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	<title>Mother Earth Journal &#187; climate</title>
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	<description>Mother Earth Journal &#124; Environmental journalism &#124; Terri Hansen reporting: Environment &#124; Science &#38;  Traditional Knowledge &#124; Climate, Sustainability &#38; Adaptation &#124; Environmental Health. For complete environmental coverage read This Week From Indian Country or visit Indian Country Today Media Network</description>
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		<title>How Least Developed Countries Plan To Energize UN Climate Talks</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/05/16/howleast-developed-countries-plan-to-energize-un-climate-change-talks/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/05/16/howleast-developed-countries-plan-to-energize-un-climate-change-talks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 03:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world’s poorest countries have issued a bold plan to make the UN climate change talks more likely to reach their goal of having an effective and legally binding agreement ready for governments to adopt by 2015.]]></description>
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		<title>Coastal Tribes Convene to Tackle Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/05/07/coastal-tribes-convene-to-tackle-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/05/07/coastal-tribes-convene-to-tackle-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adaptation │ mitigation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[quileute]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Symposium at the National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC will bring together indigenous and Western knowledge.]]></description>
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		<title>Indigenous Communities Adapting to Climatic Changes</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/04/27/indigenous-communities-adapting-to-climatic-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/04/27/indigenous-communities-adapting-to-climatic-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adaptation │ mitigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation |  solutions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[iied]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mike shanahan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than 300 climate specialists from 60 countries gathered in Hanoi, Vietnam to discuss adaptation to climatic changes at last week's 6th Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change. A round up from IIED's Mike Shanahan.]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Day Round Up: What&#8217;s Demands Attention 42 Years On?</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/04/22/earth-day-round-up-what-demands-attention/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/04/22/earth-day-round-up-what-demands-attention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bp oil spill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fracking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=5644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earth Day 2012. Al Jazeera reports mutated sea life in the Gulf of Mexico after BP spilled millions of gallons of crude oil into its waters and followed it with dispersants. Fracking is putting our water resources at risk. Around the country, Earth Day events call attention to ever worsening environmental crises.]]></description>
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		<title>The Time for Climate Adaptation Upon Us</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/04/05/my-take-on-new-ipcc-report-on-climate-change-and-disasters-adapt-now/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/04/05/my-take-on-new-ipcc-report-on-climate-change-and-disasters-adapt-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adaptation │ mitigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hurricanes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[national wildlife federation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swinomish indian tribe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=5588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mother Earth is in for a destructive ride into the future. IPCC scientists give compelling evidence to confirm a connection between climate change and heat waves, record high temperatures and heavy precipitation in new report: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation, or SREX for short. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rights of Mother Earth International Indigenous Conference</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/04/04/rights-of-mother-earth-international-indigenous-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/04/04/rights-of-mother-earth-international-indigenous-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adaptation │ mitigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation |  solutions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[traditional knowledge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dr. daniel wildcat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous environmental network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom goldtooth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traditional ecological knowledge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=5605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch live streaming of the 'Rights of Mother Earth' International Indigenous Conference. Look for upcoming coverage by Native American journalists in attendance.]]></description>
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		<title>Interviewees Sought for Climate Change Project on Flathead Reservation</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/01/29/interviewees-sought-for-climate-change-project-on-flathead-reservation/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2012/01/29/interviewees-sought-for-climate-change-project-on-flathead-reservation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation |  solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adaptation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confederated salish and kootenai tribes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flathead indian reservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the west]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=5542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A pilot project by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Forestry Department, Rocky Mountain Research Station, and University of Leeds (UK) aims to develop understanding to support forest planning to address climate change uncertainty on the Flathead Indian Reservation. 
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		<title>Heed Ecological Insights of Tribal Peoples in Global Decisions at the COP17</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/11/29/heed-ecological-knowledge-and-insights-of-tribal-peoples-in-global-decisions-at-un-cop17-climate-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/11/29/heed-ecological-knowledge-and-insights-of-tribal-peoples-in-global-decisions-at-un-cop17-climate-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=5509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17) conference begins in Durban, South Africa, Indigenous advocacy group Survival International is calling for global decisions concerning climate change heed traditional ecological knowledge and insights of tribal peoples.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Virtuous Circles&#8217; That Mimic Natural Cycles Can Secure Food Supplies and Address Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/11/26/virtuous-circles-that-mimic-natural-cycles-can-secure-food-supplies-and-address-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/11/26/virtuous-circles-that-mimic-natural-cycles-can-secure-food-supplies-and-address-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adaptation │ mitigation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=5503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A book from the International Institute for Environment and Development paints a vivid picture of an alternative future in which food, energy and water supplies are sustainable and in the control of local communities. The authors call instead for circular systems that mimic natural cycles to produce food, energy, materials and clean water.]]></description>
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		<title>Mysterious Disease Killing Arctic Alaska Ringed Seals</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/10/18/mysterious-disease-killing-arctic-alaska-ringed-seals/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/10/18/mysterious-disease-killing-arctic-alaska-ringed-seals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[oceans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[alaska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alaska dispatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alex demarban]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A mysterious and potentially widespread disease is leading to the deaths of dozens of ringed seals along Alaska's Arctic coast. ]]></description>
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		<title>World Leaders Shout Out: Heed Health and Security Threats of Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/10/17/world-leaders-shout-out-heed-health-and-security-threats-of-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/10/17/world-leaders-shout-out-heed-health-and-security-threats-of-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=5445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Climate change will not only bring a global health catastrophe, but has the potential to threaten global stability and security, warn medical groups, scientists, environmental health experts, and leading public figures.
