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	<title>So Fresh and So Green &#187; deforestation</title>
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		<title>The Green Belt Movement: Planetary Self-Defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanu Kaiju</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Green Belt Movement (GBM) of Kenya was put to motion in 1977 by the late Nobel Peace Prize winning Professor Wangari Maathai and the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK). Their mission of reforestation provides defense against environmental degradation as well as empowerment for rural women. As Professor Maathai states, “the planting of [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/10/17/the-green-belt-movement-planetary-self-defense/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Deforestation Exacerbates Somali Famine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Lipstik Activist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CLIMATE CHANGE-GLOBAL WARMING]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Somali child undergoing treatment at a refugee facility in Kenya. The famine in the Horn of Africa has reached epic proportions but the Center for International Forestry and Research (CIFOR) report that this could have been easily avoided. Thanks to deforestation practices occurring within the region the famine has struck low income and agriculturally [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/10/12/deforestation-exacerbates-somali-famine/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kenyan Environmentalist, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai Dies At 71</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CLIMATE CHANGE-GLOBAL WARMING]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You raise your consciousness to the point where you must do the right thing. -Wangari Maathai Wangari Maathai died on Sunday after a long struggle with cancer at the age of 71. The Right Livelihood Award winner also became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1977, she organized rural women [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/09/26/kenyan-environmentalist-nobel-peace-prize-winner-wangari-maathai-dies-at-71/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>THE RAINS OF HAITI</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo Credit: Getty Images PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI-Feb. 28: Residents of the Tapis Vert internally displaced persons camp navigate the mud and sewage after overnight rains soaked the tent village February 28, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Tapis Vert, which means large green lawn in French, is normally used as a football pitch but is now home to [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/03/02/the-rains-of-haiti/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti&#8217;s Lack Of Trees Could Lead To Post Earthquake Landslides</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/01/19/haitis-deforestation-earthquake-landslides/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t go out yesterday but it rained in New York City. After a conversation with my mom, who got back from Haiti only a few days before the earthquake, I considered what it would be like if it rained in Haiti yesterday. I&#8217;ve spoken of my love of trees and what they mean to [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/01/19/haitis-deforestation-earthquake-landslides/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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