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		<title>Portland September Meeting: Why Women are Green Leaders</title>
		<link>http://sostane.com/blog/2009/09/portland-september-meeting-why-women-are-green-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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TOPIC: Why are women leaders in the environmental movement?
PROCESS
We did introductions and then had lively banter about concepts and ideas from the book Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design by Kira Gould and Lance Hosey.  We discussed and shared insights about being women and how that influences our thoughts, problem-solving approach and perspective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle May Meeting: Finding Your Sustainable Voice</title>
		<link>http://sostane.com/blog/2009/05/seattle-may-meeting-finding-your-sustainable-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 05:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Topic: How To Speak From Your Inner Sustainable Voice - Finding your green roots can help you speak up, communicate your passion and send out positive no's.

We had a fairly healthy turnout seeing it was Memorial Day Weekend and many activities were going on around the city and how beautiful the weather was. Thank you everyone for spending a couple hours out of your Saturday to share in our discussions.

Focusing in and around the topic of saying "No" in a positive way, we started out the discussion on the Yes-No-Yes concept by William Ury and the book The Power of a Positive No. While the book itself is not focused on sustainability, we felt it was an appropriate topic for women who have a tendency of agreeing to too many things in their lives. Overcommitting, finding ourselves in situations where our gut was telling us we shouldn't be there, or not staying on a clear path to what we really need in life – all of these things we can say no to but it 's learning how to do it in a positive way. By giving ourselves permission to say no, communicating it well and standing strong in our inner voice, we can show others what is important to us.]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle Meeting: Support Your Sisters</title>
		<link>http://sostane.com/blog/2009/04/seattle-meeting-support-your-sisters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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A touching turnout for Earth Day! Less formal than our last Lifeline Activity, our April meeting focused on ways as women we have been able to support one another. Whether it&#8217;s appreciating those who have stepped up to believe in our ideas or those we have encouraged along the way, our threads of connecting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle March Meeting: What is Your Sustainable Path?</title>
		<link>http://sostane.com/blog/2009/03/seattle-march-meeting-what-is-your-sustainable-path/</link>
		<comments>http://sostane.com/blog/2009/03/seattle-march-meeting-what-is-your-sustainable-path/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Looking at your past can help you identify what commitments you want to make in the future
The Past

This meeting was a little different in that we started out with an activity. We had a lifeline from birth to today and we were to write down pivotal, influential and meaningful times/people/events that we contribute to our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portland February Meeting: Living with Less</title>
		<link>http://sostane.com/blog/2009/02/portland-february-meeting-living-with-less/</link>
		<comments>http://sostane.com/blog/2009/02/portland-february-meeting-living-with-less/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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What have you removed from your life to bring you more happiness?
This month we held our meeting in the new Laughing Planet location in the Ecotrust building. A little cold, but wonderful somewhat sunny Saturday afternoon.

Tangible Items
Almost half of our attendees could relate to moving in the last few years, long or short distances. Brie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle February Meeting: Living with Less</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What have you removed from your life to bring you more happiness?
We held our meeting in Fremont&#8217;s Caffe Ladro this evening right before another snowy night. Very cold, so thank you for making the time to come out!

Tangible Items
We started off by recalling ways we have purged physical items in our lives. Jessica could relate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portland January Meeting: Looking Back, Moving Forward</title>
		<link>http://sostane.com/blog/2009/01/portland-january-meeting-looking-back-moving-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Our kickoff meeting in Portland (woo hoo!) at the Ecotrust building. We would have had it at Laughing Planet, but they were not open yet so we found a great spot in the atrium.
Looking Back
How did you green your live last year?
Many sisters had participated in their local CSAs, purchasing from thrift stores, buying locally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle January Meeting: Home Assessment</title>
		<link>http://sostane.com/blog/2009/01/seattle-january-meeting-home-assessment/</link>
		<comments>http://sostane.com/blog/2009/01/seattle-january-meeting-home-assessment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Wendy was kind enough to open up her home for Gina&#8217;s presentation of an sample home assessment by Green Diamond Consulting. Wendy also runs Childish Things in Crown Hill/Greenwood. Thank you so much to both of you for your time and donations!
The Assessment
Instead of focusing on the home, Gina actually perfers to focus on how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle December Meeting: Best Sustainable Gifts</title>
		<link>http://sostane.com/blog/2008/12/seattle-december-meeting-best-sustainable-gifts/</link>
		<comments>http://sostane.com/blog/2008/12/seattle-december-meeting-best-sustainable-gifts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the best sustainable gifts? What gifts keep on giving?
A hard meeting to schedule before the holidays! We met in Belltown&#8217;s Uptown Coffee on 4th.

Ideas for Gifts this Year
Jessica shared with us that she would be flying home and that her family is focusing on being together, food and cooking. She has many little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sostane Meeting: November</title>
		<link>http://sostane.com/blog/2008/11/sostane-meeting-november/</link>
		<comments>http://sostane.com/blog/2008/11/sostane-meeting-november/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Let me start off by saying, this won&#8217;t be the last meeting we cover the topics of beauty and cleaning products and recipes. We had about 12 sisters show up at Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park and each brought their best finds.
Now to be clear with our promotional policies, only some of the [...]]]></description>
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