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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hazel-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks for this awesome resource. B Corps rock!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The before internet version of this website is a little book I picked up in early 1990.
<a href="https://www.worldofbooks.com/products/shopping-for-a-better-world-book-rosalyn-will-9780345364647/?id_product_attribute=68907243">
https://www.worldofbooks.com/products/shopping-for-a-better-world-book-rosalyn-will-9780345364647/?id_product_attribute=68907243</a> . I guess I’ve been shopping for a better world for 35 years – wow!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Script";color:#1F497D">Julie E. Finch</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">Pronouns: She|Her and They|Their</span><a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#3D85C6">
</span></b></a><a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#3D85C6">why pronouns matter</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">3520 86<sup>th</sup> St., Urbandale, IA 50322 | 515-331-6761 | Fax: 515-331-6737</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> SLI-Public <sli-public-bounces@lists.suffolknet.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hazel Onsrud via SLI-Public<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 27, 2025 7:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Porta, Micaela via SLI-Public <sli-public@lists.suffolknet.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SLI-public] Fw: Your Conscious Buying Voice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to let you know about this neat resource and lovely speaker Mary, who we've worked with a number of times at our library. She works a lot with the interfaith community and has a list of consumption resources on her website that
many of you may find useful. It is not a fancy website...but it is functional!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black;background:white">Hope and Action: An Economy for All</span><br>
<a href="http://www.hopeactioneconomy.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#0086F0;background:white">www.hopeactioneconomy.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Hazel Onsrud | Ms./Mx./she/her/they/them | Adult Services Librarian</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://curtislibrary.com/" title="https://curtislibrary.com/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0078D4;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Curtis
Memorial Library</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white"> | The public library in </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" title="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0078D4;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Brunswick,
Maine</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white"> & </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.climatecrew.org/resilience_hubs?locale=en" title="https://www.climatecrew.org/resilience_hubs?locale=en"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0078D4;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">a
Climate Resilience Hub</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">207.725.5242 ext. 228 | </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:hazel@curtislibrary.com"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0078D4;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">hazel@curtislibrary.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Check out our </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://curtislibrary.com/adults/library-of-things/" title="https://curtislibrary.com/adults/library-of-things/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0078D4;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Library
of Things</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> and ask us how we're working to support the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://librarymap.ifla.org/" title="https://librarymap.ifla.org/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0078D4;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sustainable
Development Goals</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Yes</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">,
we're part of the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org/" title="https://sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0086F0;background:white">Sustainable Libraries
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Mary O'Brien <</span><a href="mailto:marymobrien2@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">marymobrien2@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sent:</span></strong> Wednesday, February 26, 2025 9:35:11 PM<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">To:</span></strong> Mary O'Brien <</span><a href="mailto:marymobrien2@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">marymobrien2@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Cc:</span></strong> </span><a href="mailto:hopeactioneconomy@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">hopeactioneconomy@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <</span><a href="mailto:hopeactioneconomy@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">hopeactioneconomy@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Subject:</span></strong> Economic Boycott Feb 28; Your Conscious Buying Voice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">an ongoing effort to encourage being a conscious consumer, I’m writing to alert you to a national movement, and to raise up a couple of ways you can use your consumer voice
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Economic boycott Friday Feb 28 – and others through March and April</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:
John Schwarz of The Peoples Union has sparked a movement through social media which is getting a lot of attention - see
</span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/economic-blackout-feb-24-hour-february-28-2025-peoples-union/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
for example. It is calling for an economic boycott Friday Feb 28 – asking Americans to not buy anything on that day except for necessities from small local businesses – and will be followed by other boycotts through March and April. People are emphasizing
different aspects of this to show the power of consumers.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Support national groups organizing consumer campaigns</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
to improve corporate behavior: Green America does this really well – learn more
</span><a href="https://greenamerica.org/about-us" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
and take action </span><a href="https://greenamerica.org/take-action-current-campaigns" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Always think about buying less, buying local and buying consciously</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
– for example: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">B corps recommended by your neighbors
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WeYJELoAUO-jPc-kVppGc-8FTkGraTrFRc5ChxrC33c/edit?gid=1423593817#gid=1423593817" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.
This list includes Thrive Market, which is a subscription service that some find offers a good alternative to Amazon for ordering household goods and food.
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Other alternatives to Amazon and large corporations, like websites
</span><a href="https://earthhero.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">Earth Hero</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
and </span><a href="https://donegood.co/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">Done Good</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Towards an economy that works for all!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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