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	<title>Bioregional Animism</title>
	<link>http://bioregionalanimism.org</link>
	<description>It puts you in your place . . .</description>
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		<title>Convergance 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On The Summer Solstice we will be holding The First Annual Bioregional Animist Convergence on Lummi Island in Washington State, USA.



What are you doing to celebrate and commune with your surroundings for this special event?]]></description>
		<link>http://bioregionalanimism.org/blog/2008/06/17/countdown-to-convergance-2008</link>
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		<title>Philosophy and Research Design: How Does Science Know?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What’s piqued my interest these last few days is the design of research methodology. The current research paradigm in the West still glows with the logical empiricism of early 20th century thought, divided into qualitative and quantitative research. Very limited methods of measurement and analysis are accepted. Thus, Science is rather lopsided, as it’s only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioregionalanimism.org/incommunicado/2008/07/03/philosophy-and-research-design-how-does-science-know/</link>
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		<title>Thumbs, Toes, and Tears: Behind the Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;ve decided to read a book that&#8217;s irked me off for a while:  Thumbs, Toes, and Tears: And Other Traits that Make Us Human by Chip Walter. But I started reading it in the bookstore, and saw another opportunity to dissect something&#8230;.and to feed my book addiction, of course.
From the back cover:
Among the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioregionalanimism.org/incommunicado/2008/07/01/thumbs-toes-and-tears-behind-the-times/</link>
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		<title>Acadian Food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Acadians are French-speakers who live in the French-speaking areas of Atlantic Canada. This takes in parts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Iles-de-la-Madeleine and Prince Edward Island, as well as parts of Maine in America. They have their own, very unique food heritage, which evolved away from that of France, while staying different from that of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioregionalanimism.org/firstpeoples/2008/06/30/acadian-food/</link>
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		<title>FiddleHead Chowder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiddlehead Chowder
2 tablespoons butter
Extra-virgin olive oil
1 bunch scallions, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
6 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves only
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
6 cups vegetable stock
2 cups heavy cream
2 potatoes, peeled and diced
6 ears corn (early corn adds a sweeter taste)
1 1/2  pound fiddle heads, chopped
Sea Salt and freshly ground black pepper (to  taste)
Cracked red pepper [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioregionalanimism.org/firstpeoples/2008/06/30/fiddlehead-chowder/</link>
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		<title>Caribou Rosemary and Partridgeberry Stew</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A very interesting combination of flavours here. The sharpness of the partridgeberries balances out the sweetness of the vegetables and the earthy flavour of the rosemary goes well with the caribou. The recipe calls for the potatoes to be in the stew but I always like mine roasted on the side along with some roasted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioregionalanimism.org/firstpeoples/2008/06/30/caribou-rosemary-and-partridgeberry-stew/</link>
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		<title>New energy law expected to spark alternative fuel use, conservation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New energy law expected to spark alternative fuel use, conservation
 By RICHIE DAVIS Recorder Staff
Published: Saturday, June 28, 2008
The Legislature this week passed a sweeping energy reform package that promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy across Massachusetts.
The Green Communities Act requires electric utilities to consider all available energy resources when purchasing power, and allows &#8221;net [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioregionalanimism.org/firstpeoples/2008/06/29/new-energy-law-expected-to-spark-alternative-fuel-use-conservation/</link>
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		<title>The Wolf and the Milky Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[*From My friend White Wolf~
This story was told to me by an old man. His Cherokee name was
Gansdi-Stick. Some people say it was a dog that made the Milky Way but
he was told it was the wolf. He said only the wolf could be so crafty
as to make the stars&#8230;
There were people in the southern [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioregionalanimism.org/firstpeoples/2008/06/29/the-wolf-and-the-milky-way-2/</link>
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		<title>Elder Meditation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elder&#8217;s Meditation of the Day - June 12
&#8220;The faces of our future generations are looking up to us from the earth and we step with great care not to disturb our grandchildren.&#8221;
&#8211;Traditional Circle of Elders
The leaves, when they are finished with their life on the trees, will return to the Earth. The leaves that return [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bioregionalanimism.org/firstpeoples/2008/06/29/elder-meditation-5/</link>
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		<title>When Stones Come to Life - Ojibwa people, and others, who practice animism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Intersesting read :
Researchers ponder the curious human tendency to view all sorts of things as alive.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_23_155/ai_55017618/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1
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		<link>http://bioregionalanimism.org/firstpeoples/2008/06/28/when-stones-come-to-life-ojibwa-people-and-others-who-practice-animism/</link>
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