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		<title>Success Teams: The Power of Working Together in Small Groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was first starting out in a new career, I joined a professional association in my area that had used the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People as inspiration to form something called a Success Team. A Success Team is simply 5-7 individuals meeting together consistently over time around a common interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Green&#8221; means &#8220;Community&#8221; and Starts from the Bottom-Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think the word &#8220;Green&#8221; should just be replaced with &#8220;Community&#8221; &#8211; that is what is lacking the most.
Maybe we needed to wake up to how much damage we are doing to our surroundings, but are any of us really that surprised? We have been over-worked and have not invested properly in family life, nor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing social networking to life: using the internet to meet offline.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going Local can present a wonderful opportunity. And we can harness the amazing power of the internet to build and strengthen our local communities.
I recently discovered meetup.com which is just that, an on-line venue that facilitates the process of meeting up face to face around a common interest. Taken from their website:
“Meetup&#8217;s mission is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Build your own eco-community!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Do you ever feel like you are never going to buy that dream house of yours? What is your idea of a dream house, an isolated mansion on a hilltop somewhere with amazing views?
Lately, I have been thinking that it would be great to gather a few close friends and try to make something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Local is a Matter of Life and Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Memory of my sister, Jessica Brigida Stevens.
When my sister died last summer suddenly, I was struck by the most amazing realization. She had lived in Alaska with her family, my brother lives in Sydney, Australia with his family, and the rest of the family lives here in San Francisco. It seemed ridiculous to be [...]]]></description>
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