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	<title>The Soft Pitch &#187; sustainability</title>
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		<title>Kermit Was Wrong – It’s Easy Being Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Gorel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to write about Avnet’s award for the “greening” of its data center, then I saw that one of our IT directors has written about it internally and he has provided a much better write up than I could – so this comes from Bruce Gorshe, IT Director &#8211; Data Center Operations.  The list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We won!</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2008/09/25/we-won/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Gorel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow-up to my post “Ahead of the Power Curve”  we won!  Check out the press release:
September 24, 2008 &#8211; Avnet, Inc. Named an Honoree in Computerworld&#8217;s Inaugural &#8220;Best Practices in Green IT&#8221; Awards Program
Avnet Recognized for Its Commitment to Improving Energy Efficiency in Its Data Center
PHOENIX &#8212; Global technology distributor Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahead of the Power Curve</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2008/09/05/ahead-of-the-power-curve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Gorel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we learned that Avnet has been named as a finalist in Computerworld’s Green IT awards for “Green IT in the Data Center.”  “Green IT in the Data Center.”
 
We’re in with some pretty big company (IBM and Unisys were also named finalists in our category). But just being named a finalist I think shows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standing Room Only for LEDs</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2008/05/27/standing-room-only-for-leds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 23:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Gorel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[LED]]></category>
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Now that most of us have accepted that we need to do something to save energy, reduce greenhouse emissions and basically save the planet for future generations, “green iniatives” are popping up everywhere.  As much as everyone talks, of course there’s still much to be done and change isn’t always quick to come when there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Sports, But How About Some Trees?</title>
		<link>http://blogging.avnet.com/weblog/mandablog/2008/05/15/no-sports-but-how-about-some-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Gorel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ecodesign]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I confess.  I don’t do sports.  Growing up, my dad was from Canada and when I was a kid, the only US hockey team was the Kings. Living in LA, I went to few games with him when the Montreal Canadiens were in town, but that was about it. So, I had no sports [...]]]></description>
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