dot Google has been accused of being the biggest threat to biodiversity this year for its plan to create a searchable database of genetic information. From an article in Znet: &#8216;Google was presented with an award as part of the Captain Hook Awards for Biopiracy in Curitiba, Brazil, this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elissasmith.ca/archives/2006/04/02/google-accused-of-bio-piracy/</link>
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		<title>Farms are For Family</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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