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		<title>Eco-Friendly Shopping Picks: Green Gift Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Green Shopping” is a bit of an oxymoron.  I mean, one of the fundamentals of going green is to reduce consumption, right?  So what’s a green retailer to do on Black Friday?  One of the reasons I started EcoPlum was to give shoppers the option of buying high quality, stylish goods, while knowing that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eco Friendly Shopping Picks: Guilt Free, Fair Trade Jewelry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the holiday season quickly approaching (yeah, I said it), I am reposting all my Eco Friendly Shopping Picks articles from my column on One Green Planet. This one on Fair Trade Jewelry was originally published on July 19, 2011: When you put on that necklace, what goes through your mind? How does this make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Halloween Less Scary for the Planet!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Halloween is such a fun holiday for kids and adults alike &#8211; who doesn&#8217;t like dressing up in a costume and eating candy?  Unfortunately, it&#8217;s one of our more wasteful days: Halloween costumes alone account for at least 6250 tons of landfill waste a year, or the weight of 2500 midsize cars, according to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoplum.com/blog/make-halloween-less-scary-for-the-planet/</link>
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		<title>Ten years later</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten years.  Ten years since the most terrifying day of my life.  A day that filled me with fear and shock and horror and unbelievable sadness.  A day that brought loss and grief to so many fellow New Yorkers.  I was one of the lucky ones.  I didn&#8217;t lose anyone close to me, didn&#8217;t witness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Lesson from Mike on Getting Things Done</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hope those of you living on the East Coast all came through hurricane Irene without any damage to your homes and property and of course hoping all your loved ones are safe as well!  We were quite lucky here in New York City as the storm surges were not as high as predicted and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoplum.com/blog/a-lesson-from-mike-in-getting-things-done/</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;re all in the same boat!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you ever hear the one about the group who goes out in a small boat together? One of the passengers pulls out a drill and starts drilling a hole underneath his seat. The person next to him is shocked and, afraid that the boat will sink, asks the man why he is drilling a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoplum.com/blog/were-all-in-the-same-boat/</link>
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		<title>Please vote for Pamela</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I was up in Cape Cod with my kids and all their cousins.  The cousins were about to spend a whole week with their Grandmas.  My husband and I decided to take them all for a bike ride to give my mother-in-law and her partner a small break before their big week.  In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoplum.com/blog/please-vote-for-pamela/</link>
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		<title>Calling all Social Entrepreneurs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend I went to my 30th high school reunion (yes, I&#8217;m that old).  I was blown away by how good everybody looked.  Earlier this spring, I went to my 20th business school reunion and I have to say that not everyone aged so well.  Why the difference?  Is there something in the water up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoplum.com/blog/calling-all-social-entrepreneurs/</link>
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		<title>A Shift in Thinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend was my son Noah&#8217;s Bar Mitzvah (that would explain my infrequent posts over the last year). It was AWESOME!!!! But I&#8217;m not here to boast or bore you with my personal feelings of pride and contentment. No. What I want to share is how a small shift in thinking can make a big [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ecoplum.com/blog/a-shift-in-thinking/</link>
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		<title>The Dirt on Compostable Dinnerware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You would think that it&#8217;s a no brainer to replace plastic, styrofoam and paper disposable dinnerware with bagasse or another compostable kind &#8211; the latter doesn&#8217;t sit in a landfill forever, right? Well, it&#8217;s a little more complicated than that. I&#8217;m not trying to talk you out of replacing your plastic/styrofoam/paper plates with the compostable [...]]]></description>
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