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		<title>Teen Scientist Finds Secret to Composting Plastic</title>
		<link>http://webecoist.com/2009/08/18/plastic-recycle-compost-fast-cheap-easy/</link>
		<comments>http://webecoist.com/2009/08/18/plastic-recycle-compost-fast-cheap-easy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ecoist</dc:creator>
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Scientists have said for years that it takes thousands of years for plastic to decompose &#8211; so how did a 16-year-old figure out how to make it work in just three months using local and household materials? The short answer is: a science fair, bacteria, a desire to see plastic bags put back into planetary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radical Recycling: Micronation Made from Flotsam</title>
		<link>http://webecoist.com/2009/08/17/radical-recycling-micronation-made-from-flotsam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ecoist</dc:creator>
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Some countries are discovered &#8211; others are, apparently, built from scratch by incredible artists from floating debris. Much like the infamous Sealand, Ladonia has a relatively short (as nations go) but storied history. Also like Sealand (or Burning Man) its status within Sweden as an actual micronation is dubious at best &#8211; but that has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>45 Colorful Uninhabited Places to See Before You Die</title>
		<link>http://webecoist.com/2009/08/16/45-colorful-uninhabited-places-to-see-before-you-die/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
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We live in a colorful world, but many of the world&#8217;s best colors are not man-made. Sometimes we need to step out of urban settings and step into nature, with no flocks of tourists to intrude. If we would steer off the fast lane and hike off the beaten path in non-tourist trap areas, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Deceptive Insects That Aren’t What They Appear</title>
		<link>http://ecofollower.com/eco/6-deceptive-insects-that-aren%e2%80%99t-what-they-appear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmaynard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webecoist.com/?p=9070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Insects often get branded with terms like "creepy" and "crawly," prompting negative reputations for many of these creatures. ]]></description>
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		<title>6 Deceptive Insects That Aren’t What They Appear</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmaynard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insects often get branded with terms like "creepy" and "crawly," prompting negative reputations for many of these creatures. ]]></description>
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		<title>Fascinating Plant Fakes Sickness to Avoid Predators</title>
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		<comments>http://ecofollower.com/eco/fascinating-plant-fakes-sickness-to-avoid-predators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ecoist</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webecoist.com/?p=9015</guid>
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We all know that strange animals camouflage themselves for all kinds of reasons, from the need to sneak up on prey to the advantages of being stealthier predators, but this is the first known case of an exotic plant that &#8216;pretends&#8216; to be ill as an evolutionary advantage in order to avoid being eaten.


Found in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rarest Insect in One of the World’s Remotest Places</title>
		<link>http://ecofollower.com/eco/rarest-insect-in-one-of-the-world%e2%80%99s-remotest-places/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ecoist</dc:creator>
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(Image via: Pro Dive)
In a world of dwindling resources and ever-increasing extinction rates it is always remarkable to see an exception to the rule &#8211; particularly one composed of a series of chance happenings and involving one of the strangest species and off-the-map locations on Earth: an odd insect that has survived only under one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing Earth Photos: Solar Eclipses from Space</title>
		<link>http://ecofollower.com/eco/amazing-earth-photos-solar-eclipses-from-space/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ecoist</dc:creator>
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(Images via: Field of Science)
Did you know that the longest total solar eclipse of the 20th Century was just over 7 minutes? Solar eclipses are one of those incredible and rare natural events that are none the less phenomenal for being predictable, all the more so when this unique Earth, sun and moon relationship is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>70 Viciously Twisted Tornadoes and Waterspouts</title>
		<link>http://ecofollower.com/eco/70-viciously-twisted-tornadoes-and-waterspouts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webecoist.com/?p=8784</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spellbound by the destructive forces of nature’s fury, we focus a morbid curiosity on twisters. Tornadoes combine more catastrophic energy in a tinier area than any other weather phenomenon. Also spawned from powerful thunderstorms, waterspouts form over warm water and sometimes move inland to join their stronger vicious sister, the tornado, and to wreak havoc [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 Amazing Reptile and Amphibian Anomalies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmaynard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From two-headed turtles and snakes to multi-legged frogs and much more, it's safe to say that the following animal anomalies aren't your everyday, run-of-the-mill creatures.]]></description>
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