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		<title>Green Gifts Fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was completely awesome. It was busy from 10:00 until about 3, when it became markedly slower, but still with a steady stream of people. Some vendors sold nearly out of what they brought!



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		<title>Urban Chickens in Iowa City? Not if Mayor has her way</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoyed this article today about Iowa City Mayor Regina Bailey and her concerns about allowing urban chickens.
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University students often leave pets behind, she says, and the city – home to the University of Iowa – would need to develop facilities to shelter abandoned chickens.
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		<title>Free Mulch and one step further into self-sufficiency on our Urban Homestead.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we took our new Yard Chipper out of its box and put it to work. (And I broke it all in one day.)
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Um, can you say LOVE?
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		<title>Natural Living Des Moines &#8211; proud to be central Iowa&#8217;s FREE source</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just returned from the Harvest Festival at Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah and spent some time on the way back thinking about how proud I am of Natural Living Des Moines. I started this site a number of years ago after being inspired by the ReDirect Guide I saw in Salt Lake City. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naturaldsm.wordpress.com&blog=76456&post=352&subd=naturaldsm&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iowans for Informed Consent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iowans for Informed Consent seems to be a relatively new organization in Iowa. They are focused on informed consent relative to vaccines, and particularly the H1N1 vaccine.
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		<title>In Praise of the Fabric Shower Curtain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Last fall, we took down our vinyl shower curtain and hung up a green canvas one. We had bought it at Target, after they put their back to school stuff on 75% clearance, for about $4. We weren&#8217;t entirely sure that an all-fabric shower curtain would work &#8211; would it keep the water in? Would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naturaldsm.wordpress.com&blog=76456&post=348&subd=naturaldsm&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the first annual Des Moines Green Gifts Fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m so excited about this! Natural Living Des Moines will be hosting the first annual Des Moines Green Gifts Fair in November!
The fair will be November 15, 10-4, at the Des Moines Social Club downtown. It should be an excellent opportunity to purchase eco-friendly gifts for the holidays &#8211; or for any event &#8211; or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naturaldsm.wordpress.com&blog=76456&post=344&subd=naturaldsm&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Register article mentions natural childbirth classes, midwives, FOIM</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mean, all kind of briefly and without much background information, but hey, we&#8217;ll take what we can get, eh?
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		<title>Back to School Lists</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m embarassed that I didn&#8217;t think of this before&#8230;
I perused more than my fair share of school supply lists this past month. (the 12 glue sticks required by Ankeny for Kindergarteners was a bit shocking.) I couldn&#8217;t help but notice all the disposable and/or toxic &#8220;supplies&#8221; on these lists.
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		<title>Wind Turbines and Solar Panels in town</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KCCI had a story recently on the issue of alternative energy sources in towns.
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