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		<title>University of Michigan&#8217;s BLUElab heads down to Nicaragua</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Michigan’s Better Living Using Engineering Laboratory’s (BLUElab) Biogas Project focuses on the use of anaerobic biodigesters to recover energy from waste.  This group is advised by Dr. Steven Skerlos and is a team of undergraduates and graduates from different disciplines that do work on the project as an extracurricular commitment.  The group’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=648&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jocelyn Maxine Kluger; Biodigestors and Farming in Bramadero Nicaragua</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jocelyn Maxine Kluger, a current intern with AsoFénix in Nicaragua, through the ESW Summer Engineering Experience in Development (SEED) Volunteer Program, writes about biodigestor installations &#38; farming practices in Bramadero as well as cultural experiences she has encountered while in Nicaragua.
Since begining its involvment with the Bramadero community three years ago, AsoFénix has installed biodigestors behind [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=475&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Junzi Shi Attends the Biogas Digester Design Exchange in Cajamarca</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Junzi Shi is a Chemistry and Global Health student at Northwestern University.  As a team member of her school’s Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) chapter, she traveled to Nicaragua in March of 2009 to install household sized biogas digesters with Green Empowerment, AsoFénix, and families in two rural communities.  In May 2009, Junzi traveled [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=442&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All Your Technical Questions Answered</title>
		<link>http://greenempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/all-your-technical-questions-answered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to our Peruvian partner, Practical Action, there is an online and free service to answer your technical questions about renewable energy and water in the developing world.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenempowerment.wordpress.com&blog=3076399&post=326&subd=greenempowerment&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Calvin Helfenstine Shares His Time in Nicaragua as a Volunteer for AsoFenix</title>
		<link>http://greenempowerment.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/calvin-helfenstine-reflects-on-his-time-in-nicaragua-as-a-volunteer-for-asofenix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>saramorrissey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calvin Helfenstine, a recent graduate from the University of Michigan in Mechanical Engineering, was an Intern with AsoFenix in Nicaragua in 2008 through the Engineers for a Sustainable World’s Summer Engineering Experience in Development (SEED) program. Calvin built on the work of SEED Intern, Samuel Schlesinger, who contributed an earlier blog posting.
SOLAR WATER PUMPING STATION

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		<title>A Reflection of David&#8217;s Time in Nicaragua</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>saramorrissey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greenempowerment.wordpress.com/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Hauth, an intern for Green Empowerment, is working in Nicaragua with AsoFenix on a number of renewable energy projects. He reflects on his time in Nicaragua as well as some exciting new projects he has seen installed, including a biodigestor.
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