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		<title>Return of the Sun</title>
		<link>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2012/02/02/return-of-the-sun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Welles-author</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GAIA ROCKS!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Hilton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glen Milner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#1057;&#1042;&#1045;&#1058;&#1048; &#1043;&#1045;&#1054;&#1056;&#1043;&#1048;A beautiful short film. I love the narration in Inuit (not sure if it&#8217;s Inupik or Yupik dialect). Enjoy and pass it on!
Set against the expansively beautiful and iridescent landscape of Northern Greenland, Glen Milner and Ben Hilton&#8217;s subtle and touching short visits the annual sun-welcoming ritual of the country’s Inuit population, which celebrates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STOP WHALING NOW</title>
		<link>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2012/01/19/stop-whaling-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Welles-author</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GAIA MISSIONS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Endangered Species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fin whales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaia Girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaia Mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iceland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IUCN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nat Geo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whaling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#1041;&#1086;&#1075;&#1086;&#1088;&#1086;&#1076;&#1080;&#1094;&#1072;
Hunt for the Whalers Trailer from Red Earth Studio on Vimeo.
Fin whales are one of the most spectacular creatures on Earth. They are also endangered. So why is Iceland hunting them? I hope Nat. Geo. TV will broadcast this film in the U.S. I also hope that Gaia Girls and Gaia Guys will take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2012/01/04/arctic-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Welles-author</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GAIA ROCKS!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been in the single digits here in the Finger Lakes region of New York. At the pond in the park, the willow tree&#8217;s slim branches are frozen into the ice. They no longer blow gracefully in the breeze&#8230;they hula! I discovered the ice forming in the river travels faster than I walk; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaia Girls and Guys Needed!</title>
		<link>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2011/12/04/gaia-girls-and-guys-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Welles-author</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GAIA MISSIONS]]></category>

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This is so exciting! Scientific America and Zooniverse needs our help to really listen to the whales! YOU can do what Miho and her parents did in Gaia Girls Way of Water by joining The Whale Song Project.
Biologist have collected thousands of Orca and Pilot whale calls and are asking people to help the &#8220;match&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History of the Sky</title>
		<link>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2011/11/20/history-of-the-sky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Welles-author</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an amazing video! A wonderful way to look at a slice of sky over a year&#8217;s time. See if you can tell which are the winter and which are the summer months, and why.

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		<title>Meeting the Story Seekers</title>
		<link>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2011/11/02/meeting-the-story-seekers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Welles-author</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I had the great pleasure of meeting &#8220;The Story Seekers,&#8221; a book club in Southern California. The girls had read Gaia Girls Enter the Earth, (and then were inspired to read Gaia Girls Way of Water as well&#8230;so it was a two-fer!) We had a great chat via Skype. They asked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind vs. Ducklings</title>
		<link>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2011/07/14/wind-vs-ducklings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Welles-author</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#1080;&#1082;&#1086;&#1085;&#1086;&#1075;&#1088;&#1072;&#1092;&#1080;&#1103;&#1055;&#1088;&#1072;&#1074;&#1086;&#1089;&#1083;&#1072;&#1074;&#1085;&#1080; &#1080;&#1082;&#1086;&#1085;&#1080;Is it wrong that I laughed? They don&#8217;t seem worse for wear; and all of Gaia&#8217;s critters must learn about the power of wind sooner or later!

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		<title>Air Apparent</title>
		<link>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2011/06/29/air-apparent/</link>
		<comments>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2011/06/29/air-apparent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Welles-author</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gaia Girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaia Girls 3rd Book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaia Girls Air Apparent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaia Girls Book Three]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee Welles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I’ve put this off for way too long. But, in my renewed state, I’m ready to draft my mea culpa. 
First, I’d like to extend the biggest apology to my young fans. I know the excitement of finding a book series that speaks to you. When I was a young reader, if I had had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Good&#8221; T.V.</title>
		<link>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2011/06/26/good-t-v/</link>
		<comments>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2011/06/26/good-t-v/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Welles-author</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA["The Beauty of Ugly"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PBS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes. There is can absolutely be benefits to television time. Watching a show like, &#8220;Nature,&#8221; will help you stretch your imagination around the world. An episode like, &#8220;The Beauty of Ugly&#8221; helps us understand the weird and scary of nature. And when we have understanding, we can have compassion for our living world. Gaia says, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Solstice 2011</title>
		<link>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2011/06/21/summer-solstice-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://gaiagirls.com/blog/2011/06/21/summer-solstice-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Welles-author</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GAIA ROCKS!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Satriani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summer Solstice 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Those of us in the Northern Hemisphere will enjoy our longest day, including my favortie part&#8230;the longest twilight, of the year. Tonight, the sun will not set at all at the North Pole. I&#8217;ve always loved the phrase, &#8220;Land of the Midnight Sun! And I like thinking about our Earth cruising through space. It reminds [...]]]></description>
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