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		<title>Social Impact Investing for Women</title>
		<link>http://lunapads.com/blog/2011/11/social-investing-women-entrepreneurs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a copy of the guest blog post I wrote for the Social Venture Network blog: Social Venture Network conference organizers have always been mindful of ensuring emerging issues from it’s members get a voice during the conference. After meeting Jackie Vanderbrug of Criterion Ventures at the Social Venture Institute at Hollyhock (a Canadian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Superstars!</title>
		<link>http://lunapads.com/blog/2011/04/bcbusiness-superstars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Happenings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lunapads]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, maybe &#8220;superstar&#8221; is a bit too far. But tonight, BCBusiness Magazine (we&#8217;re pictured here with Editor Matt O&#8217;Grady, image courtesy of Dave Roels) announced  that Lunapads  is one of BC’s 20 Leading Innovators for 2011! We&#8217;re thrilled at this recognition and honour, and to be in the company of so many other great business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lunapads welcomes former o.b. users!</title>
		<link>http://lunapads.com/blog/2011/01/ob-users/</link>
		<comments>http://lunapads.com/blog/2011/01/ob-users/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism & Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t normally like to indulge in schadenfreude, but I need to admit to a teeny-tiny bit of gloating as we watch the saga of the missing o.b. tampons unfold. I was just surfing the o.b. Facebook &#8220;fan&#8221; (not so much these days) page and found this comment to be representative of the trend: &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UnMarketing at Lunapads</title>
		<link>http://lunapads.com/blog/2011/01/unmarketing-lunapads/</link>
		<comments>http://lunapads.com/blog/2011/01/unmarketing-lunapads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lunapads.com/blog/?p=2316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As someone who has dabbled in Twitter for almost two years, a person I started following early on was @unmarketing (aka Scott Stratten). I was particularly attracted to his Twitter name, as it implied someone who was unconventional and forward thinking. His posts did not disappoint me. After meeting Scott in person at a trade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>o.b. Tampons: What We&#8217;re Not Allowed to Know</title>
		<link>http://lunapads.com/blog/2011/01/ob-tampon-always-pads-health-safety-update/</link>
		<comments>http://lunapads.com/blog/2011/01/ob-tampon-always-pads-health-safety-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We often get asked about the health and safety concerns around disposable pads and tampons: after all, it was my own tampon allergy (that resulted in years&#8217; worth of painful monthly bladder infections) that originally led me to start making Lunapads and Lunapanties way back when. It will come as no surprise that we often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All in a Huff about Green Periods</title>
		<link>http://lunapads.com/blog/2010/07/huff-green-periods/</link>
		<comments>http://lunapads.com/blog/2010/07/huff-green-periods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, we were delighted to see the Huffington Post write a story called &#8220;How to Green Your Period&#8221; describing the many ways to green your period.  (Check out slide number 4 which talks about reusable cloth pads, including Lunapads.)   You can even &#8220;vote&#8221; for your favorite period product: menstrual cups and cloth pads are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A celebrity Lunagal!</title>
		<link>http://lunapads.com/blog/2010/04/a-celebrity-lunagal/</link>
		<comments>http://lunapads.com/blog/2010/04/a-celebrity-lunagal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alicia Silverstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebrity endorsements]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lunapads.com/blog/?p=775</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; When it comes to making powerful personal eco choices, Alicia Silverstone is definitely not Clueless; many of you are probably already familiar with her beautiful and inspiring blog, The Kind Life. We were thrilled to see this wonderful post yesterday, in which she advocates not only cloth diapering, Lunapads and the DivaCup (&#8220;I love [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why bother Greening your Period?</title>
		<link>http://lunapads.com/blog/2010/03/why-bother-greening-your-period/</link>
		<comments>http://lunapads.com/blog/2010/03/why-bother-greening-your-period/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lunapads.com/blog/2010/03/why-bother-greening-your-period/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s Slate.com &#8220;Green Lantern&#8221; article questioning the environmental impact of reusable menstrual products begged for more than a brief comment in response. Is making the switch a mere drop in the bucket as far as waste goes, or part of a larger ripple effect? Fence sitters and skeptics often ask us how green our products [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Highlights</title>
		<link>http://lunapads.com/blog/2010/01/2009-highlights/</link>
		<comments>http://lunapads.com/blog/2010/01/2009-highlights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Businesses We Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Girls and Teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inside Lunapads]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pads4Girls]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Scharpf]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Magenta Mandala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peggy O'Mara]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SHE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before we ring in some news about what&#8217;s new for 2010, we wanted to reflect upon 2009, and how it brought Lunapads some great new people, products and inspiration.  Here are a some of the highlights: Pads4Girls expands:  During 2009, we expanded our Pads4Girls program by eagerly partnering with new groups that reached out to communities in Cuba, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shining Lights at Green America</title>
		<link>http://lunapads.com/blog/2009/11/shining-lights-at-green-america/</link>
		<comments>http://lunapads.com/blog/2009/11/shining-lights-at-green-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Businesses We Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suzanne and I are just back from a whirlwind trip to San Francisco to attend the Green America Business Conference and Green Festival. It was an action-packed 5 days in which we connected with some extraordinary people and organizations, as well as taking in the energy of one of the world&#8217;s most beloved cities. But [...]]]></description>
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