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		<title>Monitor Your Power Consumption With Belkin Conserve Insight</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/monitor-your-power-consumption-with-belkin-conserve-insight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mayuri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eco Gadgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adapter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belkin Conserve Insight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell charger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=40457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder how much power your TV, microwave, or cell charger uses, and how? All of us likes being lazy and that is why with newer technologies the designers keep coming up with products that do things for us smarter and faster. But they all consume more and more electricity and to keep all the gadgets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Corn (Ethanol) Conundrum</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/the-corn-ethanol-conundrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel's carbon footprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corn-based biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corn-based ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethanol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food crop displacement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gas emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-carbon renewable fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petroleum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US ethanol industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US federal government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=32777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While corn-based biofuel, particularly corn-based ethanol, has been touted to be the most viable alternative to petroleum and other fossil fuels, the production of such grain-based alternative has sparked many a debate as to its supposed environmental sustainability. Food crop displacement is just one of the trade-offs in the burgeoning ethanol industry. Nowhere is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Planetary Predicament: Overconsumption</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/the-real-planetary-predicament-overconsumption/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/the-real-planetary-predicament-overconsumption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society &amp; Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon dioxide emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China’s one-child policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change problem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exponential population growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fertility rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forced vasectomies in India and China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overconsumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poor countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[population growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Princeton Environmental Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rich countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world population explosion problem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=24239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a popular notion that to effectively solve climate change and other environmental ills, the problem of ‘exponential population growth’ has to be necessarily solved. Strict birth control is touted to prevent doomsday. In the past, there had been concrete efforts to stem the burgeoning human population on the planet. Forced vasectomies were conducted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blaming population growth is ignoring the real issue: consumption</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/blaming-population-growth-is-ignoring-the-real-issue-consumption/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/blaming-population-growth-is-ignoring-the-real-issue-consumption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society &amp; Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[average number of children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burgeoning human population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[declining birth rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ever-ballooning population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finite resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growth rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[least developed nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[population boom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[population explosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[population growth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[population problem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[population statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rate of population growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=24235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Eighteen centuries ago, the population of the world was only approximately 200 million. Today, it is 34 times that number. The ever-ballooning human population is deemed as the single biggest problem facing the planet. ‘There are nearly 7 billion humans alive today, twice as many as there were in 1965, with 75 million more being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Weakness of Income</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/the-weakness-of-income/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/the-weakness-of-income/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society &amp; Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comfort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contentment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[convenience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disparity in income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disparity in resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic divide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[further opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[limited resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poor health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social divide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[socioeconomic well-being]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standard of living]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=11500</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are indicators of socioeconomic well-being, and all these are materially measured. They may all contribute positively to a person’s comfort, convenience, mobility, freedom, and further opportunity in life. On the other hand, these material manifestations are not distributed equally in society. That is why if these provide advantage to one person who has more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conspicuous Consumption</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/conspicuous-consumption/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/conspicuous-consumption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Finds of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conspicuous consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[free market economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[material goods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[producers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[puchasing power]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[savings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=11497</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When income does not go to savings, it generally ends up in the realm of consumption. The principle of consumption rests on the concept of disposable income. When one has more income to spend, he has the bigger opportunity to consume. Consumption is rather attractive and tempting, at times. In a free world, there really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Hour for the Planet</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/an-hour-for-the-planet/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/an-hour-for-the-planet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turn off lights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WWF]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=10174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The current crisis presents an advantage. It gives us food for thought, introspection, and discussion. There are those who prefer to be detached from the present moment and look further. There are some who believe that this crisis can be a unique opportunity to dismantle the status quo and fight to change the rules of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethics of Consumption</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/ethics-of-consumption/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/ethics-of-consumption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society &amp; Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purchasing power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=9916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ethical responsibilities of consumers pertain to the ethics of consumption. Brinkmann and Peattie (2008) found that “Consumer researchers and ethicists alike seem interested in how freedom of choice is handled, how information is handled, and how choices are made, using more or less rational criteria.” This means that consumer behavior is greatly seen in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LCD or Plasma: Crack the Confusion of Energy Consumption</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/lcd-or-plasma-crack-the-confusion-of-energy-consumption/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/lcd-or-plasma-crack-the-confusion-of-energy-consumption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[battle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[florescent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LCD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plasma TV]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=6654</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The minute you decide to get a new TV for your living room, the first question that pops up in your head is- which one should I go for, LCD or plasma TV? Then you start comparing the prices, the companies, specifications, offers and what not. But, it’s not just the one-time investment price we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BUY NOTHING DAY: Perfect Timing for an Advertising Campaign</title>
		<link>http://trendsupdates.com/buy-nothing-day-perfect-timing-for-an-advertising-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://trendsupdates.com/buy-nothing-day-perfect-timing-for-an-advertising-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GSerrano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy nothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zero spending]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://trendsupdates.com/?p=2037</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The BUY NOTHING DAY awareness ad campaign comes at a perfect time when the whole world, especially the US, is in economic recession. It’s a call to action to save money and natural resources. The campaign, thus, asks people to consume less. The campaign runs after Thanksgiving precisely to convince people not to indulge in [...]]]></description>
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