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		<title>Short week, long days&#8230; Farewell USDS!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our week began with a tired looking group of USDS ‘09ers stumbling into the studio to put together our final presentations.  After refreshing ourselves on the Hot House projects (that seemed to have occurred so long ago), we assigned roles and set out our agenda– incorporating the infamous “divide and conquer” strategy that Peter and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foresightdesign.org/usds/blog/?p=346</link>
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		<title>Robots, Whales, and Beowulf:  USDS Week 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What might these things have to do with urban sustainability?  Well, fair readers, the answer is nothing.  They have, however, had much to do with keeping the USDS 2009 participants sane and on track (and perhaps a little entertained, too) during our last full week.  With Green Drinks quickly approaching, we had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foresightdesign.org/usds/blog/?p=326</link>
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		<title>Go, go, Gadget, go &#8211; 7 weeks down, one more to go!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This might not be a cartoon, but I assure you, we’ve got quite a few characters in USDS 2009.  We’re all feeling the crunch as this is the last week to finalize our projects and put together presentations for a dynamo August Green Drinks.  Besides using our arsenal of mental gadgets to get the projects [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foresightdesign.org/usds/blog/?p=319</link>
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		<title>Jello Wrestling Contest! (and other week 6 things&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well we actually didn&#8217;t get to have a Jello wrestling contest, but now that I have your attention here are some possibly more exciting and more cerebral things that USDS got to do this week&#8230;
A nice combination of field trips, discussions, and project work time&#8230;
Prairie Crossing
On Monday, the group traveled up to Grayslake taking an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foresightdesign.org/usds/blog/?p=285</link>
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		<title>WEEK 5 wrap up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another packed week!  The tempo of the summer is quickening somewhat relentlessly.  Yay!  But the USDS squad is a resilient bunch and up to the challenge.
 In the Bubble
On Monday, we discussed the book In the Bubble, by John Thackara.  Technology and production are accelerating at a phenomenal pace, and here Thackara examines the virtues [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foresightdesign.org/usds/blog/?p=283</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;re a cute bunch&#8230;</title>
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At the Chicago Center for Green Technology.  Too nice a photo-op to pass up!
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		<link>http://foresightdesign.org/usds/blog/?p=274</link>
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		<title>WEEK 4 wrap up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! Week 4 was a busy, productive, and exciting week filled with Anna&#8217;s birthday and some unintended sniffles. We are all back and healthy now, and looking forward to the 2nd half of USDS. Here are the highlights:  
WEEKEND :                             [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foresightdesign.org/usds/blog/?p=152</link>
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		<title>Bio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello world!  I’m Anna&#8211;engineer by degree, design enthusiast, and novice gardener and seamstress.  I have a B.S.E. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an M.S. in Manufacturing Operations from Kettering University.  After several years in the manufacturing world, I&#8217;ve recently begun taking classes in art and design in pursuit of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foresightdesign.org/usds/blog/?p=132</link>
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		<title>Alex&#8217;s Bio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone.  My name is Alex and I&#8217;m a graduate of The University of Chicago with a degree in Environmental Studies and focus on Public Policy, Law, and Economics.  Our species has a very biological and very primitive tie to the natural world, and it can be advantageous to our developed societies to explore those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foresightdesign.org/usds/blog/?p=126</link>
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		<title>Week Three</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although we had a short week due to the celebration of the birth of our nation, we had an action packed week. We spent most of our time working on our hot house projects. We started off the week with a little celebration of Peter’s birthday. He finally made it to 25!  
The vacant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foresightdesign.org/usds/blog/?p=109</link>
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