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	<title>Diamond-Cut Life &#187; sustainability</title>
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	<description>Sustainable Living: More Joy And Less Consumption</description>
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		<title>My New Approach To Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/my-new-approach-to-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming and climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced there will be no climate change bill this year. Many of us are disappointed, and outrage better describes the reaction of many who&#8217;d let themselves hold hope of responsible leadership concerning climate. I just read the Grist article and comments on this topic.
I respect those willing to keep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced there will be no climate change bill this year. Many of us are disappointed, and outrage better describes the reaction of many who&#8217;d let themselves hold hope of responsible leadership concerning climate. I just read the Grist article and comments on this topic.
I respect those willing to keep [...]Similar Posts:<ul><li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/my-new-job-in-transportation-options/" rel="bookmark" title="February 12, 2008">My New Job In Transportation Options</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/clashes-in-copenhagen-make-sense/" rel="bookmark" title="December 16, 2009">Clashes In Copenhagen Make Sense</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/alison-cassandra-barcelona/" rel="bookmark" title="December 23, 2009">Alison Cassandra Barcelona</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/update-lots-going-on/" rel="bookmark" title="September 26, 2009">Update: Lots Going On</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/the-high-country-road-of-walking-the-talk/" rel="bookmark" title="February 8, 2008">The High Country Road of Walking The Talk</a></li>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Seeking A Housemate!</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/were-seeking-a-housemate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/were-seeking-a-housemate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farmers Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housemates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montavilla]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve have had so many good experiences with housemates that I&#8217;ve never understood why the practice isn&#8217;t more common among people who are post-college &#8212; even here in Portland, Oregon, where reducing your carbon footprint is a fairly normal conversation topic.
Our house is:

Newly built, spacious, with lots of light
Highly energy-efficient
Housemate&#8217;s bedroom is 12&#8242; x 16.5&#8242; with bathroom [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve have had so many good experiences with housemates that I&#8217;ve never understood why the practice isn&#8217;t more common among people who are post-college &#8212; even here in Portland, Oregon, where reducing your carbon footprint is a fairly normal conversation topic.
Our house is:

Newly built, spacious, with lots of light
Highly energy-efficient
Housemate&#8217;s bedroom is 12&#8242; x 16.5&#8242; with bathroom [...]Similar Posts:<ul><li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/the-very-best-diet-part-ii/" rel="bookmark" title="April 19, 2008">The Very Best Diet, Part II</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/seeking-the-win-win-again/" rel="bookmark" title="February 28, 2009">Seeking The Win-Win Again</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/top-ten-tips-for-living-with-others-part-ii/" rel="bookmark" title="January 4, 2009">Top Ten Tips For Living With Others, Part II</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/the-win-win-of-working-for-rent/" rel="bookmark" title="May 14, 2009">The Win-Win Of A Work-For-Rent Arrangement</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/top-ten-tips-for-living-with-others-part-i/" rel="bookmark" title="December 24, 2008">Top Ten Tips For Living With Others, Part I</a></li>
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		<title>Back On The Bike</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/back-on-the-bike/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/back-on-the-bike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bicycle Transportation Alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mount Tabor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seven Virtues Coffeehouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie Nolls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sipping coffee at Seven Virtues* Coffeehouse on NE Glisan and 60th here in Portland, Oregon. Neil Young&#8217;s plaintive song Sugar Mountain is playing on the sound system. I suspect he&#8217;s referring to how I drink my coffee. I&#8217;m Seven Virtues&#8217;  first customer,  having bicycled briskly over in the sharply slanted light of early morning.
I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sipping coffee at Seven Virtues* Coffeehouse on NE Glisan and 60th here in Portland, Oregon. Neil Young&#8217;s plaintive song Sugar Mountain is playing on the sound system. I suspect he&#8217;s referring to how I drink my coffee. I&#8217;m Seven Virtues&#8217;  first customer,  having bicycled briskly over in the sharply slanted light of early morning.
