tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.comments2015-05-06T17:09:08.391-03:00Attempts at a Better WorldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08331523044536213849noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-53243873225324093712015-05-06T12:06:43.847-03:002015-05-06T12:06:43.847-03:00Justin as always this is a very thoughtful and ar...Justin as always this is a very thoughtful and articulate reflection on our health system in general. While not really in depth it is a very helpful analysis that might be of help to our new minister of health!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648573404547262587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-5810182686299107322015-05-05T00:39:43.102-03:002015-05-05T00:39:43.102-03:00Great article, Justin!
Great article, Justin!<br />Karen Wishartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-24175685055291131332010-02-26T12:01:24.132-04:002010-02-26T12:01:24.132-04:00a response. not sure if this cuts it or not, prett...a response. not sure if this cuts it or not, pretty good on the environmental front but not a lot of confidence in how their policies translate to action overseas...<br /><br />Dear Justin,<br /><br />Thank you for your message today. We are currently in the process of incorporating Fair Trade practices into our business; however are not part of Fair Trade at this moment. X Tea Company is concerned with and respects the global environment we all live and work in. Below is some additional information about X Tea Company:<br /><br />X Tea’s Commitment to Excellent Tea and Fair Treatment<br /><br />X Tea selects and blends only the highest quality teas, grown and produced by the best estates around the world. We at X treat all our employees fairly, stemming from the tea plucker all the way to warehouse workers at our headquarters and up the chain of command within the organization. We do this through paying fair wages for our teas by ensuring that the standards of the workers are met through choosing only intermediaries to the tea fields who share our vision of fair treatment and wages. <br /><br />We also achieve this by paying fair wages for the production and packaging of our products. <br /><br />Benefiting Global and Local Communities<br /><br />We are also committed to improving our local and global communities. Locally, this consists of reaching out through donations of tea to cancer-related causes as well as organizations benefiting children. Globally we seek to improve the conditions of our tea partners in select projects annually reaching out to key farms. This year’s projects, we are pleased to announce, will benefit tea partners in Sri Lanka with our assistance in building a school, and in sponsoring a Moroccan orphanage that we visited last year with conditions that drastically need improvement. In addition, and in celebration of a new vendor partnership with the Philippines, we sponsored several of the factory worker’s children’s education for 2007.<br /><br />Organics<br /><br />Where possible, we have introduced organics in our line insofar as we can maintain quality of the tea on a long-term basis. This has begun to translate into an organic line-up comprised primarily of single estate teas. When teamed up with our signature blends composed of multiple ingredients culminating in a complex multi-dimensional infusion, we feel this gives the best of both worlds: organic teas and artisan blends to whet the palate.<br /><br />Biodegradable<br /><br />Last year we transitioned over all of our Tea Pouches to a biodegradable material, composed of corn. Once wet, the pouches biodegrade over the course of a year. In 2006, the Specialty Coffee Association awarded us “Best New Product Packaging” for our biodegradable Tea Pouches. We were the first to market with an entire retail and foodservice line of biodegradable Tea Pouches. Each pouch is stitched with an unbleached, natural cotton string. <br /><br />X Tea’s commitment to excellence extends from our selection of teas to the fair treatment of our employees and partners, as well as a respect and consideration for the environment. We strive for excellence in helping sustain vibrant communities both abroad in our partnering regions and locally where we plant our own roots.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08331523044536213849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-59191024844501100242010-02-26T03:08:56.296-04:002010-02-26T03:08:56.296-04:00This is awesome, I love the tough direct questions...This is awesome, I love the tough direct questions: whammo! They basically say get your act together or else tell my why your act is already together: We groovy coffee-shop goers are more than just pretty faces!<br /><br />Love it,<br />Ian EIan Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464890971900335780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-32262319178411287572009-09-04T12:24:41.823-03:002009-09-04T12:24:41.823-03:00My wife Heather has accepted a dare to Bungee Jump...My wife Heather has accepted a dare to Bungee Jump at victoria falls from Blake in the Stephen Lewis Foundation "Dare to Care" campaign. Her fundraising goal is $10000!! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/14tP5MAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08331523044536213849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-54020855862903888922009-06-08T18:57:46.352-03:002009-06-08T18:57:46.352-03:00I believe Canada is a greast country and I have fu...I believe Canada is a greast country and I have full confidence that will make a diference to fight this global recession, I support what Justin said about trying to make Canada, people will start seeing Canada as an oportunity to overcome this global crisis, this may a great oportunity for Canada iif it takes the proper measures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-76682094725991901262009-04-23T18:39:00.000-03:002009-04-23T18:39:00.000-03:00Dear Justin,
