practical creating, collaborating, and cajoling progress for the good of all
From the category archives:
T’was five nights before Christmas and all through the house
Creatures were stirring and rockin’ out.
Santa’s cool def jam blared on the non-digital TV,
As lights twinkled on our LED-lit, ecologically-forested, Christmas tree.
I wrapping presents with recycled paper all a glee,
Amazed by the next commercial announcing an ‘Eco TV.’
I am such a boob! I am!
I ordered a flat, [...]
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Innovation Leads to Unintended Discovery
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/409_cwpowphoto.html
CIVIL WAR POW PHOTOS
AIRED: Season 4, Episode 9
THE DETECTIVE: Wes Cowan
THE PLACE: Daytona Beach, Florida
THE CASE:
A Daytona Beach, Florida resident has an extraordinary set of photographs he believes come from his great-great grandfather, who fought in the Civil War and was once a confederate prisoner of war at Johnson’s Island on [...]
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Fair Trade Certified Labels
One sure way to know an item is Fair Trade is by the label. There are two independent organizations that research and label Fair Trade products. Labels make it easy for a consumer to identify an item is Fair Trade, however, not all Fair Trade products have a label. The labeling [...]
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Organizations providing structure to the Fair Trade movement:
IFAT: International Fair Trade Association works to link their 220 producer members in over 59 developing countries giving organization and structure to the concept of Fair Trade. http://www.ifat.org/
FTF: The Fair Trade Federation is focused on linking North American marketers with producers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and other [...]
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Fair Trade is currently a vehicle to aid developing-world persons with the tools and structure that bring about sustainability and recognition as a person of full dignity and worth. The principals of Fair Trade work to eradicate institutional as well as individual acts of injustice including:
· Bribery
· Child Labor
· Corruption
· Destruction of the Environment
· Exploitation [...]
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Fair Trade is a strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Its purpose is to create opportunities for producers who have been economically disadvantaged or marginalized by the conventional trading system. Six principals guide the strategy of Fair Trade:
Transparency and Accountability
Fair Trade involves transparent management and commercial relations to deal fairly and respectfully with trading [...]
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Our human condition has us throw people into mentally-constructed boxes, close the lid, and suffocate one-another, for the sake of a quick profile. We categorize the profile, and mentally file it away for future use.
Example of mentally-constructed boxes:
Regardless of age, in St. Louis we often ask, “Where did you go to school?” If the reply is a [...]
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Today the Progressionary blog is born! Many thanks to David, Jim, John and Marcia for their encouragement.
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