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		<title>Arctic Sea Ice Near All-Time Low as Melt Season Ends</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/10/15/arctic-sea-ice-near-all-time-low-as-melt-season-ends/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/10/15/arctic-sea-ice-near-all-time-low-as-melt-season-ends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate central]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=5419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Arctic sea ice falling near or just below its lowest level on record, there's more evidence than ever before that the dwindling ice cover in the Arctic is connected to manmade global warming, and that it brings potentially serious consequences for global weather patterns and wildlife.

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		<title>Climate Change Hurts Indian Tribes More Than General Population, Study Says</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/08/04/climate-change-hurts-indian-tribes-more-than-general-population-study-says/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/08/04/climate-change-hurts-indian-tribes-more-than-general-population-study-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[national wildlife federation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=5360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Droughts, water scarcity, fires, flooding, snowstorms are especially harsh for American Indians and Alaska Natives, says a new report from the National Wildlife Federation.]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting Mother Earth Gathering in North Dakota July 28-31</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/07/08/protecting-mother-earth-gathering-in-north-dakota-july-28-31/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/07/08/protecting-mother-earth-gathering-in-north-dakota-july-28-31/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=5288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Water, Energy, Climate, and the Importance of Health &#038; and Culture” theme fits the situation of Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation community hosts. An oil boom has created social, economic, environmental, and cultural changes for which they were unprepared. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fever. Climate Stories from Indigenous Communities</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/06/24/fever-and-conversations-with-the-earth-bring-climate-stories-from-indigenous-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/06/24/fever-and-conversations-with-the-earth-bring-climate-stories-from-indigenous-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life Mosaic, and Conversations With the Earth make possible films produced by indigenous communities that describe modern day climate changes from their unique ancestral perspective. How they use age-old knowledge to meet the challenges of a climate in change should interest communities around the globe.]]></description>
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		<title>Philanthropists and Indigenous Leaders Talk Solutions to World&#8217;s Pressing Issues</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/06/14/philanthropists-and-indigenous-leaders-talk-solutions-to-worlds-pressing-issues-at-ifip-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/06/14/philanthropists-and-indigenous-leaders-talk-solutions-to-worlds-pressing-issues-at-ifip-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Influential philanthropists and Indigenous leaders met last month at the tenth conference of the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples, and came up with innovative solutions based on thousands of years of ancestral knowledge to some of the world's most pressing problems.]]></description>
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		<title>Pueblo of Jemez Leading Way to Renewable Future, and Realities of Relocating Alaska Native Villages</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/22/pueblo-of-jemez-leading-way-to-renewable-future-and-realities-of-relocating-alaska-native-villages/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/22/pueblo-of-jemez-leading-way-to-renewable-future-and-realities-of-relocating-alaska-native-villages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pueblo of Jemez undertakes several renewable energy projects, and an overview of the challenges faced by Alaska Native villages that need to relocate because of the impacts of climate change. ]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the International Year of Forests, But Who Gets to Decide About Them?</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/19/its-the-international-year-of-forests-but-who-gets-to-decide-about-them/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/19/its-the-international-year-of-forests-but-who-gets-to-decide-about-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the havoc that deforestation is causing for biodiversity, the climate and the livelihoods of millions of forest-dependent people around the world, a critical question is, “Who gets to decide about forests?”]]></description>
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		<title>Traditional Ecological Knowledge</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/10/traditional-ecological-knowledge/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/10/traditional-ecological-knowledge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talking with land-based peoples on the remote West Coast of Washington State, the highlands of the Cascadia region, at international conferences that draw people from around the world, and even by phone, to sources who have long lived with the land and rely on its resources, I developed an interest in their common theme: Traditional Ecological Knowledge. ]]></description>
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		<title>Wisdom of the Elders&#8217; Fourth Series to Focus on Climate Change in the Northwest</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/08/wisdom-of-the-elders-fourth-series-to-focus-on-climate-change-in-the-northwest/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/08/wisdom-of-the-elders-fourth-series-to-focus-on-climate-change-in-the-northwest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=4866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wisdom of the Elders' latest oral history, cultural arts and environmental science series will feature Northwest tribes strengthening sustainable ecosystems in the midst of unprecedented environmental degradation and climate change.]]></description>
