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		<title>pre-worn tees become eco panties</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/11/21/pre-worn-tees-become-eco-panties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mr. happy</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s always a kick to find recycled or upcycled items that have found new life and expression in another form.  In this case, pre-worn t-shirts are re-born as eye-catching eco-panties, for those with a hankering to draw a little attention to their region downunder.

If you have some old t-shirts and you know someone who&#8217;s handy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Green Thanksgiving</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/11/10/a-green-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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In my family, Thanksgiving was always the most stressful of holidays.  Would there be enough food?  Would so-and-so come?   Would the house be clean enough?   Rarely among those concerns was, how sustainable is this holiday?   Well, times they are a changing and this Thanksgiving we’ll have a local turkey, relatives arriving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY soap &#8211; cleaning up your act</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/11/02/diy-soap-cleaning-up-your-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The body wash and shampoo aisle is overwhelming.  There are literally thousands of different soaps and shampoos “specially formulated” for your hair by people who have never seen your hair. Here are a few things to watch out for when buying soaps:

 soap companies can put “natural” on just about anything
“fragrance” means a conglomeration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mehu-Liisa stainless steel steam juicer</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/10/05/mehu-liisa-stainless-steel-steam-juicer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/10/05/mehu-liisa-stainless-steel-steam-juicer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s apple picking season, and with that comes canning and preserving.   My grandmother used to make some of the best apple jelly, and lots of it.  She lived in Canada, where I am originally from; nearly every package we ever received from her contained a jar of her apple jelly.  That was one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Deodorant: better for you + the planet</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/10/02/diy-deodorant-better-for-you-the-planet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/10/02/diy-deodorant-better-for-you-the-planet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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What today falls into the niche of “DIY” (do it yourself), is in fact the longest human tradition there is.  It’s funny that today we need people to teach us how to do it ourselves, that we can’t fathom making things we find essential.  Do it yourself-ism is a quiet, but effective way of protesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beehaus – an urban beekeeping solution</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/09/30/the-beehaus-%e2%80%93-an-urban-beekeeping-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/09/30/the-beehaus-%e2%80%93-an-urban-beekeeping-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa</dc:creator>
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By now all of you know of my interest in farming, and writing for The Alternate Consumer has been a fun way to expand my knowledge of farm and garden products available to us.  The farming possibilities available in urban and suburban settings continue to amaze me &#8212; from the fact that people in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY shampoo without the carcinogens</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/09/21/diy-shampoo-without-the-carcinogens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/09/21/diy-shampoo-without-the-carcinogens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve often heard people say they do their best thinking in the shower, and although I can’t say I’m one who does heavy brain work amidst the suds I did take a minute the other day to read the back of my shampoo bottle.

What I saw surprised me.  Water, sodium laureth sulfate, glycol distearate, sodium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY baby beanie</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/08/31/diy-baby-beanie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/08/31/diy-baby-beanie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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Knitters, happily take note:  Natural Star, a New Zealand-based professional knitter can provide the beanie pattern (above) to fit Newborns through to 5 year olds, ($5 US).  No time for needles?  Find a head-topper ready-made in fine Merino wool, raspberry or navy, ($22).  Or pluck various sweet organic woollies for the wee set &#8212; mittens, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>upcycled t-shirt rug &#8211; from rags to riches</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/08/19/upcycled-t-shirt-rug-from-rags-to-riches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/08/19/upcycled-t-shirt-rug-from-rags-to-riches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DIY]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve seen too many unfortunate deaths of the everyday t-shirt.  (Many in the form of “memory” quilts-gone-wrong.)
All the more reason to love this purplish-gray, feet-friendly, 100 percent recycled rug, crafted from discarded, hand-cut tees. Super soft and available in an array of sizes suitable for any room (21”x30” to 5’x8’), the rugs, by Talking Squid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hooked on reclaimed wood &#8211; wall hooks</title>
		<link>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/08/12/hooked-on-reclaimed-wood-wall-hooks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/08/12/hooked-on-reclaimed-wood-wall-hooks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maureen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flipping through a magazine the other day, I came across an article on Wall Hooks &#8211; there were about six different designs featured, and to my surprise, not one of them was sourced from eco-conscious materials.  So I thought I&#8217;d dig up a few cool-looking babies for our viewing pleasure.

For that homey, rustic look and [...]]]></description>
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