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		<title>What does it take to make a change to a hiking trail?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Boulder Reporter presents a look at trying to make a change to one of Boulder&#8217;s many trails &#8212; in this case, Goat Trail, which hooks up with the Sanitas Valley Trail a bit northwest of Boulder Community Hospital.
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I don&#8217;t know much about the issue in question, but either way, making a change [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biggreenboulder.com/environment/what-does-it-take-to-make-a-change-to-a-hiking-trail/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;The Cove&#8221; Oscar coverage roundup: cameras, speeches and the new &#8220;Cove&#8221; TV show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IN CASE YOU MISSED IT&#8230;
In addition to the recent news development from the &#8220;Cove&#8221; team busting a restaurant serving illegal whale meat, here are some tidbits of &#8220;Cove&#8221; coverage from the aftermath of that film&#8217;s big Oscar win in the documentary category.
Plenty has been said about Ric O&#8217;Barry&#8217;s unfurling of a banner reading &#8220;TEXT DOLPHIN [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biggreenboulder.com/environment/the-cove-oscar-coverage-roundup-cameras-speeches-and-the-new-cove-tv-show/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Sizzle,&#8221; the global warming comedy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen &#8220;Sizzle?&#8221; The film is about global warming, but it&#8217;s no &#8220;Inconvenient Truth&#8221; &#8212; it&#8217;s more of a this-global-thermometer-goes-up-to-11 type of flick.
A mockumentary about global warming. What do you think? Better or worse approach than the straight-ahead documentary (Oscar-winners notwithstanding)?

Via the Colorado Daily:
&#8220;The film is not being used as a scare tactic, as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biggreenboulder.com/environment/sizzle-the-global-warming-comedy/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;The Cove&#8217; director helps bust illegal whale-meat sushi sellers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fresh off his whirlwind tour of accolades for his movie &#8220;The Cove&#8221; — which now includes an Oscar for best documentary — Boulder&#8217;s Louie Psihoyos is already busting up the next ocean injustice.
Psihoyos and his band of Ocean activists helped authorities sting a sushi restaurant in Santa Monica that was illegally selling whale-meat sushi.
From a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biggreenboulder.com/environment/the-cove-director-helps-bust-illegal-whale-meat-sushi-sellers/</link>
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		<title>Liquefied crab and shrimp shells may block hungry pine beetles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Liquefying crab and shrimp shells may block pine beetles from burrowing into pine trees and killing them. (Ummm, I was just about to suggest this as the next obvious answer to the pine beetle problem&#8230;.)
That&#8217;s the word from scientists at Colorado State University, who are frustrated that the U.S. Forest Service has yet to test [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biggreenboulder.com/environment/liquefied-crab-and-shrimp-shells-may-block-hungry-pine-beetles/</link>
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		<title>CU&#8217;s Environmental Center offers free energy visits for students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
In a city where there are tons of renters, it&#8217;s tough to motivate people to spend money on saving energy. That&#8217;s part of why the University of Colorado&#8217;s Environmental Center is helping students living off campus chip away at their energy bills by visiting their homes to show them how:
 
Hosted by CU&#8217;s Environmental Center, Student and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biggreenboulder.com/green-it-yourself/cus-environmental-center-offers-free-energy-visits-for-students/</link>
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		<title>Mobile home owners miss out on solar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of mobile home owners in Boulder (who actually live in a super-retrofitted 1958 trailer that doesn&#8217;t look anything like a trailer at all) have gotten shut down by Xcel Energy in their quest to power their mini-house with solar.
Apparently, solar can only be put on permanent structures, and mobile homes, by definition, aren&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biggreenboulder.com/energy/mobile-home-owners-miss-out-on-solar/</link>
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		<title>How to start seeds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carol O&#8217;Meara gives you a shopping list for seedlings that you can get started very soon in your own home. What to buy for starting seeds:

Here&#8217;s Carol&#8217;s shopping list:

Table or shelf space for seed trays.
Lights, either grow lights or a combination of cool blue florescent and incandescent bulbs.
Chains, ropes, or cords to raise or lower [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biggreenboulder.com/food/how-to-start-seeds/</link>
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		<title>Saying no to phone books in Colorado</title>
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We were just talking about this in the office and, sure enough, it comes up in the news &#8212; Coloradoans might have a way to say no to phone books if one state rep has anything to say about it:
 
Democratic Rep. Mark Ferrandino is looking at two possibilities to help people whod rather look up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biggreenboulder.com/green-it-yourself/saying-no-to-phone-books-in-colorado/</link>
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		<title>Bighorn Sheep pneumonia epidemic: hundreds dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 
Sounds like the worst of it is outside Colorado, but it&#8217;s still sad.
Via the AP:
Pneumonia outbreaks that have killed hundreds of bighorn sheep this winter in several Western states have wildlife officials grappling with how to minimize the impact.Wildlife officials say the disease shows up sporadically in wild herds, but its unusual to have so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biggreenboulder.com/environment/bighorn-sheep-pneumonia-epidemic-hundreds-dead/</link>
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