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<div dir="auto">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!</div>
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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hope and Action: An Economy for All</span><br>
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<div dir="auto"><b><i>My apologies for any typos; I'm replying on my phone with mischievous fingertips.</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black; background-color: white;">Hazel Onsrud | Ms./Mx./she/her/they/them | Adult Services Librarian</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black; background-color: white;"><a href="https://curtislibrary.com/" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://curtislibrary.com/" data-outlook-id="d14aca6d-78f5-4636-9e13-1e75087512cf" data-linkindex="0" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif">Curtis
Memorial Library</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black; background-color: white;"> | The public library in </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black; background-color: white;"><a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/" data-outlook-id="c3eea5ca-4a2e-4bcd-9e70-8b0281969fd5" data-linkindex="1" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif">Brunswick,
Maine</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black; background-color: white;"> & </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black; background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.climatecrew.org/resilience_hubs?locale=en" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.climatecrew.org/resilience_hubs?locale=en" data-outlook-id="662847cd-7f68-42ac-9ee2-46ceb91d7118" data-linkindex="2" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif">a
Climate Resilience Hub</span></a></span></span><span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black; background-color: white;"><span><span><a style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);">207.725.5242 ext. 228</a><span> </span>|<span> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:hazel@curtislibrary.com" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);">hazel@curtislibrary.com</a></span></span><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif"> </span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black;">Check out our </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black;"><a href="https://curtislibrary.com/adults/library-of-things/" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://curtislibrary.com/adults/library-of-things/" data-outlook-id="10d1bbf2-c36b-493d-ba9e-364c9a2a3ded" data-linkindex="3" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif">Library
of Things</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black;"> and ask us how we're working to support the </span><span style="border-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; color: black;"><a href="https://librarymap.ifla.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://librarymap.ifla.org/" data-outlook-id="c8a535d6-f8d6-4436-b3b5-eb74823cac2d" data-linkindex="4" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif">Sustainable
Development Goals</span></a><font face="Times New Roman, serif">. </font></span><span data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb="white" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;">Yes</span><span data-ogsc="black" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; color: black;">,
we're part of the </span><span data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb="white" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;"><a href="https://sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org/" data-linkindex="5" data-safelink="true" data-loopstyle="link" data-outlook-id="0fdafd17-7dc7-476e-84dc-1a21eee91207" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 134, 240);">Sustainable
Libraries Initiative</a> , LOT </span><span data-ogsc="black" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; color: black;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1V2_73jOO8F-tGP8boQ2g3oMevf9-rzo&usp=sharing" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1V2_73jOO8F-tGP8boQ2g3oMevf9-rzo&usp=sharing" data-outlook-id="7fdbb613-b8c3-4191-a6be-7e63b9e384f5" data-linkindex="6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 134, 240);">Mutual
Aid Group</a> and <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/mecollab" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://groups.google.com/g/mecollab" data-outlook-id="e86b45c3-c4c0-46a4-8f0d-4af084eac9d1" data-linkindex="7" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 134, 240);">MECollab</a>.
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>From:</strong> Mary O'Brien <marymobrien2@gmail.com><br>
<strong>Sent:</strong> Wednesday, February 26, 2025 9:35:11 PM<br>
<strong>To:</strong> Mary O'Brien <marymobrien2@gmail.com><br>
<strong>Cc:</strong> hopeactioneconomy@gmail.com <hopeactioneconomy@gmail.com><br>
<strong>Subject:</strong> Economic Boycott Feb 28; Your Conscious Buying Voice<br>
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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 every day going forward:</span>
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<span style="font-size:14pt; line-height:107%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Economic boycott Friday Feb 28 – and others through March and April</b>:<span>
</span>John Schwarz of The Peoples Union has sparked a movement through social media which is getting a lot of attention - see
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HERE</a> 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.<span>
</span>People are emphasizing different aspects of this to show the power of consumers.<span><br>
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<span style="font-size:14pt; line-height:107%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Support national groups organizing consumer campaigns</b> to improve corporate behavior:<span>
</span>Green America does this really well – learn more <a href="https://greenamerica.org/about-us" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">
HERE</a> and take action <a href="https://greenamerica.org/take-action-current-campaigns" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">
HERE</a>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt; line-height:107%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Always think about buying less, buying local and buying consciously</b> – for example:
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HERE</a>.<span> </span>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.<span>
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Earth Hero</a> and <a href="https://donegood.co/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">
Done Good</a></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:14pt; line-height:107%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If there are other groups, B corps or buying tips you like, reply and I’ll share them with others!<span>
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