The Changes

Changes tagged with 'local'

do you love farmers markets?

Written by Kate on 26 July, 2010

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Do you have a local farmers market near you that you love?

My ChangeEverything challenge for you this week:

Share a reason why you love farmers markets so that people who do not yet frequent them, might be inspired to check one or two out.

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Free Range YouTopia Grant

Written by Toby on 17 November, 2009

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Please help us spread our message about the value of recognition and appreciation.

Vote for us in our quest for the 2009 YouTopia Grant that will help one company share it's message with the world: http://bit.ly/7QUyK

Thank you for support!

Shop locally

Written by Elizabeth Kidd on 27 July, 2009

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By shopping at local stores, not chains, and by buying food produced regionally, I hope to help reduce our carbon footprint.

Get local business involved in contributing financially to local charitable causes

Written by WomenInBusinessgirl on 19 June, 2009

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Local businesses should participate in local causes - they can make small but significant changes. Think of the advertising they do - can they not pick a company that focuses on eco-printing? Can they not donate to a charity to have their logo displayed there, instead of on another company's billboard? The list goes on...

Vote For A Change!

Written by NolaM on 25 April, 2007

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Environment

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I was doing some Internet researching and came across this really cool site. It's at globalcitizens.ca and it facilitates massive voting by community members on issues that the government commonly ignores us on. The topics up right now are:

-the wood burning power plant scheduled to be built in Southeast False Creek

-the Expansion of the #1 Highway

-the privatization of our energy sources (how our rivers are being contracted for 40years to private companies)

-the scheduled developments on UBC campus including the clear cutting of the endowment lands in order to build residences.

I sent the website an e-mailed and they got back to me letting me know that there would be more topics up soon, and inviting me to post my own topics. Apparently what they wanted was to have the whole community posting topics, and voting on them, in order to redirect power over local issues to the citizens of that local community. Anyways, check it out. If everyone started using this system we could really evoke change!

Otesha Bike Tour

Written by riotpirate on 27 March, 2007

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Shop locally with a small business instead of Walmart & help the environment

Written by rwong on 28 December, 2006

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After watching a documentary on Walmart I decided I would never shop there again. Why you ask?

Walmart may not be a socially responsible company. If you shop there you could be contributing to a company which has closed almost every store which has tried to unionize, it treats its suppliers suspiciously.....I'll explain in a bit, and says its a good company by reducing prices everyday.