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		<title>The Comox Valley&#8217;s Zone of Abundance</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/17/the-comox-valleys-zone-of-abundance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/17/the-comox-valleys-zone-of-abundance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comox Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courtenay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courtenay River Estuary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Estuary Awareness Campaign]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Friends of the Courtenay River Estuary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Good morning. Pieter Vorster from Project Watershed and Keeping It Living is on site discussing one of our gorgeous attractions &#8211; The Courtenay River Estuary. Here he is:
One of, if not the most significant, attractions, and natural features in the Comox Valley is the Courtenay River Estuary. An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greet Spring With A Paper Posie Bouquet</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/16/greet-spring-with-a-paper-posie-bouquet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/16/greet-spring-with-a-paper-posie-bouquet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Creative Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comox Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craft tutorial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tutorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Falle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Good morning. Crafting goddess Vanessa Falle is here with a fabulous paper and button flower tutorial. Enjoy. Here she is:
This time of year is so dreary and drab up in Canada&#8217;s frozen north. We&#8217;re still buried under a blanket of snow and it&#8217;s so disheartening to hear of the buds and blossoms appearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SHIFT News &#8211; Make BC Pesticide-Free</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/15/shift-news-make-bc-pesticide-free/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/15/shift-news-make-bc-pesticide-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Shift News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Comox Valley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pesticides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan MacVittie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Good Morning. As Spring slowly creeps up on us, it means we&#8217;ll be heading out into the garden, preening the lawn and looking for greener days. It also means it&#8217;s time to think about what we&#8217;re putting on out plants and take a stand. Susan MacVittie from the Comox Valley&#8217;s own Watershed Sentinel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buyer’s Remorse &#8211; Facing The Barbie Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/13/buyer%e2%80%99s-remorse-facing-the-barbie-dilemna/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/13/buyer%e2%80%99s-remorse-facing-the-barbie-dilemna/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Columnist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bumps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buyer's remorse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comox Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Pantuso-Swanson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Big Earth Media Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Good morning! Karen Pantuso-Swanson is here with another insightful look at the trials and tribulations of parenting. Here she is:
&#8220;Math class is tough.&#8221; &#8211; Mattel’s Talking Barbie
I lost myself for about half-an-hour one Saturday afternoon. I&#8217;m not sure where I went, but another mom who buys high-heeled shoes and Barbies for her daughter inhabited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Break 2010 &#8211;  Ken&#8217;s Picks for Family Movies</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/11/spring-break-2010-kens-picks-for-family-movies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/11/spring-break-2010-kens-picks-for-family-movies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Creative Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Giant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movie rental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movie review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Big Earth Media Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pixar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spring Break]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: If you missed Wendy Johnstone this morning, you can read her post on the Sandwich Generation HERE. Now, here are some great family movies to help get you through Spring Break.
Have you thrown up your hands yet? Conceded that there will be some serious movie watching for sanity&#8217;s sake? We are right there with you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We All Buy Stuff &#8211; Be Proactive About It</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/06/we-all-buy-stuff-be-proactive-about-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/03/06/we-all-buy-stuff-be-proactive-about-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Columnist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green-e-ology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comox Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gayle Bates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mass media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Big Earth Media Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourbigearth.com/?p=16365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Happy Saturday! This morning Gayle Bates is here discussing the mass media and the role it plays in consumerism. Here she is:
Oh my, does the media ever affect the environment. We are exposed to more than 3000 messages every single day, and the vast majority of these messages are telling us to consume, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watercolor Painting In the Waldorf Style</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/27/watercolor-painting-in-the-waldorf-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/27/watercolor-painting-in-the-waldorf-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Columnist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kid-Led Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comox Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Big Earth Media Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[painting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Watkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tutorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waldorf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waldorf-Inspired learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watercolor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watercolor paints]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: If you missed Robin&#8217;s review of Canadian author Wayson Choy&#8217;s fabulous novel All That Matters, you can read it HERE. This afternoon, we have Waldorf educator Rebecca Watkin back on site with a look at the Waldorf method of watercolor painting. Here she is:
A Painting Verse
The sunlight shines into each day
And sends the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Enjoy Home Cooked Meals, Don&#8217;t Fret About Calories</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/26/enjoy-home-cooked-meals-dont-fret-about-calories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/26/enjoy-home-cooked-meals-dont-fret-about-calories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Columnist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Healthy Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comox Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entertaining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Esther Kane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health and wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home-cooked]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home-cooked meals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Big Earth Medica Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Happy Friday! Esther Kane is here with ten great tips for healthy, happy eating and entertaining. Here she is:
I recently had the pleasure of visiting my grandmother Ruth in London, England, which I am lucky enough to do once a year. Although it’s quite the schlep to get there and the jet-lag is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Forever Family &#8211; Adopting Children from Near &amp; Far</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/25/the-forever-family-adopting-children-from-near-far/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/25/the-forever-family-adopting-children-from-near-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Columnist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bumps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comox Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forever family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Big Earth Media Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robin Blackburn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourbigearth.com/?p=16116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Good Morning. Many of us have thought about adopting children at some point in our lives and I have always been a huge admirer of couples who choose to go that route. Today, Robin Blackburn introduces you to her story &#8211; about two beautiful children who found their forever family with Robin and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Remember Your Teens? Start There with Your Teenagers</title>
		<link>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/24/remember-your-teens-start-there-with-your-teenagers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourbigearth.com/2010/02/24/remember-your-teens-start-there-with-your-teenagers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Columnist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kid-Led Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adolescence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comox Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Big Earth Media Co.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tara Colborne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Good Morning. Today I am excited to introduce to you a woman who I think may be as brave as she is foolish:) Highland Secondary English teacher and mom of three Tara Colborne is here to help us all gain some insight into that scary, amazing and oh so wild world that is [...]]]></description>
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