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		<title>Detroit Works Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[700,000 people living in a city built for 2 million. What will we do with all that land?  How can we make it work to make our environment healthier and our city function better for our residents? &#160; Get informed and get involved:  1. Check out this great video for a simple explanation of our situation:  Guest animation: Detroit&#8217;s vacant <a href="http://dwej.org/dwejonline/?p=697#more-'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>3/26: Test for Green Jobs Training Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday 3/26 10am Hannan House: 4750 Woodward Last chance to come test for our next 12-week Green Jobs Training class. This is our last call for the April class. No need to call; just show up. Find out more about the Green Jobs Training Program]]></description>
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		<title>Starve the Incinerator</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help sustain a growing Michigan-based composting industry and divert waste from the incinerator. HB 4265 and HB 4266 would hurt the composting industry in Michigan and increase pollution from waste. These bills will NOT save collection costs as source separation is still required. 5/15/12 update: These bills are scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Energy &#38; Technology Committee on Tuesday, <a href="http://dwej.org/dwejonline/?p=663#more-'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>EPA on Smart Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EPA&#8217;s Smart Growth office has released a draft document tying together Smart Growth, Environmental Justice and Equitable Development. It describes the challenges in creating equitable, healthy and sustainable communities, and then walks through seven broad strategies and case studies for each. Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities Strategies for Advancing Smart Growth, Environmental Justice, and Equitable Development &#160; EPA <a href="http://dwej.org/dwejonline/?p=657#more-'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: EPA Attack Defeated</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE (3/8/2012) A big thanks to everyone who urged Senators Debbie Stabenow and Senator Carl Levin to VOTE NO on Senator Collins Amendment.  Your efforts payed off and this amendment was defeated.  However, our Michigan delegation was split.  Senator Carl Levin VOTED NO, and Senator Debbie Stabenow VOTED YES.  &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Today, Tuesday, March 6,  the United States Senate will vote on the <a href="http://dwej.org/dwejonline/?p=645#more-'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>DWEJ &amp; Detroit Works Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday (1/20/2012), DWEJ President &#38; CEO Guy Williams went on the Craig Fahle Show with University of Detroit Mercy&#8217;s Dan Pitera, who is in charge of the Detroit Works Project Long Term Engagement Process (DWPLTEP), to talk about why DWEJ is involved in this process, and discuss the DWP&#8217;s new Home Base for civic engagement. Interview link: RADIO INTERVIEW <a href="http://dwej.org/dwejonline/?p=641#more-'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Renewal: an Ode to DWEJ</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dug up from the archives&#8230; Brandon Gatson, Green Jobs Class of 2009, wrote this poem during the program. &#160; Urban Renewal: an Ode to DWEJ by Brandon Gatson, June 18, 2009 Let’s clean up the ‘hood Rebuilding the homes Restructuring the infrastructure Refurbishing the furniture So the spirit blossoms Let’s plant seeds Not to just grow trees But rather produce <a href="http://dwej.org/dwejonline/?p=633#more-'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Green Initiatives in City Charter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Sands writes about green initiatives included in the recently adopted revised city charter. DWEJ board chair Tonya Myers-Phillips and charter commissioner comments: &#8220;Myers-Phillips&#8230; indicated that rather than drain city resources, the GIST measures could serve as an economic stimulus, spurring the development of a green economic infrastructure for Detroit. &#8216;The main challenge was defining these proposals as economic development for <a href="http://dwej.org/dwejonline/?p=618#more-'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Staffers in the news &#8211; Speak out for EJ</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday morning, Build Up Detroit Program Manager Sandra Yu co-authored a guest commentary for the Detroit Free Press urging state leaders to deny $4.1 million in public subsidies for the Detroit Incinerator.  To the dismay of health advocates, the Michigan Economic Growth Authority unanimously approved the subsidy. A tiny concession is that the Incinerator will have to resolve its <a href="http://dwej.org/dwejonline/?p=598#more-'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Solving the Real Estate Crisis with Parks&#8221; &#8211; dirt.asla</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)&#8217;s &#8220;Dirt&#8221; blog, which has the tagline &#8220;Connecting the built &#38; natural environments,&#8221; posted this article about the Redfields to Greenfields project earlier this year in June. Build Up Detroit program manager Sandra Yu presented Detroit&#8217;s case study with John Saad from the city planning department and Charles Cross from the University of Detroit-Mercy <a href="http://dwej.org/dwejonline/?p=572#more-'" class="more-link">more »</a>]]></description>
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