I [...]Similar Posts:<ul><li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/mountain-boarding-a-low-carbon-sport/" rel="bookmark" title="September 3, 2008">Mountain Boarding: A Low-Carbon Sport</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/bike-commuting-while-pregnant/" rel="bookmark" title="January 30, 2009">Bike-Commuting While Pregnant</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/soaring-above-pzev-to-zero-emissions/" rel="bookmark" title="August 4, 2008">Soaring Above PZEV To Zero Emissions</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/bike-walk-joy/" rel="bookmark" title="March 10, 2009">Bike. Walk. Joy.</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/bicycling-in-the-mist/" rel="bookmark" title="November 7, 2008">Bicycling In The Mist</a></li>
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		<title>We&#8217;ve Found Our New House</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/weve-found-our-new-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/weve-found-our-new-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 13:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Besides working on my novel, called Revelle, and my day job in transportation options being intense this spring, the other reason for infrequent posts this year has been Thor&#8217;s and my time-consuming search for a new house. The kind that has more than one bathroom, and is built to better earthquake and energy efficiency codes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Besides working on my novel, called Revelle, and my day job in transportation options being intense this spring, the other reason for infrequent posts this year has been Thor&#8217;s and my time-consuming search for a new house. The kind that has more than one bathroom, and is built to better earthquake and energy efficiency codes [...]Similar Posts:<ul><li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/top-ten-tips-for-living-with-others-part-ii/" rel="bookmark" title="January 4, 2009">Top Ten Tips For Living With Others, Part II</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/back-from-new-years-retreat/" rel="bookmark" title="January 4, 2010">Back From New Year&#8217;s Retreat</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/building-the-web-of-community/" rel="bookmark" title="March 18, 2009">Building The Web of Community</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/green-girls-take-on-crag/" rel="bookmark" title="March 31, 2008">Green Girls Take On CRAG</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/about-furloughs-and-household-finances/" rel="bookmark" title="October 25, 2009">About Furloughs And Household Finances</a></li>
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		<title>Phoebe Prince, Maude Barlow and Easter</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/phoebe-prince-maude-barlow-and-easter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/phoebe-prince-maude-barlow-and-easter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aggression]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Easter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maude Barlow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phoebe Prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sacrificial love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many would see no relationship between Phoebe Prince and Maude Barlow, given that they are from different parts of the world and different generations, and never met each other. But I see a connection.
Phoebe Prince is the 15 year old girl, an immigrant from County Clare in Ireland  who hanged herself in January after months [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Many would see no relationship between Phoebe Prince and Maude Barlow, given that they are from different parts of the world and different generations, and never met each other. But I see a connection.
Phoebe Prince is the 15 year old girl, an immigrant from County Clare in Ireland  who hanged herself in January after months [...]Similar Posts:<ul><li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/happy-hybrid-easter/" rel="bookmark" title="March 23, 2008">Happy Hybrid Easter!</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/easter-the-earth-and-the-great-turning/" rel="bookmark" title="April 12, 2009">Easter, The Earth And The Great Turning</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/handling-aggression/" rel="bookmark" title="October 20, 2008">Handling Aggression</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/spitzer-sex-and-sustainability/" rel="bookmark" title="March 13, 2008">Spitzer, Sex and Sustainability</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/making-the-ocean-drinkable-part-i/" rel="bookmark" title="December 4, 2008">Making The Ocean Drinkable, Part I</a></li>
