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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
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Flowers are pretty, but what if you could grow and share fruit and vegetables from your neighborhood? Fruits and vegetables are pretty and tasty, especially, when the it comes from your neighborhood!
- Local food is "kind of a big deal..." (paraphrasing Ron Burgundy/Will Ferrell - Local Foods Plus)
- not far from the tree has put together a neighbourhood fruit gathering project that combines local, community building, and waste reduction.
- You can't go wrong with a 1/3 split of the fruit haul from backyard trees between the volunteer pickers, the tree owners and local food banks and shelters.
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
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Can we put our personal actions and values into our work? Here are a few sites that present jobs and advice for people who are looking for work that is about more than the bottom line.
- GoodWork - Canadian green job site - can search by cities and keywords
- Idealist - International job site - most postings are for US NGOs - great networking site
- Charity Village - Canada's NGO and non-profit clearinghouse - loads of ideas for job searches
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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What would fair trade look like in a musical context? At the least, some initial criteria might include:
- fair share of royalties and support for musicians in between royalty payments
- artist control over musical content
- artistic rights respected (copyright, creative commons or some other form of (un) "ownership" of music
- cultural respect (not-stealing tunes or recordings)
Coldplay plays "In my head" at a fair trade benefit...they are enthusiastic supporters of OXFAM and fair trade!
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