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Going Green and Staying Frugal

November 16, 2010 – 5:15 am

Going green doesn’t mean you need to trade in your 2003 Ford for a shinny new $30,000 hybrid. Many green choices are simple and won’t squeeze your bank account.
Reducing consumption of non-environmentally friendly products is a step towards going green and saving money. Homemade foods reduce packaging and are healthier than foods which are preserved [...]

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Where You Park Your Money Makes a Difference

November 2, 2010 – 5:11 am

Our investment choices can make a difference. South African Apartheid, an unethical system of legal racial segregation, was dismantled in the 1990s in part because socially responsible outside investors, companies and pension funds, divested their financial interests in the country until political changes were made.
Socially responsible investing (SRI) encompasses the protection of people, health, environment, [...]

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More on Ethical Investing

June 23, 2008 – 9:54 pm

Hi Everyone,
Marco’s blog post last week was a great introduction to the world of ethical investing. Just to recap, Ethical investors typically avoid companies, sometimes even industries, involved in 1) harming the environment, 2) causing (directly or indirectly) illness, disease and death and/or 3) demonstrating harm and disrespect to human rights. Check out this site [...]

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Ethical Investing

June 19, 2008 – 10:51 am

In keeping with our green theme this month, let’s take a look at so-called ethical investing.
First, what is ethical investing? Sometimes called socially responsible investing, Wikipedia defines it as “an investment strategy which combines the intentions to maximize both financial return and social good”.
To a large extent this means avoiding investing in certain types of [...]

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Save the planet and your cash

January 13, 2007 – 11:24 am

When people think of environmentalism, they usually envision something lofty and distinctive such as protesting the clear-cutting of rainforests or throwing orange paint on fur coats. What most people don’t realize is that being environmentally aware is more about small steps than large ones. The everyday choices that we make as consumers are what make [...]

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