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		<title>The 10 Changing Moments of 2009 #6 EcoLabels : Look who’s driving.</title>
		<link>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2010/03/08/the-10-changing-moments-of-2009-6-ecolabels-look-who%e2%80%99s-driving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Thibault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greening our lifestyle and activities can be a daunting enterprise, especially when we start with a strong will to go green, little time and a vague idea about what is the problem, what’s causing it and how to fix it. So the idea of providing consumers and businesses some indicators in the form of third-party [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 10 Changing Moments of 2009 #7: Seventh Gen&#8217;s big growth plans</title>
		<link>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2010/03/01/the-10-changing-moments-of-2009-seventh-gens-big-growth-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2010/03/01/the-10-changing-moments-of-2009-seventh-gens-big-growth-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Thibault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[# Jeffrey Hollender announced Seventh Generation new growth plans: become a $1 Billion dollars corporation in the next 5 years. The Vermont based company hired Chuck Maniscalco, former Pepsi-Co champion and entered into a partnership with CleanWell Company to market (natural) disinfectant-cleaners.
Why does it matter?
1)   Seventh Generation has not only pioneered and established itself as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The top 3 green personalities of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2010/01/01/the-top-3-green-personalities-of-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2010/01/01/the-top-3-green-personalities-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Thibault</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ken Cook]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.green-age.org/blog/?p=184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not surprisingly Green Age’s 2009 top 3 personalities have made the headlines for the right reasons. The months preceding Copenhagen have brought the spotlights on many individuals and organizations, but no one had been more expected than President Barack Obama. Some have been disappointed by his position, more by the lack of concrete results, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting 7th Generation and green cleaning … and setting the record straight.</title>
		<link>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2009/06/11/revisiting-7th-generation-and-green-cleaning-%e2%80%a6-and-setting-the-record-straight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Thibault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Hollender has made the decision to step aside as CEO of Seventh Generation, a company he grew to become one of the most iconic sustainable brands. He should be saluted not just for building a company of which social and environmental values have inspired many entrepreneurs but also for realizing what many entrepreneurs have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An unecessary necessity: green huddling</title>
		<link>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2008/06/20/an-unecessary-necessity-green-huddling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2008/06/20/an-unecessary-necessity-green-huddling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Thibault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Launch of new community site by Huddler: green home. Share opinions about the products you love ... and hate.]]></description>
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		<title>Toxic Chemicals in the home, a message from Dr. Arlene Blum</title>
		<link>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2008/05/27/toxic-chemicals-in-the-home-a-message-from-dr-arlene-blum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2008/05/27/toxic-chemicals-in-the-home-a-message-from-dr-arlene-blum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 16:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Thibault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A message from Dr. Arlene Blum about the presence of toxic fire retardants in our homes and tips on how to reduce exposure to these chemicals]]></description>
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		<title>Fire risk or health hazard: The Fire Retardant Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2008/02/04/fire-risk-or-health-hazard-the-fire-retardant-dilemma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2008/02/04/fire-risk-or-health-hazard-the-fire-retardant-dilemma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Thibault</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.green-age.org/blog/2008/02/04/fire-risk-or-health-hazard-the-fire-retardant-dilemma/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fire Retardant Dilemma is one of these issues that have started to receive some media and public attention for their short and long-term effects on our health and the environment. As I rediscovered last Friday at the 4th Symposium on this topic, the urgency of addressing the issue of fire retardant chemicals has to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenwash might be harmful</title>
		<link>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2008/01/11/greenwashing-is-the-enemy-of-green/</link>
		<comments>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2008/01/11/greenwashing-is-the-enemy-of-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Thibault</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Greg Zimmerman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Makower]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Ashkin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.green-age.org/blog/2008/01/11/greenwashing-is-the-enemy-of-green/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first time I heard the term greenwashing, it came from Steve Ashkin, a respected and outspoken green advocate. We were at a green cleaning conference in San Diego, California in 20004 (he was the keynote speaker) and we had the “Pope of Green Cleaning” just for ourselves over dinner. What a treat!
He was reflecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opened letter to Don Knauss, CEO, Clorox</title>
		<link>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2008/01/11/opened-letter-to-don-knauss-ceo-clorox/</link>
		<comments>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2008/01/11/opened-letter-to-don-knauss-ceo-clorox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Thibault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Clorox Company
Mr. Don Knauss
CEO &#38; Chairman
Dear Mr. Knauss,
I am responding to your letter of January 2007. I am apologetic to have delayed my answer, but I have been very busy working with schools and childcare centers in helping them develop and implement green practices. You are not without knowing that while our kids spend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Papa, ants are in the house again!</title>
		<link>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2007/11/14/papa-ants-are-in-the-house-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.green-age.org/blog/2007/11/14/papa-ants-are-in-the-house-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Thibault</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[non-toxic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time they are in the kitchen. My mistake, I have waited too long to bring the compost bag downstairs. Last time was during the hot and dry month of July. They had found their way to the restroom in quest of water. These are the two most common causes for ants invasions of our [...]]]></description>
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