My copy of Julie Clawson’s Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of Our Daily Choices arrived yesterday and i wanted to make sure that you all knew about it as soon as possible. This is a book that I am really excited about, not just because I wrote the forward but because I think that it [...]
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Well this seems to have been quite a food related week on my blog and to round it off I have just been meeting with Ricci about her workshop Justice At The Table coming up February 7th. I was reminded of this fun video produced several years ago by Free Range Studios about organic food. [...]
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Yesterday I read a very interesting post and discussion on the production of fair trade clothing on John Smulo’s blog. He was interviewing Joe Turner of Freedom Clothing I am delighted that more companies are grappling with this issue and the need for more just production of all our goods. At the same time as [...]
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I have finally downloaded all my photos and had time to catch my breath from our trip, though Tom is still on the move and I just drove him to the airport for a trip to Pittsburgh and a Youth Specialties event.
It was great to be able to take this trip together. Tom’s three week [...]
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Tom and I are struggling to get our clocks turned around while getting ready for our first speaking event later this afternoon. Actually I should say I am struggling with getting up when my body tells me it is time to go to sleep, he is full of energy and do most of the preparation.
I [...]
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Tom and I have just returned from a very challenging breakfast talk by David Batsone who is in Australia to promote his book Not For Sale. Seems strange that we travel half way around the world to be challenged by someone who lives in San Francisco. His book is about modern day slavery [...]
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We have just entered the season of the church calendar known as Epiphany which began January 6th. This is when we are meant to celebrate the revealing of Jesus as God. We rejoice in the fact that through his entry into human history Christ’s lordship over all creation is revealed, made manifest and unveiled. [...]
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Tom & I have been reading the daily scriptures from the Book of Common Prayer and I must confess that I have been feeling a little depressed as I have read about the judgment of God in Amos & Haggai so the scriptures that we are focusing on in this Johannine synchroblog have been quite [...]
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Yesterday I visited the Ten Thousand Villages store near us to buy a wedding present. I was impressed with the rich array of goods available from this wonderful store in which everything is fair traded – from the beautiful plant pots (obviously one of my weaknesses as I am a keen gardener) to the scarves [...]
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