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	<title>Chris Milton : Independent Journalist &#38; Writer</title>
	<link>http://www.britesprite.co.uk</link>
	<description>Me, My Writing, and (occassionally) My Family</description>
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		<title>Increasing workplace efficiency and cutting carbon emissions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Guardian &#8211; Increasing workplace efficiency and cutting carbon emissions
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When businesses address their workplace carbon emissions they often look at expensive projects, such as replacement heating and air conditioning systems or improving insulation.
What is often overlooked is the company&#8217;s day to day occupancy of the building and how efficiently they&#8217;re using the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.britesprite.co.uk/the-guardian/increasing-workplace-efficiency-and-cutting-carbon-emissions/</link>
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		<title>Clean your plate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Earth Island Journal &#8211; Clean your plate
A startling new report from the UK has demonstrated the impact food waste can have upon a country’s carbon emissions and water footprint.
The report, published by WWF-UK and the UK government’s Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), says that potentially avoidable food waste represents up to 64 gallons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.britesprite.co.uk/earth-island-journal/clean-your-plate/</link>
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		<title>Africa&#8217;s Green Revolution 2.0: rejecting agribusiness, pesticides and GM greenwash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Ecologist &#8211; Africa&#8217;s Green Revolution 2.0: rejecting agribusiness, pesticides and GM greenwash
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A revolutionary new initiative in African farming was launched earlier this year as part of the annual International Fair of Animal Resources (FIARA) in Dakar, Senegal. It draws together twelve rural women’s networks from across the west African countries of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.britesprite.co.uk/ecologist/africas-green-revolution-2-0-rejecting-agribusiness-pesticides-and-gm-greenwash/</link>
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		<title>Energy-saving: dramatic savings without huge capital outlay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Guardian &#8211; Energy saving: dramatic savings without huge capital outlay
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One of the biggest problems for businesses looking to increase their energy efficiency is the large, upfront spend initiatives can require. Typically, these focus on projects such as large-scale building refurbishments or replacing equipment across the board.
A new report from the sustainability [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.britesprite.co.uk/the-guardian/energy-saving-dramatic-savings-without-huge-capital-outlay/</link>
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		<title>How to source sustainably</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Guardian &#8211; How to source sustainably
In 2011 companies&#8217; supply chains will gain greater importance, irrespective of the size of businesses involved.
The primary driver of this trend is taking recognised measurements for water consumption, waste and greenhouse gas emissions and applying them to a company&#8217;s supply chain.
But many businesses are finding this tricky for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.britesprite.co.uk/the-guardian/how-to-source-sustainably/</link>
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		<title>England puts off selling public woodland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Earth Island Journal &#8211; England puts off selling public woodlands
A huge argument over the future of forestry in the UK came to a dramatic end last week when the Prime Minister, David Cameron, publically backed down and admitted he was unhappy with his government’s policy.
But what was the fuss about in the first place [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.britesprite.co.uk/earth-island-journal/england-puts-off-selling-public-woodland/</link>
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		<title>Sustainable Stock Exchanges : a new choice for investors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Ecologist &#8211; Sustainable Stock Exchanges : a new choice for investors
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In November 2009, in a small room at the  United Nations in New York, a group of the world’s most powerful  financiers gathered to discuss something close to their hearts: stock  markets.
However rather than talking about capital driven [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.britesprite.co.uk/ecologist/sustainable-stock-exchanges-a-new-choice-for-investors/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earth Island Journal &#8211; Crude World Book Review
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Oil permeates our world. From the gas in our cars to the plastic on our keyboards it dominates our behavior, whether we embrace it or not The concern about oil was once greenhouse gas emissions, but the BP disaster has highlighted how the simple act [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.britesprite.co.uk/earth-island-journal/300/</link>
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		<title>Will the UN&#8217;s Codex Alimentarius make food less nutritious?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Ecologist &#8211; Will the UN&#8217;s Codex Alimentarius make food less nutritious?
Imagine this: a Nazi war criminal  establishes a secretive organisation embedded within the United Nations  through which shadowy corporate interests force countries to remove the  nutritional value from food, allowing food companies to profit from  spreading malnutrition.
It sounds like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.britesprite.co.uk/ecologist/will-the-uns-codex-alimentarius-make-food-less-nutritious/</link>
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		<title>The Sand Smugglers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Foreign Policy &#8211; The Sand Smugglers,Page 1, Page 2
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The causeway linking Singapore to the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula is normally clogged with cars and trucks making the short international journey, but things got particularly bad on Feb. 1, when traffic came to a grinding halt. Thirty-seven trucks were abandoned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.britesprite.co.uk/wp-foreign-policy/the-sand-smugglers/</link>
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