If I took my conscience shopping everywhere, I suspect I’d stop shopping.
I had two facebook interchanges on the topic this week, one of which also reminded me of a Lululemon issue.
Here are the discussions. What do you think?
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1. To Foie Gras, or not to Foie Gras
Facebook: 28 June 12:47.
Christopher Flett is a business coach [...]
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A guest post by Dawn Bowles, Founder and CEO of DreamBank.
Photo Credit: Techvibes
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A tremendous amount of waste is incurred during the holiday season. Garbage from festivities, unwanted or disposable gifts, packaging and wrapping, in addition to the vast over-consumption, threatens to reduce the enjoyment–and usurp the true intention and meaning–of the season. As we [...]
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Posted in cool guest posts on Nov 13th, 2008
If you’re anything like me and (former actor turned author) Meg Tilly, you may be increasingly queezy about the economy.
I’m preparing for the worst: a drawn out decade of unemployment, low stock prices/portfolio values and declining property values (perhaps good news for a lot of people I know in Vancouver!).
It’s easy to be casual about [...]
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Posted in cool guest posts on Oct 16th, 2008
I’m distraught. I missed Blog Action day. And all the more distressing is that the theme is something absolutely close to my heart: Poverty.
In lieu, here are some finds on blogs whose authors are more organized than I, who wrote excellent posts on the topic.
Why women are poor in retirement.
The UK Embassy in Russia blogs [...]
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Posted in cool guest posts on Aug 28th, 2008
It’s time to have some fun again – Isabella, the blogging therapist (whose Wordless Wednesdays are a gentle highlight of my week) nominated my blog for this award:
and the deal is, I get to carry on the tradition (errr, meme?) by nominating 7 others with a note about why I think they’re brilliant blogs. That’s [...]
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Posted in cool guest posts on May 29th, 2008
Back to basics www.cuisinekids.com
With all the things you read in the news today, shortages, price hikes etc., Does it make you think that we’re in for some tough times ahead? Probably. But is it any different than it was back in the day? I think it’s just [...]
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Guest post by Jonathon Narvey
Go Green, Save Money
Ever since An Inconvenient Truth became synonymous with the fight against climate change (rather than a commentary on my slowing metabolism and receding hairline), green companies selling eco-friendly products have gotten some great buzz. People are investing in solar panel roofs, hybrid cars and – of course – [...]
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Posted in cool guest posts, praxis on Apr 10th, 2008
Our first Sunny Saturday in forever is coming up, and naturally that’s the day I’d set aside to do my taxes (except for an hour out when I’m going to STAND for housing.) Thankfully, Isabella the blogging therapist, gave me this amazing visualization exercise to help. It may help you too, if you’re [...]
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Posted in cool guest posts on Apr 3rd, 2008
According to a whole lotta people, and Gary in particular, today is “Good People Day”. I’m a suck for spotlighting businesses and people and activities that are doing something right in this ol’ world of ours, so I’d buy into the day even if … I hadn’t already lined up a guest post [...]
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Water and money… some questions, some answers! From Raul, Vancouver’s academic-environmentalist-blogger. (thanks, Raul! you got me thinking, that’s for sure)
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First of all, thanks to Nancy for inviting me to guest-blog on issues of money and sustainability. You’d be surprised to find that there are many more linkages than people think about. For [...]
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