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		<title>The Happy Planet Index</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this video the other day, and I was in awe.  Suddenly, my desire for economic fairness, environmental sustainability, and my focus on inner happiness and well-being all came together.  Nic Marks&#8217;s brilliant work is a fine example of hope in the world.  He is a practical visionary.  I believe the Happy Planet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can community campaigns stay positive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just came home from a City Council meeting in Mt. Shasta, CA, where I live.  I&#8217;ve been working on a community initiative since last year called the &#8220;Mt. Shasta Community Water Rights Ordinance.&#8221; Tonight the city councilors voted to publicly oppose it by writing an argument against it for the November election packet that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming a &#8220;neutral activist&#8221; (#1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social transformation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Am I becoming a &#8220;neutral activist?&#8221; I say &#8220;becoming&#8221; because I&#8217;m not a neutral activist &#8211; not quite yet.  In fact, I&#8217;m not even sure if it&#8217;s possible.  But it&#8217;s certainly been a desire of my heart (and an obsession in my head) for many years. Seems like an oxymoron, doesn&#8217;t it?  Activists are people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking in someone else&#8217;s shoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 06:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inner optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social transformation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I did a marathon. No, not the 26.2 mile sort.  Instead, I went on a TED marathon . . . as in getting mesmerized online for hours and hours by videos from the TED Conferences (Technology, Entertainment, and Design, though their motto of &#8220;Ideas Worth Spreading&#8221; says it better). I was particularly struck by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The courage to hug a stranger</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free hugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[positive living]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I was driving around town running errands a few weeks ago, I saw a young man walking around with a piece of a cardboard box.  I could tell something was written on it in bold black marker.  My guess was that this teenager was in desperate need of some cash.  The light turned green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimism as a radical act</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inner optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social transformation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Optimism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine deciding to live without creating any environmental impact for a year: no trash, no carbon emissions via car or bus, no toxins in the water, no elevators, no subway, no products in packaging, no plastics, no air conditioning, no TV, no flush toilets.  This is what &#8220;No Impact Man&#8221; Colin Beavan, his wife, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The heart of an issue</title>
		<link>http://www.optimysticinstitute.com/1722/the-heart-of-an-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Mathews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Positive leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social transformation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been on the east coast for over a month &#8211; in Buffalo, NY and in Burlington, VT.  After the three and a half hour drive from the Sacramento airport back home in Mount Shasta, my partner and I went directly to a Parks and Recreation District board meeting in our town. The board was [...]]]></description>
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