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		<title>Money, money, money!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne Bashista</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring is here, and Ms. Green’s green thumbs are itching! The right one itches because it’s time to garden, and the left one is itching because it’s the perfect time to think about saving money by saving energy. Have you seen that billboard on 15-501 heading north to Chapel Hill? The one with the sand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An energy efficiency quiz!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne Bashista</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Ms. Green Energy Quiz &#8211; Do you know your energy efficiency facts? Readers, Ms. Green feels like she’s always hammering you over the head with the same basic information about energy efficiency, and yet she is worried that while many of you nod your heads when reading her informed and charming responses to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should you replace your windows?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne Bashista</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ms. Green, I just bought an older home and its energy bills seem high. I’m thinking of getting new windows to help with the bills. What can you tell me about replacement windows? &#8211;Cold in Carrboro &#160; Dear Cold, Here’s what Ms. Green thinks about replacement windows: contrary to what the window replacement industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CFLs? LEDs? What&#8217;s the deal?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne Bashista</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ms. Green, Seems like just last week that I replaced all my regular old lightbulbs with CFLs, and now come to find out that I need to replace the CFLs with LEDs to really save energy and money (and the planet). What gives? Do I really need to fork up the cash for even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Efficiency Incentives 2012 for central NC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne Bashista</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ms. Green, Are there any tax incentives or rebates this year for increasing my home’s energy efficiency? What about financing? I really want 2012 to be the year I get an energy audit and follow up with weatherization, but I want to take advantage of whatever deals are out there. Chilly in Chapel Hill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for a LOCAL (Chatham County, NC) source to learn about green building? Look no further than CCCC.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne Bashista</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ms. Green, My family is going to be looking for a new house soon, and we’d love it to be as green as possible. Is there a place where we can learn about solar hot water, PV, green building, geothermal, and creating a nice, tight house like you’re always talking about? &#8211;Searching in Silk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Resources to learn about Recycling + Recycled Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne Bashista</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WEBQUESTS/GAMES/ACTIVITIES Recycle City  http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/mainmap.htm Webquest for Recycle City: http://www.williamstown.k12.ma.us/weblessons/WasteRecycleWebQuest/ 1st part takes student through Recycle City; end has several projects to choose from) PlanetPals quick lessons in recycling: http://www.planetpals.com/EDrecyclethings/recycle_lesson.html Ollie Recycles: http://www.ollierecycles.com/ VIDEOS: Recycling Plastic bottles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL_qH1ra7J0 Recycling Milk Jugs into Fencing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JQYwF4VyiY Recycling Aluminum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOpGhAdQFEY Lead Battery Recycling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJj5iIwF8p4 Cell phone recycling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCU4o_Ce9PM CD/DVD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate Green Central Kids&#8217; Art + Writing Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne Bashista</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A HIGHER RES version of this poster can be found here.]]></description>
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		<title>Why get a home energy audit?</title>
		<link>http://www.homeperformancenc.com/?p=886</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne Bashista</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago the Piedmont Environment Alliance asked me to do a little article for their newsletter, the PeaPod, about energy audits. So I did! Here it is: When Piedmont Environmental Alliance asked me to write an article explaining why its members should get a home energy audit I had a simple answer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why a radiant barrier is a big waste of money…</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adrienne Bashista</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, a so-called energy expert or has suggested you install a radiant barrier in your attic. Or maybe your neighbor just got one and is raving about it. Or maybe you got an advertisement telling you it’s the greatest thing around for cutting your energy bills. Or maybe your HVAC guy has suggested he install [...]]]></description>
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