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		<title>Monthly Challenge: Edible heirlooms</title>
		<link>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/1265/food/monthly-challenge-edible-heirlooms.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/1265/food/monthly-challenge-edible-heirlooms.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[food glorious food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monthly challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heirloom vegetables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seed saving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Allotmenters&#8217; &#8216;hungry season&#8217; is almost at an end, and it&#8217;s that exciting time of year when it&#8217;s time to browse through seed catalogues, plan your home-grown-dinner calendar and get potting. This month&#8217;s challenge is to combine this pleasure with doing some good for that magic thing that makes the world go round &#8211; no, not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New year, new life for your festive waste</title>
		<link>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/1214/diy/new-year-new-life-for-your-festive-waste.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/1214/diy/new-year-new-life-for-your-festive-waste.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DIY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monthly challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reduce reuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giftwrap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solstice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upcycle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been talking a lot about upcycling lately here, so it&#8217;s just got to be the theme of your monthly challenge. If there&#8217;s ever a time when reusable waste gets sent in mind-boggling amounts to the landfill site, it&#8217;s post-Christmas. But as it&#8217;s Christmas, new year and winter solstice&#8230; what could be more appropriate than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warm our cockles</title>
		<link>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/1087/energy/warm-our-cockles.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/1087/energy/warm-our-cockles.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monthly challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy-saving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So we had an October heatwave, but let&#8217;s not kid ourselves, we all know what&#8217;s coming. So this month&#8217;s challenge, inspired by our own office &#8216;winter box&#8217; of communal jumpers, is that we want you to show us all the clever, low-energy, no-energy and low-cost ways you can keep toasty during the chilly months. Have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your creativity can save it from landfill!</title>
		<link>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/1037/monthly-challenge/your-creativity-can-save-it-from-landfill.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/1037/monthly-challenge/your-creativity-can-save-it-from-landfill.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iona</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[monthly challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cycle tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethical fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landfill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[otesha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month we&#8217;re challenging you to get creative and breathe new life into some poor thing destined for landfill.  The options are endless, but here are some ideas to start you off.  Once you&#8217;ve finished crafting email us pictures of your masterpieces to iona@otesha.org.uk. Friends of Otesha are likely to know that we turn quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get a hobby</title>
		<link>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/952/monthly-challenge/get-a-hobby.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/952/monthly-challenge/get-a-hobby.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[monthly challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[random]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chisenhale Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ella Gibbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hobby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spare Time Job Centre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month, we&#8217;re challenging you to make the most of your spare time, hone your hobbies, lend someone else a hand or try yours at  a new skill. Is this a sustainable action? Well it&#8217;s a little two fingers up to &#8216;the man&#8217; action, dossing about in DIY style, escaping the rat race and making, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sally forth with seasonal feasts</title>
		<link>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/909/food/sally-forth-with-seasonal-feasts.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/909/food/sally-forth-with-seasonal-feasts.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[food glorious food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monthly challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allotment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foraging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grow your own]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Clarkson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recipes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seasonal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seasonal food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wild food]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month, whilst the freshest, crunchiest, fruitiest, deliciousest, localest produce is in abundance, we challenge you to hold a seasonal feast. Find a friend with an allotment or a neighbour growing in their garden and beg some excess off them (we can almost guarantee that they&#8217;ll have more courgettes than they know what to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downgrade your phone</title>
		<link>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/864/monthly-challenge/downgrade-your-phone.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/864/monthly-challenge/downgrade-your-phone.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[monthly challenge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.otesha.org.uk/?p=864</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a few years of setting monthly challenges I have to admit that each month it gets harder to think of a challenge not yet done. But this month it was easy, so easy that I really couldn&#8217;t believe that I hadn&#8217;t thought of it before. It came to me as I was explaining to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cycle Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/820/monthly-challenge/the-cycle-challenge.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/820/monthly-challenge/the-cycle-challenge.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 14:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[monthly challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel & transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cycle Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyclists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport for london]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.otesha.org.uk/?p=820</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This month Transport for London are launching the 2011 Cycle Challenge. We&#8217;re challenging you to cycle your commute, persuade friends, family and workmates to join and get competitive about your mileage. You can sign up as a team of friends, a school, workplace, family or even a team of total strangers. There are prizes (and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The butt of the matter</title>
		<link>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/734/monthly-challenge/the-butt-of-the-matter.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/734/monthly-challenge/the-butt-of-the-matter.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[monthly challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[april showers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greywater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hosepipe ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[save water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water butt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.otesha.org.uk/?p=734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bring on the April showers! The sun has only just emerged so it may seem a bit early to be calling for rain already, butt&#8230; This month we challenge you to collect the drips from your downpipe, the water from your washing up and the rain from your roof. Get a grasp of your greywater [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In praise of fuss</title>
		<link>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/680/money/in-praise-of-fuss.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.otesha.org.uk/blog/680/money/in-praise-of-fuss.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvia's Mother</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monthly challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abolition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boycott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centre for Alternative Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Hendry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethical consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethical policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government Consultation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online petition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slavery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sugar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superglue 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[write to your MP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sadly prone to moaning about stuff and not getting off my behind and doing anything about it. So this month I encourage you, in fact I challenge you, to make a fuss. You don&#8217;t necessarily have to superglue yourself to a bank to make a difference. Fuss may also be easy, fun and polite. [...]]]></description>
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