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	<title>Green Renters</title>
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		<title>We&#8217;re in Brisbane on Saturday!</title>
		<link>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/were-in-brisbane-on-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CateLawrence</dc:creator>
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We&#8217;re hosting a stall at the Green Earth Festival. Come along and have a chat, enjoy some free samples and find out about what we&#8217;ve been up to and ways you can green your rental property&#8230;
Saturday March 13th, Brisbane Botanical Gardens
Green Earth Festival is a free, family orientated,  community  event which aims to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do I dispose of my energy efficient lightbulbs?</title>
		<link>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/how-do-i-dispose-of-my-energy-efficient-lightbulbs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/how-do-i-dispose-of-my-energy-efficient-lightbulbs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CateLawrence</dc:creator>
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 Energy efficient light bulbs (otherwise known as compact fluorescent light bulbs or CFL&#8217;s ) contain a small amount of mercury which is a toxic metal and every product containing mercury should be handled with care.
Recycling is the best way to dispose of used CFLs.
In Victoria you should take them to your nearest Council  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Zucchini Chocolate Chip Biscuits</title>
		<link>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/easy-zucchini-chocolate-chip-biscuits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/easy-zucchini-chocolate-chip-biscuits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CateLawrence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kitchen]]></category>
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In our garden we have an over abundance of zucchinis growing! They&#8217;re easy to grow and great for swapping, baking and making into soups and fritters. Here&#8217;s one of my favourite ways of using them:
Ingredients 



125g butter/nuttlex


½ cup (110g) brown sugar


1 egg/ vegan egg replacer


½ teaspoon vanilla essence


1½ cups grated zucchini


1½ cups self raising flour


1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carrotmob Melbourne</title>
		<link>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/carrotmob-melbourne/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/carrotmob-melbourne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisChinchilla</dc:creator>
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We&#8217;re too late for their recent information session, but Melbourne Carrotmob have been busy on the streets of Boroondara encouraging small businesses to &#8216;go green&#8217; by promising a plethora of customers if the businesses plough the profits back into environmentally friendly measures&#8230;
A carrot instead of a stick as it were&#8230;
melbourne.carrotmob.org
After all, businesses are generally renters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Inconvenient Challenge: No Processed Food For A Month</title>
		<link>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/an-inconvenient-challenge-no-processed-food-for-a-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/an-inconvenient-challenge-no-processed-food-for-a-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CateLawrence</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.greenrenters.org/?p=1671</guid>
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 The task set by a food blogger seemed deceptively simple: Eat real food for a month.More than 900 people signed up for the challenge, and some were confident that it would not be difficult to avoid processed foods for 28 days.But in the age of potato powders, cheese in a squirt can and microwaveable meals, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greening your fridge</title>
		<link>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/greening-your-fridge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/greening-your-fridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CateLawrence</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.greenrenters.org/?p=1667</guid>
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Ways to make your fridge energy efficient from Colleen Quinn:

Don&#8217;t keep your fridge too cold. A change of one degree can effect energy consumption by 5%. Freezers should operate at -15°C to -18°C while fresh food compartments should be held at around 3°C to 5°C.
Clean the coils annually.
Cover food and drink to avoid evaporation in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kitchen with a difference!</title>
		<link>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/kitchen-with-a-difference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/kitchen-with-a-difference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CateLawrence</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.greenrenters.org/?p=1657</guid>
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images © Burkhard SchällerI was excited to see a post about  this mobile kitchen from the Talents section at Ambiente 2010 Consumer Goods Fair in Frankfurt. It was created by German interior designer Burkhard Schäller and features three mobile and collapsible components  for chopping, water and cooking which can of course, be moved around easily. The fact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know a sustainable Landlord in Yarra?</title>
		<link>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/know-a-sustainable-landlord-in-yarra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/know-a-sustainable-landlord-in-yarra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisChinchilla</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.greenrenters.org/?p=1645</guid>
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Well, support a great venture as part of Yarra council&#8217;s Sustainable awards scheme and vote for them&#8230;
More details here.
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		<title>World’s Biggest Ever Vegie Swap</title>
		<link>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/world%e2%80%99s-biggest-eva-vegie-swap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/world%e2%80%99s-biggest-eva-vegie-swap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CateLawrence</dc:creator>
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 An event that might interest the home food gardeners
Saturday 13th March
City Square, Swanston Street
10am – 2pm

Yarra Neighbourhood Orchard, Cultivating Community, CERES and The Food and Wine Festival bring you a one off chance to participate in the World’s Biggest Ever Vegie Swap.
This phenomena has been sweeping Victoria, Australia and the world as folks realise the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Wired Magazine!</title>
		<link>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/free-wired-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greenrenters.org/2010/03/free-wired-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisChinchilla</dc:creator>
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In the spirit of practising what we preach&#8230;
We have a subscription to the awesome and informative Wired magazine and for some random reason they sent two c of the same issue this month so we thought we&#8217;d have a giveaway, all you need to do is answer a simple question&#8230;
The feature article in this issue [...]]]></description>
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