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	<title>Gaiam Blog &#187; John Schaeffer</title>
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	<description>Experiences in living green, healthy and happy</description>
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		<title>Learning from the Lavender Labyrinth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schaeffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I get stressed out I head directly to our Lavender Labyrinth. We planted our labyrinth in the middle of our 2800 tree organic and biodynamic olive orchard and 8-acre vineyard. From its gorgeous vantage 800 feet above the Hopland Valley, it is comprised of 700 “Provence” variety lavender plants that have grown up exceedingly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Ready For Solar? Buy Green Power &amp; Get Started!</title>
		<link>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/not-ready-for-solar-buy-green-power-get-started/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/not-ready-for-solar-buy-green-power-get-started/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schaeffer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy-Efficiency-and-Renewable-Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[green-pricing-programs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Living completely off all grids (electric, water, phone, internet, and social) as I have for many years, I get spoiled and jaded all in green. And selling as many solar systems as we at Real Goods do to folks in California and Colorado where the rebates make it pretty much a no-brainer, makes me forget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Joy of Shunning Gas Stations</title>
		<link>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/the-joy-of-shunning-gas-stations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schaeffer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[biodiesel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time I pass a gas station I count my blessings. Since I’ve had my own biodiesel tank at my house for the last two years, I’ve almost never had to endure the dubious honor of queuing up in line to fill up my car with fossil fuels shipped from politically unstable countries in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Starting Your 2008 Garden!</title>
		<link>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/tips-for-starting-your-2008-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodynamic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[olive-oil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended one of my favorite gatherings: the Biodynamic Association of Northern California (BDANC) winter meeting. The meeting was at the Frey Ranch in Redwood Valley, which is a phenomenon in itself — about 1,000 acres complete with biodynamic vineyards and organic winery, olive trees, organic gardens, chicken and other poultry  farming, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SLI Adds More Green Jobs Training, Fuels Solar Growth</title>
		<link>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/sli-adds-more-green-jobs-training-fuels-solar-growth/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/sli-adds-more-green-jobs-training-fuels-solar-growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green-jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable-energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar-living-institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar-power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Solar Living Institute just published its amazing 2008 class schedule. This nonprofit is doing more to promote solar energy than any other organization I know of — especially with its recent focus on green careers and green workforce development.
The green jobs sea change applies to folks from all walks of life, from freshly-out-of-school graduates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Green New Year’s Resolutions</title>
		<link>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/3-green-new-years-resolutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiesel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phantom_loads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resolutions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s that time of year when we all vow to purge our weaknesses and get back to the business of doing the right thing. While 2007 was a pretty good year for me in the scheme of the last decade, still there are myriad ways to improve. I thought I&#8217;d share a few of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 27th Solstice at the Solar Living Center</title>
		<link>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/the-27th-solstice-at-the-solar-living-center/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/the-27th-solstice-at-the-solar-living-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schaeffer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Winter-Solstice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A tradition began on December 21, 1994 when 23 intrepid souls braved the freezing weather at the construction site that was to become the Real Goods Solar Living Center. We built a fire and huddled around to see if we did our geometry correctly. We designed the Solar Living Center to be a temple to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extra-Virgin Tuscan Olive Harvest!</title>
		<link>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/extra-virgin-tuscan-olive-harvest/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/extra-virgin-tuscan-olive-harvest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodynamic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olive-oil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s nothing quite so satisfying as seeing the harvest come in after years of planning and toiling. This year’s olive harvest at our farm was no exception!
In 2006 I decided to jump into my decade-long passion for olive oil by converting a piece of my unused land into an olive tree orchard. My wife, Nancy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Goes Mainstream: 2007 Trend report</title>
		<link>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/solar-is-finally-mainstream-solar-power-2007-report/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/solar-is-finally-mainstream-solar-power-2007-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silicon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This fall&#8217;s Solar Power 2007 Conference in Long Beach, Calif., was a real eye opener.
For one thing, it was the first time I felt underdressed at a solar conference! I’ve been going to solar conferences since the early 1980s, and most were noted for their ragtag conglomeration of mission-passionate solar pioneers with stars in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome: I Live Green and So Can You!</title>
		<link>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/welcome-i-live-green-and-so-can-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/welcome-i-live-green-and-so-can-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiesel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hydroelectric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off-grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real-Goods]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my blog!
It&#8217;s been nearly 30 years since I founded Real Goods, a renewable energy and ecological living company — and I have been living “off-the-grid” on solar and hydroelectric power most of the time since. I live on a 320 acre working biodynamic farm we named Sunhawk Farms. Here in the hills of [...]]]></description>
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