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A good coffee for small offices, churches

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

I recommend fair-trade coffee, and that medium-sized and large churches purchase it from Equal Exchange, a workers cooperative. Unitarian Universalists may buy it through their Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Coffee Project. Other religious “gateways” include the Brethren, Catholics, Friends (AFSC), Lutherans, Mennonites, Presbyterians, the United Church of Christ and United Methodists. Good coffee, ethically sourced.

But […]

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Quaker list of fair-trade clothes

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Hubby and I are back from our vacation; we went to Atlantic City and Philadelphia, which later place I got my fill of Pennsylvania Dutch cooking (yum!) and Quakers.

I spent some time today looking at Quaker sites, and found a few things I’ll point out this week.

The first is a list for finding ethically-sourced clothing, […]

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Anita Roddick, 1942-2007

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop chain of personal care goods, died yesterday in Chicester, England at age 64. I want to remember her because in the 1970s, she was one of the first persons to make sure the materials used to manufacture her goods were fair to the upstream workers and were not […]

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Transylvanian cloth

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Even after showing pictures of my Transylvanian Unitarian stole, I could have hardly expected the Apartment Therapy blog — that directory for so many lovely items — to identify Transylvanian hemp and linen cloth.

But they have.

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Parson’s Handbook: avoid sweatshops

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Dearmer, in his introduction, reviews the poor esteem his Church then held for the arts: how commercial purchase has replaced patronage for its decorations and furnishings. Little wonder — it follows — how little concern artists have for the Church. In case the Unitarian Universalists out there have glazed-over eyes, I should point out it […]

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Just when you thought the Chinese imports issue couldn’t creep you out more

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Heads start rolling . . . .

China food safety head executed

The former head of China’s State Food and Drug Administration, Zheng Xiaoyu, has been executed for corruption, the state-run Xinhua news agency reports.

Read the rest at BBC News

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My new sneakers

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

No, those aren’t two unbaked baguettes, but my new sneakers. Despite their dull, middle-aged character, I think they’re rather special because

they’re not made of leather
they are made in the United States
they came in size 12AA

My nearby New Balance store got these in today […]

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My laptop, what it has

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Since I made a big deal about getting a used laptop a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to share what I got for my $350. I’m quite happy with it.

Dell Latitude D600 with bag, original software (who needs it?), USB mouse, charger cable and (here’s the really random bit) a plug-in floppy drive. There’s […]

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Best links for June 29

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Well, best for me, but I know some of you will like them too.

Michelle Murrain, writing from her Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology blog, points out how the United States Social Forum is running on free and open source software. Fabu. Drupal and Linux (Ubuntu and Debian)  love [...]

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Laptop saga: reader, I bought it

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

After much brow-knitting and consternation, I bought a laptop. I’m ready to blog from GA 2008.

I decided to go with a used, but not obsolete machine: a Dell Latitude D600. $350 with mouse and case, which is in line with what comparable machines were selling on eBay. Thank you, Craigslist.

Used, rather than a new, more […]

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