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		<title>Calling Bullshit on Island Timberlands</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoe Blunt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Island Light Action Alert: Island Timberlands is preparing to log the forests of Cortes Island, near Campbell River. As Michael Tippett notes, most folks don&#8217;t realize Cortes Island is a &#8220;birthplace of the green movement,&#8221; a cradle for &#8230; <a href="https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/calling-bullshit-on-island-timberlands/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zoeblunt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10281673&amp;post=849&amp;subd=zoeblunt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Auntie Civ: You&#8217;ll just have to die</title>
		<link>https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/dear-auntie-civ-youll-just-have-to-die/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoe Blunt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Auntie Civ, I am wondering how a post-civilization society will be able to handle chronic illnesses like Crohn&#8217;s disease. You see, I have Crohn&#8217;s disease and the only treatment that works for me requires me to go to a &#8230; <a href="https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/dear-auntie-civ-youll-just-have-to-die/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zoeblunt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10281673&amp;post=831&amp;subd=zoeblunt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Uncivilized</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoe Blunt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Author and activist Derrick Jensen would consider the label &#8220;uncivilized&#8221; a compliment. But then, he&#8217;s not your garden-variety white California environmentalist. He&#8217;s an outspoken anti-authoritarian and vehement anti-capitalist, yet he refuses to be categorized as either an anarchist or a &#8230; <a href="https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/uncivilized/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zoeblunt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10281673&amp;post=798&amp;subd=zoeblunt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If you can&#8217;t trust smooth-talking millionaire real-estate developers, who can you trust?</title>
		<link>https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/if-you-cant-trust-smooth-talking-millionaire-real-estate-developers-who-can-you-trust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published in Focus Magazine. Ender Ilkay’s proposal for a sprawling resort on top of the Juan de Fuca Trail draws heavy fire. At his public presentation, West Vancouver-based developer Ender Ilkay was calm and self-assured—until he got angry. Then &#8230; <a href="https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/if-you-cant-trust-smooth-talking-millionaire-real-estate-developers-who-can-you-trust/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zoeblunt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10281673&amp;post=751&amp;subd=zoeblunt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Auntie Civ: Why are vegans so angry?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoe Blunt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[Editor's note: Auntie Civ gives advice from an anti-civilization viewpoint. If you'd rather get advice from a vegetarian or techno-utopian, ask one.] Why do environmentalists eat meat? (Part Two) Dear Auntie Civ, You&#8217;re so old and senile, you&#8217;re not even &#8230; <a href="https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/747/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zoeblunt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10281673&amp;post=747&amp;subd=zoeblunt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Activist Zoe Blunt Defends Canada&#8217;s Forests and Urges Us to Join In</title>
		<link>https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/activist-zoe-blunt-defends-canadas-forests-and-urges-us-to-join-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoe Blunt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Interview by Mickey Z, Planet Green A self-described &#8220;journalism school dropout living in Victoria, British Columbia,&#8221; Zoe Blunt lives the eco-activist life and writes about it. For example: &#8220;I&#8217;m standing at the base of the tree leaning back on my &#8230; <a href="https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/activist-zoe-blunt-defends-canadas-forests-and-urges-us-to-join-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zoeblunt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10281673&amp;post=739&amp;subd=zoeblunt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You&#8217;re not crazy and it&#8217;s not your fault&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/youre-not-crazy-and-its-not-your-fault/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoe Blunt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Derrick Jensen on coming to grips with this destructive culture Deep ecology author Derrick Jensen won fame and notoriety with heavy works of non-fiction like Endgame, which compares western civilization to an abusive family where violence is a constant threat. &#8230; <a href="https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/youre-not-crazy-and-its-not-your-fault/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zoeblunt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10281673&amp;post=729&amp;subd=zoeblunt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stump broke</title>
		<link>https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/stump-broke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoe Blunt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You ought to be taken out to the back forty and stump broke,&#8221; reads the message from a guy calling himself &#8220;Bronco.&#8221;* The discussion was about a resort that went bankrupt, leaving hundreds of millions in debts. It wasn&#8217;t my &#8230; <a href="https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/stump-broke/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zoeblunt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10281673&amp;post=705&amp;subd=zoeblunt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Auntie Civ: Why do environmentalists eat meat?</title>
		<link>https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/dear-auntie-civ-why-do-environmentalists-eat-meat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zoe Blunt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Auntie Civ: Thanksgiving is here, which prompts me to ask about a matter that&#8217;s been bothering me for quite some time, namely, why are environmentalists and the social justice crowd not on board with vegetarianism? To be fair, I&#8217;m &#8230; <a href="https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/dear-auntie-civ-why-do-environmentalists-eat-meat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zoeblunt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10281673&amp;post=686&amp;subd=zoeblunt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Victoria city council candidate is a sex offender</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pedro Mora served time for sexually assaulting a minor This fall, Victoria residents have a unique opportunity to decide if a convicted sex offender should represent them on city council. In a refreshingly-honest statement for an aspiring politician, Mora has &#8230; <a href="https://zoeblunt.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/victoria-city-council-candidate-is-a-sex-offender/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zoeblunt.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10281673&amp;post=680&amp;subd=zoeblunt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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