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	<description>This is the blog of Jansen &#38; Carole Estrup - art, books, insightful living</description>
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		<title>Books &#8211; a new way to destroy them</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2012/01/04/books-a-new-way-to-destroy-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Estrup Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Petra in paper Guy Laramee has found an unsettling way to keep books out of the landfill and bonfire. It is clever and decidedly artistic, yet somehow barbaric. Perhaps it is a sign of our times that society has become &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2012/01/04/books-a-new-way-to-destroy-them/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Housing the world&#8217;s poor</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/06/22/housing-the-worlds-poor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy ideas and observations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cheap homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contest &#8211; $25000 in prizes &#8211; design a $300 home for the world&#8217;s poor and homeless! See what they came up with. What can you contribute? You be the architect. You be the judge! Go to JOVOTO to see your &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/06/22/housing-the-worlds-poor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Underground living &#8211; Safe, luxurious and farsighted</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/05/28/underground-living-safe-luxurious-and-farsighted/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/05/28/underground-living-safe-luxurious-and-farsighted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 17:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tornado safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Troglodytes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine the lives and property damage we&#8217;d save if people lived  underground. Not only would we Troglodytes save on energy, upkeep and repair costs, but if a tornado did hit the area, we&#8217;d already be in our storm cellar and &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/05/28/underground-living-safe-luxurious-and-farsighted/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Day &#8211; war on anything is a war on ourselves</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/04/23/earth-day-war-on-anything-is-a-war-on-ourselves/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/04/23/earth-day-war-on-anything-is-a-war-on-ourselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy ideas and observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writers/poets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Gabor Mate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earth day]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Positive thinking&#8221; is destroying America, and the disease is spreading across the world. Most people believe that the war on poverty, cancer, drugs, hunger, etal, is a positive thing, as if &#8216;war&#8217; has any positive aspects. What results is  a &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2011/04/23/earth-day-war-on-anything-is-a-war-on-ourselves/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Native American Heritage Day</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/11/26/native-american-heritage-day/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/11/26/native-american-heritage-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Native American Heritage Day (27 November) we list a couple of amazing sculptures by Allen and Patty Eckman of South Dakota. Made of pressed paper, many are life-sized, others in 1/6 scale. Highly successful, the couple also creates &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/11/26/native-american-heritage-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Solar power independence</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/10/13/solar-power-independence/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/10/13/solar-power-independence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy ideas and observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency kit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[going solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent arts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much is in the news these days about solar power. Aside from its national security advantages, there is a lot in it for business, for you, the individual and your family. And it isn&#8217;t as difficult as it seems. In fact, &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/10/13/solar-power-independence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another great home idea!</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/07/28/another-great-home-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/07/28/another-great-home-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy ideas and observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic options]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[family trends]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Wisconsin comes this trendy new living idea. Called the E.D.G.E (Experimental Dwelling for a Greener Environment) by its designer (Revelations Architects/Builders Corporation) it is a 2 bedroom, 320 square foot, passive solar home perfect for today&#8217;s much smaller, less &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/07/28/another-great-home-idea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Europe&#8217;s Solar Decathlon</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/07/17/europes-solar-decathlon/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/07/17/europes-solar-decathlon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Ridden&#8217;s fine article about Spain&#8217;s Solar Decathlon covers an antaean line of entries, from the earthbound to what might be a wormhole, the FabLabHouse. All of the entries must be totally solar powered in order to qualify and most &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2010/07/17/europes-solar-decathlon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Otherworldly sculptured tattoo</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/10/24/otherworldly-sculptured-tattoo/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/10/24/otherworldly-sculptured-tattoo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Halloween conspiracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mars]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Natural, created by aliens or supernatural? &#8220;Oooooowoooo&#8221; said the wind. NASA recently published this piece of art. Is it a tattoo artist&#8217;s odd rendering on human flesh? A faded pumpkin awaiting a carving knife? An alien civilization&#8217;s long awaited message of &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/10/24/otherworldly-sculptured-tattoo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>HUMAN NATURE MIMICS NATURAL ART &#8211; The Solar Forest</title>
		<link>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/08/06/human-nature-mimics-natural-art-the-solar-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/08/06/human-nature-mimics-natural-art-the-solar-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jrup</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  THE SOLAR FOREST Neville Mars has shown us a wonderful concept which creates electric power, charges hybrid-electric cars and shades the hotest, some say ugliest parts of our cities. His Solar Forest, animated by Burb.tv makes it easier to cool buildings &#8230; <a href="http://caroleestrup.com/blog/2009/08/06/human-nature-mimics-natural-art-the-solar-forest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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