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	<title>So Fresh and So Green &#187; Africa</title>
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	<description>Madam Toussaint on Going Green, Art, Hip Hop, and Politics</description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Esperanza Spalding feat. Algebra Blessett- &#8220;Black Gold&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2012/02/06/video-esperanza-spalding-feat-algebra-blessett-black-gold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MUSIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Black History Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Esperanza Spalding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something nice and uplifting for you this Monday and just in time for Black History Month: the official video for Esperanza Spalding&#8217;s single, &#8220;Black Gold,&#8221; featuring Algebra Blessett. Her upcoming album, which you can pre-order, Radio Music Society hits stores March 20, 2012. Download Black Gold (special guest: Algebra Blessett) [+video] [+digital booklet] via [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2012/02/06/video-esperanza-spalding-feat-algebra-blessett-black-gold/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nelson Mandela Launches 46664 Apparel Fashion Line</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/03/28/nelson-mandela-launches-46664-apparel-fashion-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FASHION]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former South African president and one of the world&#8217;s most revered statesmen, Nelson Mandela, has launched a clothing line. The brand takes its name from Mandela&#8217;s the prison number (prisoner number 466 of 1964) given to Mr Mandela when he was incarcerated for life on Robben Island, off Cape Town, South Africa for fighting against [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/03/28/nelson-mandela-launches-46664-apparel-fashion-line/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Troubled Water: Investigation Into Clean Water Charity For Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/08/09/video-troubled-water-investigation-into-clean-water-charity-for-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIVING IS GREEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here at SFSG we believe giving is green, but it&#8217;s important to know where you&#8217;re money is going. False charities give the real ones such a bad name and deters folks from donating to organizations that really help those in need. It&#8217;s not enough to never give your money to a charity again and giving [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/08/09/video-troubled-water-investigation-into-clean-water-charity-for-africa/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your Computer Has A Dirty Little Secret</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/07/30/your-computer-has-a-dirty-little-secret/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computers/electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green jobs/green collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infographics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters Photo: A Congolese mineral trader displays semi-precious tourmaline gem stones in a mud hut at Numbi in eastern Congo. New efforts to clamp down on Congo&#8217;s armed groups that finance their existence with minerals sourced from the country&#8217;s conflict-wracked east &#8212; much of which ends up in laptops, cell phones and jewellery around the [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/07/30/your-computer-has-a-dirty-little-secret/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>PHOTOS: G20 Police Crackdown On Protesters</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/06/29/photos-g20-police-crackdown-on-protesters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BE THE CHANGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protests]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A non vuvuzela event took place this weekend. The G20 or The Group of Twenty established in 1999 to bring together systemically important industrialized and developing economies to discuss key issues in the global economy while simultaneously undermining an already neutered United Nations and deciding the fates of, not just the other nations in the [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/06/29/photos-g20-police-crackdown-on-protesters/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can Genetically Modified Corn Stop The Spread Of HIV In Africa?</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/06/12/can-genetically-modified-corn-stop-the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/06/12/can-genetically-modified-corn-stop-the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farms/farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fungus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fungus/mold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetically modified crops/GMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monsanto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Health Organization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article at reuters.com has me puzzled. Essentially we have a stack of data from a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and researchers with a lot of speculations that could have disastrous effects. Again we have a correlation study, this one finds a relationship between rising corn consumption and [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/06/12/can-genetically-modified-corn-stop-the-spread-of-hiv-in-africa/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>G8 Nations Plan To Drop Promised Aid To Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/06/04/g8-nations-plan-to-drop-promised-aid-to-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/06/04/g8-nations-plan-to-drop-promised-aid-to-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetically modified crops/GMO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a scandal that the G8 are trying to quietly drop the promise they made to the world when millions campaigned to make poverty history. The UK government should do all it can to stop this betrayal of the world&#8217;s poor at the Canadian G8.&#8221; ~Max Lawson, policy adviser for Oxfam, guardian.co.uk The G8 [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/06/04/g8-nations-plan-to-drop-promised-aid-to-africa/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>DID TEENS MAKE MY iPOD?</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/03/04/did-teens-make-my-ipod/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/03/04/did-teens-make-my-ipod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exploited workers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photo Credit: &#8220;Lisa Simpson&#8217;s Wallpaper&#8221; by pleasingfalsetto According to pcworld.com teens may have built your iPhone. Apparently this news was disclosed by Apple itself on its website in a section of their site called &#8220;Supplier Responsibility&#8221;. But I don&#8217;t own an iPhone and I thought I might be in the clear. Of course I wasn&#8217;t. [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/03/04/did-teens-make-my-ipod/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quote: Keith Murray On HIV/AIDS Awareness Trip To Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/01/11/quote-keith-murray-on-hivaids-awareness-trip-to-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/01/11/quote-keith-murray-on-hivaids-awareness-trip-to-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QUOTES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hip Hop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Murray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rappers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I met young kids with AIDS that don&#8217;t know their parents or their own names that smile and appreciate when you give them a hug and a handshake. I was the first person with some type of notoriety to visit them and they said I may be the only person that would ever come see [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/01/11/quote-keith-murray-on-hivaids-awareness-trip-to-africa/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>LUPE FIASCO TO CLIMB MOUNT KILIMANJARO FOR CLEAN WATER</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2009/09/26/lupe-fiasco-to-climb-mount-kilimanjaro-for-clean-water/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2009/09/26/lupe-fiasco-to-climb-mount-kilimanjaro-for-clean-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GIVING IS GREEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alicia Keys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beyonce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lupe Fiasco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Biko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Untied Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lupe Fiasco will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness about the need for clean water worldwide. He won&#8217;t be alone, he&#8217;ll have Jessica Beil with him, Isabel Lucas and singer and producer Kenna. The organized expedition called Summit on the Summit is set for next January. The Summit on the Summit Mount Kilimanjaro climb [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2009/09/26/lupe-fiasco-to-climb-mount-kilimanjaro-for-clean-water/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The NAACP Goes Green</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2009/09/09/the-naacp-goes-green/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2009/09/09/the-naacp-goes-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GREEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[going green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green jobs/green collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAACP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[July 9, 2007: Thousands gathered in Detroit, Michigan to participate in the NAACPâ€™s funeral and burial for the â€œNâ€ word. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) recently passed a historic resolution addressing climate change for the first time in it&#8217;s history at its 100th annual convention in New York. Here are [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2009/09/09/the-naacp-goes-green/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Ghostface Have To Do With Overfishing?</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2009/08/02/overfishing-slows-in-some-areas-but-continues-in-others/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2009/08/02/overfishing-slows-in-some-areas-but-continues-in-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GREEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fishing/overfishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghostface]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overfishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raekwon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: The photo above is in no way intended to hold Ghostface responsible for overfishing all over the world&#8230; The world&#8217;s fisheries were in danger of overfishing. In many areas in the world the fish populations cannot recover their numbers after they are harvested. Resulting in less fishes, less food, less money for people dependent [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2009/08/02/overfishing-slows-in-some-areas-but-continues-in-others/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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