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	<title>Green Living San Francisco &#187; Green Washing</title>
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		<title>Earth Day Now: Celebration of Environment or Consumerism?</title>
		<link>http://www.greenretraining.com/2009/04/22/earth-day-now-celebration-of-environment-or-consumerism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Earth Day! Earth Day was born in the 1970s in response to the chaotic times:
Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, proposed the first nationwide environmental protest &#8220;to shake up the political establishment and force this issue onto the national agenda. &#8221; &#8220;It was a gamble,&#8221; he recalls, &#8220;but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demystifying CFL and Mercury Poisoning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was excited to read Inman&#8217;s Going Green Boosts Bottom Line. I was happy about the information outlined in the post all the way until&#8230;. the last paragraph citing 
research sometimes disproves our assumptions about what is best for the environment. For example, the U.S. is phasing out traditional light bulbs in favor of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Misunderstood Bamboo</title>
		<link>http://www.greenretraining.com/2009/04/19/the-misunderstood-bamboo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think bamboo is a very misunderstood material in green buildings and designs. It&#8217;s true, bamboo grows very fast therefore it makes it very sustainable (it can fully restore itself in 5 years for use). It is also a very usable and widely applied materials, ranging from home accessories, furniture, building materials, flooring, to fabrics.
However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you being greenwashed?</title>
		<link>http://www.greenretraining.com/2009/04/08/are-you-being-greenwashed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently saw an ad for a glass and aluminum side table that looks something similar to this:

And on the side of the ad, it reads &#8220;This table has received certification for not emitting VOC.&#8221;
VOC stands for Volatile Organic Compound, which are &#8220;organic substances capable of entering the gas phase from either a liquid or [...]]]></description>
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