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		<title>What&#039;s it to you?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/11/whats-it-to-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not easy to describe how it felt when California passed Proposition 8 – banning same-sex marriages – last week. The same happened in Oregon four years ago. We search for words to express how it feels to know that secretly (and openly) 52% of people hate us. We rage and we cry and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes. We. Can.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mine is a pretty cynical generation. Most of us in our 30s have spent the majority of our lives in a recession, in a war over oil, facing climate change, and enduring political parties that fail to inspire much less to lead us to a better tomorrow. We&#8217;ve lacked hope that things will get better, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do your civic duty.</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/11/do-your-civic-duty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever you do today, wherever you are, get out there and vote! If you&#8217;re in a vote-by-mail state like me, then go hand in your ballot if you haven&#8217;t already. This is it, folks, this is your single chance to express your most precious right as an American. I don&#8217;t care what your politics are, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who needs an SUV when you can have a Prius?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/10/who-needs-an-suv-when-you-can-have-a-prius/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/10/who-needs-an-suv-when-you-can-have-a-prius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting around]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saving the world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prius]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How often have you heard someone say &#8220;Well, I need room to haul stuff&#8230;&#8221; when contemplating a new car purchase? This mythical &#8220;stuff&#8221; becomes the rationalization for buying an SUV or station wagon with enough room to haul around large objects. People poo-poo the Prius or similar sized cars as not having enough room for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This land is your land, this land is my land</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/09/this-land-is-your-land-this-land-is-my-land/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/09/this-land-is-your-land-this-land-is-my-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Building a community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sent this email to the Obama/Biden campaign earlier today after reading Obama&#8217;s stance on Proposition 8 in California, same-sex marriage, and his Faith &#38; Family tour.

&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-
Dear Obama/Biden Campaign,
I&#8217;ve been a big fan of the whole &#8220;change&#8221; campaign since the beginning, and feel like Obama can offer the nation some hope in the face of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenwashing, Energy, and the Rhetoric of Disingenuity</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/07/greenwashing-energy-and-the-rhetoric-of-disingenuity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas & Theories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I think of coal used for energy, I think of China, filthy air, dire situations, under-developed nations, the iron-grip of Communism. Coal is the fuel of Tolstoy and World War I and the Eastern Block, a phantom from the early 20th century, a black spot on our environmental history. Coal is up there with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re-evaluating True Cost of Ownership</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/07/re-evaluating-true-cost-of-ownership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/07/re-evaluating-true-cost-of-ownership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting around]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cars]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/?p=195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gas, as we know, is becoming ridiculously expensive. Add that to what we now know about global warming and we see many people clamoring to ditch their old cars to buy new hybids. I know I sure did it, trading my Mazda 3 hatchback in for a Prius last year when my Mazda lease ran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refueling a nation?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/06/refueling-a-nation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas & Theories]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Teaching & Learning]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These are trying times. The economy is in a downturn, the war in Iraq lingers on, gas costs over $4 a gallon, and large businesses in America are losing money. At times like this, I think back to WWII and the efforts of the government and businesses to bolster the economy, how they encouraged thrift, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bike Drive Walk: Getting from there to here</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/04/bike-drive-walk-getting-from-there-to-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/04/bike-drive-walk-getting-from-there-to-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 03:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting around]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bike commuting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last week I&#8217;ve driven my car 53 miles, ridden my bike 31 miles, and walked roughly 10 miles. I drove to work once, to Lake Oswego for a meeting, to Powell Butte for a hike, and to Hillsboro for softball games. That&#8217;s a lot more driving than I usually do, so I&#8217;ll have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Earth Day confession</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/04/an-earth-day-confession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Saving the world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/?p=139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know it might be hard to believe, but for about a year or so back in 1999 I stopped believing in global warming. I caught myself saying things like, “How do we know the Ice Age is really done? Maybe the warming is totally natural.”
Woah. How could I go from living with Earth First!ers [...]]]></description>
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