Specify encoding for templates in case it's not the default

conservancy/views.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def index(request, *args, **kwargs):
             pass
         # These template are intentionally not in the template loader path, so
         # we open them directly, rather than using the template loader.
-        with open(full_path) as t:
+        with open(full_path, encoding='utf-8') as t:
             template = Template(t.read())
         context = RequestContext(request, kwargs)
         return HttpResponse(template.render(context))