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		<title>Contest: Invent the Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are 13 or older and have a genius tip or idea for generating energy or saving it, enter BC Hydro&#8217;s Invent the Future contest at http://www.inventthefuture.ca/
The deadline is November 8, 2009.
There are awesome prizes – but if you win, watch what you spend your prize money on.
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		<link>http://childrenfornature.com/news/contest-invent-the-future/</link>
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		<title>Ecological Superhero— The Human Shrub</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Colchester (Essex, England), a real life superhero has taken root. The identity of the Human Shrub remains secret while the Shrub brings life to the neglected planters of Colchester. The guerrilla gardener is supported by many people and, well, not supported by many politicians.
(link to article)
What sort of ecological superhero will you be?
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		<link>http://childrenfornature.com/news/ecological-superhero%e2%80%94-the-human-shrub/</link>
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		<title>Woodland Farms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Woodland farms (also known as forest gardens) are an agricultural concept which copies a self-sustaining forest ecosystem except that it is made to produce a variety of food that is easily harvestable. Woodland farms have a lot of different things going on in them to maximize sustainability, efficiency, and productivity but they are all simple, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenfornature.com/info/woodland-farms/</link>
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		<title>Inside A Turbine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines, hydro dams, turbines that run on steam from geothermal, nuclear, fossil fuels, biomass, etc.  All of these use a spinning motion derived from rising steam, flowing water or blowing wind to generate electricity. How do they do it? You&#8217;re about to find out.
Electricity happens when electrons start moving around. Running or spinning a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenfornature.com/info/inside-a-turbine/</link>
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		<title>Coral Reefs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 Coral reefs are masses of natural structures composed of skeletal material from by reef-building (or hard) corals, small organisms that grow in shallow water. Corals are found in both temperate and tropical waters. Reefs, however, can only form within about 30° of the Equator. They leave their exoskeletons when they die and the tide [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenfornature.com/info/coral-reefs/</link>
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		<title>Wind Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone has seen pictures of wind turbines— those sleek, white, three-bladed giants, usually standing in a group in a green field. When you hear about wind turbines, unless those are specifically implied, that is not what should come to mind. They are noisy eyesores which, though producing renewble energy, take  a ton of energy to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenfornature.com/info/sustainable-technology/wind-power/</link>
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		<title>Sea Grass: A Critical Habitat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who cares about sea grass? You should. Sea grass is an incredibly important environment for all kinds of marine life. Not only does it support the fising industry with the large quantities of fish it is inhabited by, sea grass processes waste that is dumped into the sea, cushioning the blow on the local marine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenfornature.com/info/sea-grass/</link>
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		<title>Case Study: SodaStream Energy Transfer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day I noticed something that even adults don&#8217;t usually realise. When you buy a product that uses no elecricity or batteries, yet it does something, you need to consider where the energy comes from. To do this, you need a basic understanding of energy. (skip the next bit if you think you already [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenfornature.com/info/sodastream-energy-transfer/</link>
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		<title>Teen Invents Algae-Powered Energy System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found this article on Inhabitat. A 15-year-old kid made a system that covers all the basic needs of a community in the third world in a entirely sustainalble, algae-powered system called VERSATILE. Not only is this system very interesting in itself, it shows what amazing things kids just like you can accomplish when you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenfornature.com/news/teen-invents-algea-powered-energy-system/</link>
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		<title>Searther</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Searther (formerly blackle.org) is a way of getting news about the environment that is reliable, diverse, but not overwhelming or depressing. There is a points system and it is almost like a game, and there are also secrets in the site that you can find using clues. It is well done and continues to improve. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenfornature.com/toolsresources/searther/</link>
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