"Small Business Saturday"

"Small Business Saturday" (November 26, 2011) is about pledging to shop locally to support local, small businesses instead of shopping online or at large box stores. This doesn't have to be just at Christmas time and it helps the environment best when you are buying services or goods that are local not made in China and shipped thousands of miles to get to you. A bonus is that it helps create/keep jobs in the US.

Story of Broke

Our country can do better for the environment and our economy. This new video from Annie Leonard about our government and our environment is worth a look.

http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-broke/

It is almost that time of year again. Try having Apopt-A-Christmas-Tree deliver your tree this year. They have special pricing for early orders. You can keep it and plant it after Christmas or have it picked up and delivered to reforest areas affected by wildfires. www.adoptachristmastree.com

Fair Halloween

Since Halloween is during fair trade month, why not give fair trade chocolate to trick or treaters. You can get fair trade Divine chocolate at the book store or order smaller treats here: http://sweetearthchocolates.com/level.itml/icOid/242

Clean up the beach!!!

Join your fellow Californians on CA Coastal Cleanup Day at Tourmaline Beach (or many other sites around San Diego), September 17 from 9am until noon. http://cleanupday.org/cleanupsites.htm?id=C&id2=109

buy local and fresh

Buying your fruits and vegetables (and nuts and honey, etc.) from your local farmer's market is a great way to get healthy food, support family farms and the local economy (many fruits and veggies, even organic ones, come from other countries or thousands of miles away). Tuesdays: 2-6:30 pm on Bayard St from Garnet ave to Hornblend St
http://www.sdfarmbureau.org/BuyLocal/Farmers-Markets.php

paper-less

To stop receiving unwanted catalogs that use a lot of paper, go to http://www.catalogchoice.org/. They cancel catalogs for you. You can also call the catalogs directly.