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	<description>The art of downshifting - finding freedom with the simple life</description>
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		<title>Art on the cheap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[saving money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art supplies can be ridiculously expensive, but sometimes ordinary household substances will do just as well]]></description>
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		<title>Too much comfort?</title>
		<link>http://www.freeshift.com/2010/01/08/too-much-comfort/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>trish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[downshifting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fuel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brits seem to have become very soft when it comes to winter. They want warmth and comfort at any cost]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t shop, swap</title>
		<link>http://www.freeshift.com/2009/11/17/dont-shop-swap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[clothes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of going shopping when you want something new, get together with your friends and share all those things you no longer want.]]></description>
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		<title>Having fun for free</title>
		<link>http://www.freeshift.com/2009/07/12/having-fun-for-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>trish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fitness walking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We had one of those real downshifting days yesterday, when I realised that all the fun we had was for free. OK, I lie &#8211; there was some diesel involved &#8211; but so there must be if you&#8217;re going to go anywhere. We headed for a gorge in a local forest. The forest we&#8217;ve visited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Respecting the vernacular</title>
		<link>http://www.freeshift.com/2009/04/14/respecting-the-vernacular/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>trish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[interior design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interiors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[style]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wabi-sabi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was thinking the other day about wabi-sabi, which is a Japanese philosophy I follow, and it made me think of my parents&#8217; house and what a lesson it was to me in interior design. For all the wrong reasons. The house was a council property, built in 1947 and designed by some enlightened architect, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How much are you worth?</title>
		<link>http://www.freeshift.com/2009/04/12/how-much-are-you-worth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>trish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I got a fun press release from Lifesworth this morning. Apparently, in the UK at least, you&#8217;re &#8216;worth&#8217; the most at the age of 46. They&#8217;re talking in terms of personal possessions, of course, not your real worth (don&#8217;t get me started&#8230;). The average mid-life Brit apparently owns about £40k&#8217;s worth of goods and chattels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleaning and the meaning of life</title>
		<link>http://www.freeshift.com/2009/04/08/cleaning-and-the-meaning-of-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>trish</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few years back I used to enjoy a very guilty pleasure from watching a TV programme called Escape to the Country. It was just another one of those estate agency programmes that litter the UK networks (Big Strong Boys, Place in the Sun, Big Strong Boys In The Sun, you know the kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free protection for saplings</title>
		<link>http://www.freeshift.com/2009/04/06/free-protection-for-saplings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downshifting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money-saving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recycling old tyres and left-over plastic sheeting is a good and free way to protect young self-seeded saplings in the garden]]></description>
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		<title>A huff and a puff</title>
		<link>http://www.freeshift.com/2009/03/20/a-huff-and-a-puff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeshift.com/2009/03/20/a-huff-and-a-puff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>trish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeshift.com/?p=45</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was truly heartened to read a story in the Telegraph about women&#8217;s co-operative Amazon Nails, which specialises in environmentally friendly housing, being commissioned to build Britain&#8217;s first straw council houses. Only six have currently been commissioned, by North Kesteven County Council in Lincolnshire, but it&#8217;s hoped that many more will follow. There are many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One step at a time</title>
		<link>http://www.freeshift.com/2009/03/10/one-step-at-a-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeshift.com/2009/03/10/one-step-at-a-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>trish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[downshifting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saving money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money-saving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The DH and I were having another one of those discussions over the weekend - how to reduce our bills and at the same time go more eco-friendly.]]></description>
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