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		<title>Climate change threatens global security, warn medical and military leaders</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/07/climate-change-threatens-global-security-warn-medical-and-military-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/07/climate-change-threatens-global-security-warn-medical-and-military-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=4861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Medical doctors and military personnel may not seem to have much in common. But  they share the same purpose: protecting the health and welfare of humanity. Report by tcktcktck.]]></description>
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		<title>Tulalip Tribes Looking at Climate Change From Mountains to Sea</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/06/tulalip-tribes-looking-at-climate-change-from-mountains-to-sea/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/06/tulalip-tribes-looking-at-climate-change-from-mountains-to-sea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tulalip Tribes are looking at the effects of climate change from the mountains to the sea, with a focus on its impacts on oceans.]]></description>
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		<title>Better Science, Communication Needed to Help Vulnerable Adapt to Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/04/better-science-communication-needed-to-help-vulnerable-adapt-to-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/04/04/better-science-communication-needed-to-help-vulnerable-adapt-to-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An international conference in Bangladesh ended with strong recommendations on how to help communities in developing countries adapt to climate changes.
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		<title>Lessons from Vulnerable Communities Show Way to Climate Change Adaptation</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/23/lessons-from-vulnerable-communities-show-way-to-climate-change-adaptation/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/23/lessons-from-vulnerable-communities-show-way-to-climate-change-adaptation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest knowledge on how vulnerable communities can adapts to the impacts of climatic changes will be shared next week at an international conference. Links to video, blogs and vlogs here.]]></description>
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		<title>Suquamish Teens Participate in Climate Change Summit</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/19/suquamish-teens-participate-in-climate-change-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/19/suquamish-teens-participate-in-climate-change-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of Suquamish Tribe teenagers recently tackled a complicated issue that natural resources managers are just starting to consider – ocean acidification.]]></description>
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		<title>Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Arctic Perspectives on Snow and Ice</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/16/15-indigenous-ways-of-knowing-arctic-perspectives-on-snow-and-ice/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/16/15-indigenous-ways-of-knowing-arctic-perspectives-on-snow-and-ice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mother-earth-journal.com/?p=4574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Indigenous ways of knowing - evolved over thousands of years and characterized as non-linear, qualitative, holistic, organic, based on a spiritual worldview are not used to manage the environment but to help communities adapt to existing and emerging environmental realities.]]></description>
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		<title>Wedding traditional knowledge with science will help Alaska&#8217;s wildlife</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/01/01-wedding-traditional-knowledge-with-science-will-help-alaska-waters/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/03/01/01-wedding-traditional-knowledge-with-science-will-help-alaska-waters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Native’s traditional knowledge critical to helping scientists prepare Alaska’s Kotzebue Sound as climate changes open new passages through the Bering Strait.]]></description>
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		<title>Frequent, Severe Fires Turn Alaskan Forests into a Carbon Production Line</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/19/18frequent-severe-fires-turn-alaskan-forests-into-a-carbon-production-line/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/19/18frequent-severe-fires-turn-alaskan-forests-into-a-carbon-production-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alaskan forests used to be key players in Mother Nature’s game plan for regulating carbon dioxide levels in the air. Now, American and Canadian researchers report that climate change is causing wildfires to burn more widely and severely, turning Alaska's black spruce forests from carbon repositories to generators of it.]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Journalism, a New CJN Column</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/09/earth-journalism/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/09/earth-journalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, NY—Four-fifths of the world&#8217;s population lives in the developing world and that&#8217;s where the world’s fastest growing economies are found, where the richest pockets of biodiversity remain, and where the planet&#8217;s environmental future will be found. To better understand environmental issues in these areas, Columbia Journalism Review’s science and environment news desk, The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Says Fears of Mass Migration Due to Climate Change Unfounded</title>
		<link>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/03/fears-of-mass-migration-due-to-climate-change-unfounded-says-study/</link>
		<comments>http://mother-earth-journal.com/2011/02/03/fears-of-mass-migration-due-to-climate-change-unfounded-says-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terri Hansen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Predictions that hundreds of millions of people will have to migrate across international borders due to climatic changes are unfounded, says research by the International Institute for Environment and Development.]]></description>
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