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		<title>Singing to “Keep Earth in Business”: 1% for the Planet’s New Music Collection (MUSIC REVIEW)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[1% for the Planet may be one of Mad River Valley, Vermont’s best-kept secrets. Housed on the top floor of downtown Waitsfield’s old high school building on Main Street, the organization (which recently relocated to Vermont from southern New England) “exists to build and support an alliance of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VFN February 2010 Potluck!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Williams</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transitions Potluck Dinner]]></category>

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		<title>Grace (Potter) for Haiti: A Mad River Musical Benefit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Williams</dc:creator>
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More than 160 Vermonters threw down $50 per ticket Monday night to join hometown heroine Grace Potter at the Big Picture Theater in a musical benefit for the people of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The Eames Brothers warmed up the lively audience with an hour of upbeat roots-y blues, accompanied by Nocturnals drummer Matt (a.k.a. Cado) Burr, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book of Eli (FILM REVIEW)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Maybe it is something in the water (or oil?), but American imperial pop culture suddenly seems to have taken over by some strange apocalyptic vision. Novels like M.T. Anderson’s Feed and James Howard Kunstler’s World Made By Hand; television shows like CBS’ “Jericho,” ABC’s “Lost,” and Fox’s “24;” and recent films like The Road, based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FILM REVIEW: Up in the Air &#8211; The American Dream, Grounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Williams</dc:creator>
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The opening scene of director Jason Reitman&#8217;s new film &#8220;Up In The Air&#8221; features a soulful yet deeply ironic version of Woody Guthrie&#8217;s &#8220;This Land Is Your Land&#8221; – accompanied by aerial shots of Anywhere, USA from 10,000 feet up. The familiar tune, repackaged tongue in cheek, is quickly followed by a quick-cut montage of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MRV Talk &#124; Andrew Meyer on Hardwick &amp; Agr. Economy &#124; 2/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Schwartz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Valley Futures Network Task Team has been formed to look at the question: would a local entrepreneurial Food and Agriculture Business Initiative work in the Valley and if so what might it look like? The Team is sponsoring some upcoming talks in the next months that bring in people from other towns that are [...]]]></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>
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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>Community Potluck Supper &#124; 1/24</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Schwartz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the Pleasure of Knowing our Neighbors:
Community Potluck Suppers Begin this Month
Starting this month, valley residents are invited to join monthly community potluck suppers for the pleasure of enjoying each other’s company and getting to know neighbors.  “It’s just like the good old days!” says local farmer David Hartshorn.  The suppers will be held at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avatar: Going Native, in 3D (FILM REVIEW)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Williams</dc:creator>
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Unless you’ve been living in the wilderness of the rural Vermont frontier, you probably have heard that uber-director James (Titanic and Aliens) Cameron is back with an incredible &#8220;game-changing&#8221; new film called &#8220;Avatar&#8221; that has imperial audiences and critics talking. Much has been made, and rightly so, of the movie&#8217;s brilliance: the creation of an [...]]]></description>
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