This short film The Story of Stuff has been making the rounds recently and totally worth sharing. If I were an elementary school teacher, I’d show this to my class and use it as a starting point for a discussion on consumerism and its [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
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To me the underlying communication of gift-giving is the desire to give happiness, love, and show thoughtfulness to those we love. Unfortunately these benefits are totally lost when you tell the receiver that someone somewhere now has a goat.
Thankfully I'm not the only one who sees the dilemma of being ethical and gift giving. This year Jim and I were the lucky recipients of GOOD Magazine – a publication that donates 100% of the subscription costs to a non-profit of your choice. So we get a great magazine that focuses on adding value to the people who give a damn. Our gift-givers get to flex their ethics as well as pass on happiness, love, and thoughtfulness. Youth Aids will get some cash to help educate and prevent HIV infections in youth. And just like that "ethical gift-giving" goes from being a win win to a win win win!
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Long gone are the days of guilt-free ridonculously extravagant gift-giving. Not that I’d like a return to over spending and under thinking gift giving, but it seems that the pendulum has swung too far the other way. We’ve become [...]
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Friday, December 14th, 2007
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Championed by Toronto designer Bernard Hellen from Traffic Marketing + Design, the Forestry Stewardship Council of Canada has recently released the FSCXpert™ program. An educational program and designation for individuals that are committ [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
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Bono and the boys are busy at work on the tallest building in Ireland, a consortium led by the band has been selected as the preferred bidder to design, finance and construct the £140 million project. The tilted triangular 600ft. building [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, October 15th, 2007
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While cruising the streets of London I was approached by a smart looking guy offering me the chance to grow my own jalapeno peppers at home. He handed me a small pink package, that looked a bit like a book of matches. Inside were five chill [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
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Congratulations to Vancouver-based Ion Design for their recent work with sustainability initiatives. Their One Good Idea contest challenged companies and individuals to come up with a good idea that reminds people that even small steps can [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, June 10th, 2007
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Apple INC clearly has a strong brand. The first word that comes to mind when I think of their products and designs is “clean.” Its powerful the values a brand can project without actually embodying them in their actions. I have [...]
Posted by: Amanda Fetterly on Friday, March 30th, 2007
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