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		<title>Environmentalist Bill McKibben call to action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[McKibben says that the dire environmental problems we face aren’t entirely unmanageable, and we have the capabilities to provide some solutions, but there are certain groups — like the oil and gas industry — that don’t want that kind of progress to be made. “Until we build a movement big enough to challenge them, we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://world.edu/articles/environmentalist-bill-mckibben-call-action/</link>
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		<title>Palm oil&#8217;s growing fall from grace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here was a crop that brought much-needed revenue to developing countries, produced a highly efficient bio-fuel while maintaining forest cover and could play a role in reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide. Soon plantations of the oil palms were surging, championed as a new weapon to limit global warming. On the back of such credentials the palm [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://world.edu/articles/palm-oils-growing-fall-grace/</link>
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		<title>Progress seen on &#8220;Green Fund&#8221; for climate deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost 50 nations made progress towards a "Green Fund" to help poor countries fight global warming but hosts Mexico and Switzerland said a full U.N. climate treaty was out of reach for 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://world.edu/articles/progress-green-fund-climate-deal/</link>
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		<title>The big carbon footprint in food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everything has a carbon footprint. But when most of us think of our carbon footprint we think in terms of the carbon emissions from energy, such as electricity or transport. ]]></description>
		<link>http://world.edu/articles/big-carbon-footprint-food/</link>
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		<title>New degree offered for environmentally conscious</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arizona State University is now offering a new degree program to cater to students who are interested in the environment.]]></description>
		<link>http://world.edu/articles/degree-offered-environmentally-conscious/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to the fro-zoo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine yourself in a room. It’s full of test tubes, liquid nitrogen and vials of DNA.  Welcome to the Frozen Zoo.]]></description>
		<link>http://world.edu/articles/frozoo/</link>
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		<title>Study shows skin tone is not the major determinant of perceived racial identity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How do we determine the racial background of a person that we have just met? The facial characteristics of various racial groups differ in many respects, ranging from the colour of their skin to the physical shape and size of their features.]]></description>
		<link>http://world.edu/articles/study-shows-skin-tone-major-determinant-perceived-racial-identity/</link>
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		<title>UNE celebrates Skype launch with paper plane ‘fly off’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of New England is celebrating the roll-out of Skype across its campus with a series of paper plane throwing competitions that will reach its climax in a Grand Finale “fly off” on the lawns of “Booloominbah” at 11 am on Tuesday 7 September.]]></description>
		<link>http://world.edu/articles/une-celebrates-skype-launch-paper-plane-fly/</link>
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		<title>Parents’ preference for healthy foods withers when buying for kids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New research shows that while parents prefer nutritious foods for the entire family, their preference for healthy foods is about 50 percent weaker when they’re selecting products for the kids, rather than for themselves.]]></description>
		<link>http://world.edu/articles/parents-preference-healthy-foods-withers-buying-kids/</link>
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		<title>A look at the growing trend of green building in higher education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Low-flow plumbing fixtures, passive solar design and stormwater management are increasingly frequent terms within the higher education world as universities and colleges steadily build and renovate their way toward sustainable design.]]></description>
		<link>http://world.edu/articles/growing-trend-green-building-higher-education/</link>
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