Posted in philosophy of $, praxis on Jul 17th, 2008
Fellow Citizens, you should know about this:
Many of you know of the infamous Oppenheimer Park in my ‘hood, the Downtown Eastside. It’s a pretty grim park, frankly. I only go there rarely and I don’t let my dogs walk there because of the needles. And other stuff. See image below.
People […]
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This weekend I splurged and spent a chunk of change at a spa.
And not any old spa. The Spa Utopia. Pan Pacific location. Yes, it’s every bit as wonderful as it sounds.
It raised the questions it usually does: I walked by beggars, including women who sleep on stairs and cardboard, enroute […]
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Posted in philosophy of $ on Jun 12th, 2008
Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) a very worthy organization has forwarded this for dissemination:
C A R N E G I E C O M M U N I T Y A C T I O N P R O J E C T
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
For Immediate ReleaseFriday, June 13, 2008
Downtown Eastside Welcome Wagon to […]
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Hal Wilson was one of those teachers they base movies on. He let us stray from the topic at hand into the Stuff of Life that Matters, often.
He was the first person I knew who used the word Integrity and talked about it. A lot. He said his integrity was the single […]
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Posted in philosophy of $ on May 15th, 2008
Every quarter, my Bank (and employer) cuts a cheque to Amnesty International, thanks to members who use an Amnesty Visa Card. Every time they use it, the bank sets aside 10ยข which pools into a three or four grand every quarter (inexact estimates). That’s one of the reasons I’m passionate about Citizens Bank […]
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Posted in philosophy of $, praxis on Apr 28th, 2008
I stopped buying from china a while ago. Between the pet food scandal, the child-toys horror stories, and stories of people in factories with unacceptable working conditions…. I’ve opted out. It’s not easy (just try opting out!) but there are fewer and fewer items with the Made In China label in my house.
Saturday […]
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