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		<title>Transition Towns: From Oil Dependence to Local Resilience &#124; a Community Discussion for the Mad River Valley</title>
		<link>http://valleyfutures.net/2010/05/24/transition-towns-from-oil-dependence-to-local-resilience-a-community-discussion-for-the-mad-river-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 17:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Schwartz</dc:creator>
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What might our community look like when we can no longer count on large quantities of cheap fossil fuels?  What can we do now that will preserve what we value, prepare us for this inevitable change, and create the better future we desire?
These and other questions will be discussed at a community presentation and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Request for Projects &#124; Local Community Initiatives &#124; Fall 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Schwartz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on the success of this past fall&#8217;s MRV focused UVM course, Local Community Initiatives, instructor Chip Sawyer is planning a second round in the fall of 2010. Now is the time to start planning the course, and more importantly, brainstorming potential projects.
The UVM course Local Community Initiatives is a service-learning course that allows undergraduate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minutes for January VFN Monthly Meeting</title>
		<link>http://valleyfutures.net/2010/01/19/minutes-for-january-vfn-monthly-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Schwartz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VFN Monthly Meeting Minutes of 01/08/10
Attendees: Susan Klein, Rob Williams, Jared Cadwell, Stan Ward, Joshua Schwartz, Dan Holtz, Amy Todisco, David Hartshorn, Gregor Barnum, Peter Forbes, Ginny McGinn, Jen Higgins, David Dion, Tom Barefoot, Susan Johnson, Suzie Snow, Jill Arace, Geri Pocachinni???, Mike Dupee, Carmen Dupee, and John Donaldson
1) Time Bank –    Jen, Suzie and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UVM/VFN Fall &#8216;09 Partnership in Review</title>
		<link>http://valleyfutures.net/2010/01/05/uvmvfn-fall-09-partnership-in-review/</link>
		<comments>http://valleyfutures.net/2010/01/05/uvmvfn-fall-09-partnership-in-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Schwartz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout fall 2009, the Mad River Valley served as the focus of a University of Vermont course within its Community Development Applied Economics Department. The 14 students in the undergraduate service learning course, CDAE 295 “Local Community Initiatives,” participated and analyzed a handful of the Valley’s community organizations.
With local partners the Valley Futures Network and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Powered Energy Website Launched</title>
		<link>http://valleyfutures.net/2009/10/26/localvolts-launches-mrv-energy-wiki/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Williams</dc:creator>
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Do you know:
• That there is a compost-powered hot water system experiment currently underway in Fayston?
• That a study was completed of the total valley-wide electrical energy use for 2006, 2007 and 2008?
• Where the Efficiency Vermont &#8220;Button-Up&#8221; workshops are being held this fall?
All of these topics and many more may be found on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TAKE OVER ROUTE 100!  Bike for the Planet This Saturday</title>
		<link>http://valleyfutures.net/2009/10/21/take-over-route-100-bike-for-the-planet-this-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://valleyfutures.net/2009/10/21/take-over-route-100-bike-for-the-planet-this-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Schwartz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join us and others around the world on Saturday October 24th (the International Day of Climate Action) to raise awareness about climate change.  We&#8217;ll take over Route 100 with a Bike for the Planet event:  meet at Lareau Park at 3:50pm and bike to the General Wait House and back.  We&#8217;ll stop at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UVM Class Focusing on the Future on the Valley</title>
		<link>http://valleyfutures.net/2009/09/09/uvm-class-focusing-on-the-future-on-the-valley/</link>
		<comments>http://valleyfutures.net/2009/09/09/uvm-class-focusing-on-the-future-on-the-valley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Schwartz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This fall marks the beginning of a new relationship between the Mad River Valley and the University of Vermont’s Department of Community Development Applied Economics. An undergraduate service learning course, titled “Local Community Initiatives,” will analyze and participate in a handful of the Valley’s community organizations.
The 14 UVM students in the course will partner with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FILM REVIEW: Food, Inc. &#8211; What&#8217;s Cooking in America&#8217;s Kitchen?</title>
		<link>http://valleyfutures.net/2009/08/24/film-review-food-inc-whats-cooking-in-americas-kitchen/</link>
		<comments>http://valleyfutures.net/2009/08/24/film-review-food-inc-whats-cooking-in-americas-kitchen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Williams</dc:creator>
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Where does what we eat come from?
This seems like it ought to be an easy question to answer.
Not so, in this day and age, according to a new documentary film called Food, Inc.
“The way we eat has changed more in the past 50 years than in the last 10,000 years,” explains the film’s introduction, “but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Yankee: A Discussion of Our Energy Future</title>
		<link>http://valleyfutures.net/2009/06/15/vermont-yankee-a-discussion-of-our-energy-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Wednesday, June 24
6-8pm
Big Picture Theater
48 Carroll Rd, Waitsfield
Free and open to the public
Vermonters face a critical decision on our energy future: Vermont Yankee, the state’s sole nuclear power plant, is scheduled to close down on 2012. Currently, the Vermont Legislature is considering whether or not to grant a 20 year license extension to continue operation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EVENT: “Living Lightly on the Earth:  Your Future, Your Hope”</title>
		<link>http://valleyfutures.net/2009/04/28/event-%e2%80%9cliving-lightly-on-the-earth-your-future-your-hope%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://valleyfutures.net/2009/04/28/event-%e2%80%9cliving-lightly-on-the-earth-your-future-your-hope%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  On Thursday, April 30th from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. at the Big Picture Theater in Waitsfield, Sharon resident Dee Gish will deliver an educational slideshow on climate change, updating the information presented in the film “An Inconvenient Truth.”  Ms. Gish, one of 1,000 Americans personally trained by Nobel Laureate Al Gore to [...]]]></description>
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