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	<description>Equity Design is committed to your financial health and long-term economic fullness through mortgage planning, individual financial coaching and group seminars. We strive to examine what holistic wealth means and how to realize more of it through dialogue and action. We believe economic justice is at the heart of community health and we hope you will join us on this journey!</description>
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		<title>Chain Store Reaction</title>
		<link>http://equitydesign.com/2009/07/chain-store-reaction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tony kriz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think Globally, Act Virtually.

Back in the fall, Jared and I were working on several campaigns related to Human Trafficking. It was an eye-opening and often heart-breaking time for both of us and we know it was as well for many of you. Here's an update that came out of these campaigns. Read on for more...]]></description>
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		<title>Reinflate it or build a real one?</title>
		<link>http://equitydesign.com/2009/07/reinflate-it-or-build-a-real-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jared gardner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems the playbook of our mainstream politicians and economists is to reinflate the old economy, to achieve a "recovery" and to somehow also avoid future economic disruptions or a collapse. Is this possible? Is it what we want? ]]></description>
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		<title>Les Leopold coming to Portland</title>
		<link>http://equitydesign.com/2009/06/les-leopold-coming-to-portland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>equity design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://equitydesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/les-leopold-looting-of-america.gif"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-545" src="http://equitydesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/les-leopold-looting-of-america.gif" alt="" width="139" height="180" /></a>Do you feel looted with the recent and ongoing bailouts? Are you skeptical of the scapegoating that has blamed the poor (subprime), or one party or another, or regulation or deregulation? Do you wonder why the circle of Wall Street advisors around our president continue to push to resurrect a cancerous financial system? Does you feel like you've witnessed a game of fantasy finance?]]></description>
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		<title>Telling a New Economic Story</title>
		<link>http://equitydesign.com/2009/04/telling-a-new-economic-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>equity design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.davidkorten.org/NewEconomyBook"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-512" src="http://equitydesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bkkortenagendacoversmal__2_.jpg" alt="" width="116" height="180" /></a>Join us for a two part series where we will explore the roots of the current economic crisis and ways to respond by building real wealth in our communities. We will use David Korten's new book <em>Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth</em> as the starting point for our discussion.]]></description>
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		<title>Banking and Your Community</title>
		<link>http://equitydesign.com/2009/04/banking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jared gardner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the next few weeks we will be exploring banking. In particular, we are asking the question: "how does where we bank affect our community?"

We invite you to join the discussion ]]></description>
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		<title>Save the Date! Grassroots Local Economy</title>
		<link>http://equitydesign.com/2009/02/save-the-date-grassroots-local-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>equity design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have ever wanted to rip up that lawn and put it to productive use, if you have ever wanted to serve seniors in your neighborhood or make a difference in the lives of the working poor in our community, then this is for you. Come learn how you can make a difference in your community. (Read more...)]]></description>
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		<title>Local Energy?</title>
		<link>http://equitydesign.com/2009/02/local-energ/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>equity design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can energy be produced locally? Can our communities become energy independent? Can you envision neighborhood heat and hot water powered from its own resources? Would you invest in renewable energy technology if you were assured it would pay you quickly? If energy independence was truly in your hands, would you act on it? Join Equity Design and partners as we explore these and other energy questions. <!--more-->]]></description>
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		<title>Agenda For a New Economy &#8211; Book Study</title>
		<link>http://equitydesign.com/2009/01/agenda-for-a-new-economy-book-study/</link>
		<comments>http://equitydesign.com/2009/01/agenda-for-a-new-economy-book-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jared gardner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's economic crisis, being the worst since the Great Depression, is giving us an incredible opportunity to change our Economic Story.  David Korten presents a new Economic story showing that by changing our economic priorities, measures of success, marketplace rules, power structures, sources of financing, and even the very way we create money, we can build a healthy, humane and vibrant economy.a new economy that generates real wealth instead of phantom wealth. Join us as I co-teach this book study. (Read more...)]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Crisis Town Hall</title>
		<link>http://equitydesign.com/2009/01/economic-crisis-town-hall/</link>
		<comments>http://equitydesign.com/2009/01/economic-crisis-town-hall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>equity design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While almost $2.5 trillion of  our money was squandered on easy term loans to banks and investment houses, we lost 2.6 million jobs in 2008! One million jobs were lost just between Nov. 1st and Dec. 31st of 2008. With a good deal more suffering likely, we are in the most difficult economic times since the Great Depression.

* What are the root causes of the economic crisis?
* What should we fight for? What is a "recovery?"
* How do the millions of people who voted for change help make it  happen?
(Read more...)]]></description>
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		<title>The Money Fix &#8211; Sneak Preview</title>
		<link>http://equitydesign.com/2009/01/the-money-fix-sneak-preview/</link>
		<comments>http://equitydesign.com/2009/01/the-money-fix-sneak-preview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>equity design</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered where money comes from? Are you curious what runs our monetary system? Do you ever have the sense that those digits the banks and wall street report may not represent real wealth? Have you wondered if our financial system is sustainable? If so, this is your film. (Read more...)]]></description>
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