Heart of the Earth December 2006 Newsletter

 


Fair Trade Store - A Shopping Alternative
Christmas is a time to remember how we need to be good to all people, wherever they are. Yet, in the hectic rush of Christmas shopping, it's easy to  forget some of the basic principles of doing right globally. When you shop at the Fair Trade Store  you can buy good things for your family and friends and at the same time minimize the impact your purchasing will have  on others and on the environment.

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With Gifts, Less Can Be More
This holiday season we will rush to the stores, actual and virtual, to buy more for our kids and each other. So how can we be generous without bankrupting the earth?
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Holiday Survival Kit
This holiday seasons you don't have to rack up credit card debt while getting sucked into the vortex of the season's commercialism. Like Charlie Brown, you can shun the ostentatious displays and pink aluminum trees in favor of a little more meaning. This holiday season, treat yourself to some tranquility, togetherness, and renewal… or whatever matters most to you.

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Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope; Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith; Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love."

                                           --Reinhold Niebuhr

 



Holiday Links of Interest:
Green Gift-Giving Guide

Alternative Gifts

Plantworks Gifts

Trees For Life

The Green Store


Community Events:

 

December 1
Vegetable Oil As An Alternative Fuel

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December 3

Anniversary Gathering Slow Food

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December 2-3 and 8-9

Alternative Christmas Market

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Friday Night Movie

 

 

"Chased By the Light"

 

Friday, December 8th

7 p.m.

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Heart of the Earth

1509 Hasosaw Nene

Tallahassee, Florida 32301

(850) 561-1466

 

Heart of the Earth is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt non-profit organization.