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		<title>Yes, we have bananas!!!! And an amazing banana bread recipe</title>
		<link>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/24/1247/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EARTHactually</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Taste of Earth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scientific name for the genus of the bananas and plantains is Musa, which in many Romantic Languages such as Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian means “muse”.  Isn’t it poetic? While there’s no evidence for a historical connection between the scientific nomenclature for bananas and these fruits’ inspirational nature, I would like to use the coincidence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five movies to get you off your butt</title>
		<link>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/23/five-movies-to-get-you-off-your-butt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/23/five-movies-to-get-you-off-your-butt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joana Tavares-Reager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to change things in your life but having a hard time getting started?  Need some help getting psyched up?

Well, you’ve come to the right place!

If you watched The Pursuit of Happiness and felt you had to go fight for your own success; if Pay Forward inspired you to help somebody, Office Space encouraged you to challenge “the man” and Endless Summer was just the push you needed to take up surfing, then these next five non-blockbuster-but-awesome films ought to stimulate you to live your life to its full potential!]]></description>
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		<title>Deepwater Horizon: Choosing Our Risks</title>
		<link>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/16/deepwater-horizon-choosing-our-risks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/16/deepwater-horizon-choosing-our-risks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joana Tavares-Reager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Part 3 of a 3 part series on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill by Joana Tavares-Reager, oceanographer and marine policy expert.  As with all things we classify as disasters, it is sometimes hard to find the silver lining.  The aim of the series is to discuss the broader impacts of the spill and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deepwater Horizon: A Dispersant Discussion</title>
		<link>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/12/deepwater-horizon-a-dispersant-discussion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/12/deepwater-horizon-a-dispersant-discussion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joana Tavares-Reager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 2 of a 3 part series on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (part 1 here) by Joana Tavares-Reager, oceanographer and marine policy expert.  As with all things we classify as disasters, it is sometimes hard to find the silver lining.  The aim of the series is to discuss the broader impacts of the spill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The World’s Best Mango Salsa</title>
		<link>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/09/mango-season-is-almost-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/09/mango-season-is-almost-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EARTHactually</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Taste of Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Vegetarians and raw-food enthusiasts, brace yourselves for this recipe! Mango season is almost here and this delicious and easy to prepare mango salsa recipe is guaranteed to make you lick your fingers. But first, let&#8217;s review some &#8220;Mango Facts&#8221;: Very rich in Vitamins C, A and fiber Originated in Southeast Asia or India where it has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Reflection and the Struggle to Exist</title>
		<link>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/08/self-reflection-and-the-struggle-to-exist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/08/self-reflection-and-the-struggle-to-exist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joana Tavares-Reager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[French actress and film director Jeanne Moreau once said that cinema “is the mirror of the world”.  Indeed it is! Back in 1987, another French national, Vincent Carelli, brought his camera into the south Amazon tribe of the Nambiquaras, he offered these native Brazilians a chance to marvel at their own reflection and to fight for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trippy population predictors</title>
		<link>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/07/trippy-population-predictors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 01:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EARTHactually</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new series of Atlases created by scientists at the University of Sheffield rescale the world&#8217;s land masses according to population growth.  The series of nearly 200 psychedelic maps make for some interesting reading.  I wonder what those geographers are smokin&#8217;?  Whatever it is, I think I want some. &#8230; The calculation involves some re-spacing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deepwater Horizon: The Worst Oil Spill in History</title>
		<link>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/06/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-the-worst-in-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/08/06/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-the-worst-in-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joana Tavares-Reager</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ocean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.actualearth.org/blog/?p=893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 1 of a 3 part series on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill by Joana Tavares-Reager, oceanographer and marine policy expert.  As with all things we classify as disasters, it is sometimes hard to find the silver lining.  The aim of the series is to discuss the broader impacts of the spill and make an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby steps towards a smaller footprint</title>
		<link>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/05/02/baby-steps-toward-a-smaller-footprint/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/05/02/baby-steps-toward-a-smaller-footprint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 19:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joana Tavares-Reager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.actualearth.org/blog/?p=835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, you&#8217;ve decided you want to lead a greener life? That&#8217;s great! As someone who also cares about the planet and the living conditions we are creating for our future generations (of humans and other sentient beings) I sincerely thank you. This posting should help you to better understand how our everyday choices and habits affect what we generally call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sherwood Rowland – a ‘Nobel’ man</title>
		<link>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/04/22/sherwood-rowland-a-very-nobel-man/</link>
		<comments>http://www.actualearth.org/blog/2010/04/22/sherwood-rowland-a-very-nobel-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joana Tavares-Reager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIP's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a hazy Thursday afternoon.  I’m sitting in my car at the Physical Sciences parking lot, impatiently waiting for my husband.  The campus is empty and quiet.  At the bus stop, an undergrad listens to his iPod. From my window, I see another soul approaching but it is not my husband.  This one, I can [...]]]></description>
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