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	<title>The Wesleyan Connection &#187; sustainability</title>
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		<title>Freshwater Resources Topic of Where On Earth Are We Going Symposium</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/10/27/freshwater-resources-topic-of-where-on-earth-are-we-going-symposium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the last 50 years, humans have degraded rivers and lakes through excessive water abstraction, pollution and by over-harvesting aquatic organisms. River flow has been impeded by dams, and floodplains have been converted for agriculture and urban areas.
The human population has doubled to nearly 7 billion and, per capita water availability has declined on all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Panels Installed on Office of Admission</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<title>Wesleyan Dining Hosts Eat Local Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the summer recess, amateur gardeners Sierra Bintliff &#8217;12 and Nat Lichten &#8217;09 seeded rows, weeded, irrigated, and tended fruits, vegetables and livestock at a small organic farm near St. Joseph&#8217;s College in Standish, Maine.
A bulk of the bounty was harvested for St. Joseph&#8217;s dining services, managed by Bon Appétit Management Company, the same business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency Response Studio Inspired by Hurricane Katrina Disaster</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/09/10/emergency-response-studio-opens-sept-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<title>New CoGen System Generating 81 Percent of Electricity</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/06/04/cogen-creating-clean-electricity-heat-for-wesleyan-campus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s one mean, green machine and it&#8217;s saving Wesleyan up to $5,000 a day in energy costs.
Wesleyan&#8217;s new Cogeneration system &#8211; or CoGen, &#8211; uses natural gas to simultaneously generate electricity, heat and steam for university use. It began operation in February after an 18-month installation process.
&#8220;Buying electricity from the grid is expensive and non-efficient,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Association Honors Wesleyan for Conservation Efforts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Staye, associate director of utilities, points to the ceiling of the Bacon Field House. About 140 high-tech light fixtures span the width of the dome-roofed gymnasium.
&#8220;These are special lights for high ceilings,&#8221; he says. &#8220;There&#8217;s 24 fewer fixtures here than there used to be, and it&#8217;s just as bright. If we used florescent fixtures, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Population Growth Topic of Stewart&#8217;s Earth Week Rant</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/04/29/population-growth-topic-of-stewarts-earth-week-rant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<title>Under-the-Desk Waste Baskets Replaced with Recycle Containers</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/12/17/under-the-desk-waste-baskets-replaced-with-recycle-containers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trash bins may find themselves down in the dumps, at least around Wesleyan’s campus.
The university is replacing them &#8211; one by one &#8211; with recyclable containers in attempt to make Wesleyan a &#8220;greener&#8221; campus community.
&#8220;Most everything we throw away at our desks &#8211; paper, plastic water bottles and soda cans and cardboard packaging material &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wesleyan Cited for Strides in Sustainability</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/10/20/wesleyan-cited-for-strides-in-sustainability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wesleyan was mentioned in an Oct. 15 issue of The Middletown Press for making &#8220;enormous strides in sustainability.&#8221; Wesleyan has established a climate action plan with a pledge for the campus to become carbon neutral by 2050. In the article, Bill Nelligan, the director of environmental health, safety and sustainability, stated that &#8220;Wesleyan has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYT: Wesleyan Top Organic Food School</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/10/06/nyt-wesleyan-top-organic-food-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wesleyan was cited in a New York Times Sept. 28 article titled &#8220;Whole Grains, Fresh Corn: School Menu on a Mission&#8221; for buying locally produced food. The article says Wesleyan is &#8220;at the head of that class.&#8221;

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