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	<description>Transforming Peralta's educational culture, physical operations and administrative philosophy towards Environmental Sustainability</description>
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		<title>Laney Will Tie into Purple Pipes for Recycled Water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LANEY COLLEGE &#8211; The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) will soon provide the entire Laney College campus and the Peralta District Offices sites with recycled water for use in all irrigation. Sergio Angel, Head Groundskeeper for the Peralta, expects EBMUD engineers to begin inspections this week to make sure no irrigation water will find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainableperalta.org/2010/01/laney-willties-into-recycled-water/</link>
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		<title>A Local View of the Copenhagen Climate Talks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people from the Oakland/East Bay traveled to Copenhagen including Laney College&#8217;s Green Jobs Program Coordinator, Emily Courtney, who travelled to observe the proceedings and atmosphere.
&#8220;It was amazing just how many dedicated people there were,&#8221; described Emily. &#8220;I met people on the bus ride to the conference center. You wait in the registration line and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainableperalta.org/2010/01/a-local-view-of-the-copenhagen-climate-talks/</link>
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		<title>Film Screening at Laney: King Corn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[film screening, Laney College, agriculture, food]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainableperalta.org/2009/12/film-screening-at-laney-king-corn/</link>
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		<title>Construction Starts on Laney&#8217;s Athletic Complex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginning this month (December), Gilbane Building Company begins construction on Laney&#8217;s Athletic Field Complex, a new two-story 18,000 sq. ft. athletic facility for Laney men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s sports. The building is part of a larger project that also includes the complete replacement of the baseball diamond and the multi-use field. When finished, Laney will host [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainableperalta.org/2009/11/construction-starts-on-laneys-athletic-omplex/</link>
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		<title>The Bay Vs. The Bag</title>
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Over 1 million plastic bags float into San Francisco Bay every year. Plastic bags pollute our waters, smother wetlands and entangle and kill animals. They also float out into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to join the huge island of plastic trash bobbing the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Although no one wants this kind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainableperalta.org/2009/11/bay-v-bag/</link>
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		<title>Laney Joins Global Action on 350 Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, October 21, 65 people at Laney held one of 5200 events in 181 countries for the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet&#8217;s history. Students, faculty and staff from Peralta celebrated 350 Day, an international day of grassroots action to show international decision-makers that people in every locale in the planet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainableperalta.org/2009/10/laney-350-day/</link>
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		<title>Fall 2009: Multi-medium Eco-conscious Art Class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This unique course covers a brief history of the environmental, Eco-Art and community art movement, with distinguished guest artist and scientist lecturers.
Students create art, installations, visual, oral presentations or performances based on extensive research about an important “matter” of their choosing. The work is then exhibited in a professional gallery on campus or in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainableperalta.org/2009/07/fall-2009-eco-art-class/</link>
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		<title>Inaugural Green Job Corps Graduate at Laney</title>
		<description><![CDATA[200 hundred people, including Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and Peralta Colleges Chancellor Elihu Harris, packed into Laney College&#8217;s Theatre at 4pm this afternoon to celebrate the graduation of the 1st class of the Oakland Green Jobs Corp, the first program of its kind in the world.
&#8220;You folks, all 35 of you, are the astronauts of the Green [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainableperalta.org/2009/06/inaugural-green-job-corps-graduate-at-laney-theatre/</link>
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		<title>Preparing Students for an Unknown Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, May 1, I attended a workshop on “Sustainability and Curriculum” lead by Dr. Geoff Chase. The workshop opened my mind and eyes to a new reality. As a teacher, I know I am teaching students material to further their future goals. Most of my students take my class as a requirement, not as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainableperalta.org/2009/06/preparing-students-for-an-unknown-future/</link>
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		<title>Laney Instructor Lives by the Bike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nikki Ellman teaches ESL at Laney College, and she is one of the most devote bike commuters in the Peralta community. Two or three times a week, she hops on her mountain bike, complete with cargo toting panier bags, and rides 5 miles from her Berkeley home to Laney College. A full-time faculty member, Ms. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sustainableperalta.org/2009/06/laney-instructor-lives-by-the-bike/</link>
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