You—and over 45,000 other ONE members...Dear Justin,<br />You—and over 45,000 other ONE members—have signed our petition to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, asking him to sell a small amount of IMF gold reserves to provide funding to developing countries in ways that won’t create debt. But as the meeting approaches, it’s becoming clear that we’ll need more than Strauss-Kahn on our side to make this happen.<br />I’m emailing you in particular because Michael Horgan of Canada is one of the Executive Directors of the IMF, and one of the key votes in decisions at the IMF’s spring meeting later this week. Can you take a moment to send him an email reiterating our request that the IMF not create new debts?<br />http://www.one.org/international/goldemails/ca/?id=925-4080965-URZS5Ex&t=2<br />We’ve written up a template email for you to use, and prepared some key points that you may want to mention or just write your own.<br />We know the IMF will listen to these emails. In 2007, ONE members sent the IMF tens of thousands of emails calling for debt relief for Liberia. A few days later, the IMF moved forward with Liberian debt relief, and cited the public outcry as one of the main motivators for getting things moving. It’s time for the IMF to hear us again, so they won’t waste this chance to give developing countries the resources needed to steer out of the financial crisis.<br />Thank you to taking part,<br />Roxane Philson, ONE.orgAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08331523044536213849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-81556210134057944852009-04-06T02:36:00.000-03:002009-04-06T02:36:00.000-03:00i am linking your blog offa my facebook websites.i am linking your blog offa my facebook websites.file13https://www.blogger.com/profile/04254858915038434461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-34662924531519498102009-03-14T21:04:00.000-03:002009-03-14T21:04:00.000-03:00Justin - many thanks for spreading the word about ...Justin - many thanks for spreading the word about our organization! Much appreciated!<BR/>---<BR/>Josh Silvertown, PhD, MBA<BR/>Executive Director & Co-Founder<BR/>DreamCatcher Mentoring <BR/>Web: www.dreamcatcheryukon.ca<BR/>Email: josh@dreamcatcheryukon.caAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-30315797532691678632009-03-13T10:08:00.000-03:002009-03-13T10:08:00.000-03:00Heather, they are red! Not that Stanley is afraid ...Heather, they are red! Not that Stanley is afraid of pink or anything.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08331523044536213849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-59625723399037653022009-03-13T03:19:00.000-03:002009-03-13T03:19:00.000-03:00FLAT STANLEY!!! YESSSS!!! My cousin sent us flat s...FLAT STANLEY!!! YESSSS!!! My cousin sent us flat stanley when he was in elementary school too...i think its an awesome project! I remember we had so much fun finding different things for Stanley to do and sharing some neat stories. Its become quite the phenomenon:<BR/><BR/>http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/corporate/about/community/postal_planet/eng/fstan_about_e.asp - Canada post site<BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Stanley - wiki backgroundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-85330038299130186202009-03-12T18:26:00.000-03:002009-03-12T18:26:00.000-03:00The most important thing for folks to know is that...The most important thing for folks to know is that now - thanks to Justin - Flat Stanley is sporting a bright pink pair of snow/rain pants for the Halifax weatherUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03434218442430363627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-27638083989437918182009-03-07T22:09:00.000-04:002009-03-07T22:09:00.000-04:00I liked your intro a lot. You are sitting beside ...I liked your intro a lot. You are sitting beside me on the couch, but I will write here anyways so that hopefully everyone will start commenting:) So my main thought was that we should have done a bit more research into the ways that our partner's run microfinance in their respective countries - I think it would have been a neat learning opportunity for us and others would have been interested to know this in the intro or conclusion. Let's learn about it for our next microfinance event.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03434218442430363627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-62929190063255271572009-03-06T12:03:00.000-04:002009-03-06T12:03:00.000-04:00This action is not just for engineers but does req...This action is not just for engineers but does require fairly specific knowledge of Environmental Assessments and the process surrounding them. I you had time you could go to http://environment.alberta.ca/1274.html and read some of the documents to learn and form an opinion and then complete the survey. probably not a high impact use of your time though if you don't have thoughts already on the subject.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08331523044536213849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613838986536287577.post-21375829672444090802009-03-06T11:58:00.000-04:002009-03-06T11:58:00.000-04:00Sounds good my dear. I would love it if you could...Sounds good my dear. I would love it if you could include mention in your posts about whether this is something your reader can take action on too - for example, as a non climate engineer, I wasn't sure if this is something I was able to do as well.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03434218442430363627noreply@blogger.com