Posted in changing the world, charities, community, compassion, generosity, giving, giving back, holiday season, humanitarian aid, leadership, love, making a difference, optimism, philanthropy, spirit of giving, take action, what you can do, tagged compassion, take action, what you can do, giving, changing the world, philanthropy, generosity, giving back, humanitarian aid, charities, leadership, optimism, love, making a difference, spirit of giving, holiday season, community on December 14, 2007 | No Comments »
From Vol. 5 No. 24, December 14, 2007-January 17, 2008, Women’s Post, front page and page 11, is an article about how giving is now the in thing to do:
GIVING IS COOL
Kirk LaPointe
It is again cool to give.
The acute wealth amassed in resources and technology, or in celebrity and shrewd investment, is finding an outlet [...]
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Posted in activism, changing the world, charities, giving, knitting charities, philanthropic knitters, what you can do, tagged what you can do, activism, giving, knitting charities, philanthropic knitters, charity, changing the world on December 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here is an article about a number of knitting charities from the Thursday, November 22, 2007, Toronto Star, Living section, page L6:
KNITTERS SPREAD THE WARMTH
With needles and yarn, philanthropic hobbyists are warming hands around the world
Emma Reilly
Toronto Star
Toronto’s knitters are changing the world, one stitch at a time.
“Knitters are unusually generous,” says author Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. “I think [...]
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Posted in climate change, environment, global warming, green, green activism, saving energy, take action, what you can do, tagged David Suzuki, global warming, green, environment, take action, what you can do, climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon neutral, activism, energy efficiency, idling, Friends of the Earth, earth, planet, world, schools, education on November 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Five Steps to Go Green At School
If you’ve got kids in school, you have an ideal place to combat climate change and the harsh effects it has on the developing world.
According to Statistics Canada, nearly 5.3 million children spend a good chunk of each weekday in public schools across Canada. Imagine the positive environmental impact [...]
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Posted in American, SRI, climate change, defined contribution plan, environment, finances, financial planning, global warming, green, green activism, green investing, green living, pension plan, socially responsible investing, take action, what you can do, tagged global warming, green, what you can do, climate change, green investments, ethical investments, sociall responsible investments, finances, financial planning, activism on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Socially responsible investing, is a great way to show the corporate world that you put your money where your mouth is - in green investments that reflect your concern for climate change. It shows that you will support corporations that acknowledge the risk of climate change and have greened their businesses and practices or are in [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged volunteering, compassion, unselfish, take action, what you can do, what we can do, World Vision, child sponsorship, child sponsor on November 13, 2007 | No Comments »
My boys are both teenagers now. Since they are often on the computer, I do send them opportunities to sign petitions or otherwise get involved online in human rights or environmental issues. Amnesty International has a take action section for children, for example.
We also sponsor four boys from Armenia through World Vision, which has let us all [...]
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