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		<title>St. Patrick&#8217;s Day &amp; Loving A Place</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/st-patricks-day-loving-a-place/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/st-patricks-day-loving-a-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Columbia Gorge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paddy Moloney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday while working on my novel during the vanpool ride to and from work (the novel that has pre-empted frequent blog-posts), my fingers started writing (it wasn&#8217;t my mind, it was my fingers) that the protagonist actually loved a certain place in the world more than she had loved her ex-husband.  And she had loved [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday while working on my novel during the vanpool ride to and from work (the novel that has pre-empted frequent blog-posts), my fingers started writing (it wasn&#8217;t my mind, it was my fingers) that the protagonist actually loved a certain place in the world more than she had loved her ex-husband.  And she had loved [...]Similar Posts:<ul><li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/triptych-of-grace/" rel="bookmark" title="October 6, 2008">Triptych Of Grace</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/carpooling-is-saving-me-6800year/" rel="bookmark" title="January 16, 2009">Carpooling Is Saving Me $6,800/year</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/carpool-survivor/" rel="bookmark" title="April 4, 2008">Carpool Survivor</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/being-guided-across-the-divide/" rel="bookmark" title="February 26, 2009">Being Guided Across the Divide</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/rebuilding-on-ten-feet-under/" rel="bookmark" title="February 21, 2008">Rebuilding On Ten Feet Under</a></li>
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		<title>Mind-Hiking With Stephanie Routh</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/mind-hiking-with-stephanie-routh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/mind-hiking-with-stephanie-routh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday afternoon here in Portland, Oregon brought us the most dazzling weather of the young year, with sunshine that sparkled like diamonds off the Willamette River. I celebrated the beauty of the day with a run along said riverfront and then meeting up with Stephanie Routh, definitely my best coffee date of the year [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last Friday afternoon here in Portland, Oregon brought us the most dazzling weather of the young year, with sunshine that sparkled like diamonds off the Willamette River. I celebrated the beauty of the day with a run along said riverfront and then meeting up with Stephanie Routh, definitely my best coffee date of the year [...]Similar Posts:<ul><li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/hybrids-and-sex/" rel="bookmark" title="March 30, 2008">The Case For Hybrids and Sex</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/the-99th-day-of-a-greenish-president/" rel="bookmark" title="April 29, 2009">The 99th Day Of A Greenish President</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/heat-wave-slow-down-ii/" rel="bookmark" title="July 28, 2009">Heat Wave: Slow Down II</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/civil-disobedience-against-coal-plant-today/" rel="bookmark" title="March 2, 2009">Civil Disobedience Against Coal Plant Today</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/back-on-the-bike/" rel="bookmark" title="June 3, 2010">Back On The Bike</a></li>
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		<title>Checking In: On Joyful Sabbatical</title>
		<link>http://www.diamondcutlife.org/checking-in-on-joyful-sabbatical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long  time without a post! When I had lunch with my friend Allison Hamilton yesterday (Allison is the creator of Oregon&#8217;s innovative solar highway), she said she&#8217;d been assuming my silence at Diamond-Cut Life was because I&#8217;d been busy house-hunting. She knows that Thor and I are seeking a somewhat larger house, while staying in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Long  time without a post! When I had lunch with my friend Allison Hamilton yesterday (Allison is the creator of Oregon&#8217;s innovative solar highway), she said she&#8217;d been assuming my silence at Diamond-Cut Life was because I&#8217;d been busy house-hunting. She knows that Thor and I are seeking a somewhat larger house, while staying in [...]Similar Posts:<ul><li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/breeding-solutions-not-enemies/" rel="bookmark" title="November 11, 2007">Breeding Solutions, Not Enemies</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/setbacks-a-new-house-nia-training/" rel="bookmark" title="May 9, 2010">Setbacks &#038; Collaboration; A New House &#038; Nia Training</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/mid-winter-haiku/" rel="bookmark" title="January 28, 2009">Mid-Winter Haiku</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/more-tips-on-working-for-rent/" rel="bookmark" title="August 6, 2009">More Tips On Working For Rent</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.diamondcutlife.org/a-beautiful-marriage-of-dance-and-sport/" rel="bookmark" title="November 11, 2009">A Beautiful Marriage of Dance And Sport</a></li>
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		<title>Turning Crisis Into Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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