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		<title>Composting workshop educates teachers and parents of students involved in local school cafeteria food recycling program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kylie Keppler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city of Eugene and the School Garden Project teamed up at Adams Elementary last week to give local teachers and parents of local students a crash course on composting. The workshop was held in support of the city’s recent announcement to build and implement five new school gardens and cafeteria composting programs in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City to help local schools turn food waste into garden resource</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaculynn Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city of Eugene has partnered with the School Garden Project of Lane County to build and implement five new school gardens and cafeteria composting programs in the 2011-2012 school year. The city grant will provide funding for a full-time Americorps staff person to create the school gardens and implement the compost programs.  Cafeteria composting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to recycle holiday trees, trimmings and packaging in and around Eugene</title>
		<link>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/12/23/how-to-recycle-holiday-trees-trimmings-and-packaging-in-and-around-eugene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaculynn Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pick-up services, online scheduling, multiple locations and varied hours of operation make it easier for Eugene area residents recycle Oregon is a leading producer of the 50+ million Christmas trees that are grown  for use during the holiday season each year. So what happens to all these trees after the holidays? In and around Eugene, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental conflict will shape life on Earth, says UO speaker Paul Gilding</title>
		<link>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/11/16/environmental-conflict-will-shape-life-on-earth-says-uo-speaker-paul-gilding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey Hollis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Economic growth is over,” declares Gilding, author of The Great Disruption Imagine the planet Earth as a credit card. This is the metaphor Paul Gilding, advocate for global sustainability, uses to describe the current climate situation at a University of Oregon lecture, “The Mother of All Conflicts—Infinite Economic Growth vs. a Finite Planet,” on November [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Beacon Drive becomes &#8220;hot spot&#8221; for hot tub dumping [VIDEO]</title>
		<link>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/10/28/west-beacon-drive-becomes-hot-spot-for-hot-tub-dumping-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/10/28/west-beacon-drive-becomes-hot-spot-for-hot-tub-dumping-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaculynn Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lane County officials ask for help nabbing hot tub “dumper” Someone is illegally dumping hot tubs on West Beacon Drive. And Lane County officials think the string of dumped tubs may be connected. “We have reason to believe this may be the same illegal dumper or business that is responsible,” said Carolyn Francis, Lane County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EWEB offers free money-saving and energy-saving kits to residential customers</title>
		<link>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/08/31/eweb-offers-free-money-saving-and-energy-saving-kits-to-residential-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/08/31/eweb-offers-free-money-saving-and-energy-saving-kits-to-residential-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaculynn Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) is giving away free products to help its residential customers save money and reduce energy use. From now until September 16, 2011 (or until supplies last), customers place an order online for a complimentary Resource Conservation kit ($50 value) that includes: Six ENERGY STAR® compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs): Two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lane County Fair attendees learn how to reduce, reuse, repair and recycle waste</title>
		<link>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/08/17/lane-county-fair-attendees-learn-how-to-reduce-reuse-repair-and-recycle-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/08/17/lane-county-fair-attendees-learn-how-to-reduce-reuse-repair-and-recycle-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaculynn Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local waste reduction specialists and organizations join forces at annual fair with fun learning activities, demos and prizes Hair-raising rides are just one example of the many attractions at this year’s Lane County Fair, which runs from August 17-21. Representatives of the local Master Recycler, Compost Specialist, Climate Masters at Home, and Master Gardener public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lane County nonprofit provides a home for recycling unwanted Styrofoam</title>
		<link>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/06/15/lane-county-nonprofit-provides-a-home-for-recycling-unwanted-styrofoam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/06/15/lane-county-nonprofit-provides-a-home-for-recycling-unwanted-styrofoam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Gray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Program takes root as others crop up around state; resource list features local drop-off locations and helpful tips Did your take-out dinner come in a Styrofoam™ container? How about the hamburger beef you bought to make dinner? Those containers often end up in the landfill along with 25 billion Styrofoam cups that are thrown away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Global Warming Commission reaches out to Eugene-Springfield area</title>
		<link>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/05/27/oregon-global-warming-commission-reaches-out-to-eugene-springfield-area/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/05/27/oregon-global-warming-commission-reaches-out-to-eugene-springfield-area/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 23:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirstin Greene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 65 citizens, academics and business leaders met at a workshop Thursday night, May 26, in Eugene to discuss the Oregon Global Warming Commission’s interim Roadmap to 2020 for addressing climate change. Hundreds more have answered an online survey. Add your voice to theirs by answering this online survey to help shape Oregon’s response [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public workshop scheduled to solicit input on state and city climate-change plan: Roadmap to 2020</title>
		<link>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/05/25/public-workshop-scheduled-to-solicit-input-on-state-and-city-climate-change-plan-roadmap-to-2020/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myeugene.org/2011/05/25/public-workshop-scheduled-to-solicit-input-on-state-and-city-climate-change-plan-roadmap-to-2020/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 21:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaculynn Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Community members welcome to complete online survey whether or not they attend workshop The Oregon Global Warming Commission is hosting a public workshop at the Eugene Hilton on May 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. to get feedback on its “Roadmap to 2020,” an action plan to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 30 [...]]]></description>
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