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Posted: 08 May 2012 03:36 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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https://plus.google.com/?gpsrc=ogpy0&tab=wX&gpcaz=38419bca#

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SAHM to Tillie 21/09/2007 and Ivy 31/08/2009.

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.  ~Bill Beattie

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Posted: 08 May 2012 05:06 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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It won’t let me read it without signing up, which I won’t do. What does it actually say?

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Posted: 08 May 2012 06:22 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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oops sorry, try this one.
http://www.logodesignlove.com/the-illusion-of-choice

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SAHM to Tillie 21/09/2007 and Ivy 31/08/2009.

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.  ~Bill Beattie

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Posted: 08 May 2012 06:44 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Very interesting!  Amazingly enough (& I know it’s american) but there doesn’t seem to be one product that we buy on there

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Posted: 08 May 2012 06:50 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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coca-cola also own innocent smoothie and Mars own Seeds of Change

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Posted: 08 May 2012 07:04 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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Phenominal when you see it like that!

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Posted: 08 May 2012 08:33 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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we use two products on there, listerine mouthwash which I have never found another as good as, and occasionally old el paso tortilla wraps (which I can live without).

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Posted: 08 May 2012 09:26 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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Its an American list. a British one would have other brands on it but the problem is the same. Also, as other posters have said, they haven’t put on the brands that we like to think are ethical. For example, Kraft also owns Green and Blacks.

Unless you are buying only from co ops and box schemes, odds are you are buying from these big companies. Lots of supermarkets have stuff made by these companies too and sell it as own brand.

My feeling is that its best to buy from worker-owned companies, but if we must buy from these big companies, choosing ethically still makes a difference because it sends a message that this is what we want.

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Posted: 08 May 2012 10:22 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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I try to buy from small companies, but sometimes it just makes more sense to buy the things on there.  For example Duracell is owned by P+G.  I’ve never known a battery last longer than duracell, so by using them you make less battery waste.

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Posted: 08 May 2012 10:26 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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Its scary,really.I dont shop in supermarkets and try to always buy from local farmers shops/wholefood shops etc etc but it is all still there-green and blacks,seeds of change,was going to buy some of their pasta tomor but I think I might not now rolleyes

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Posted: 08 May 2012 10:27 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]  
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I was just looking for a british one but found this amazing website insead. There is a beautiful photo part way down the page of ‘
’  “The Rescuing Hug”. The article details the first week of life of a set of twins. Each were in their respective incubators and one was not expected to live. A hospital nurse fought against the hospital rules and placed the babies in one incubator. When they were placed together, the healthier of the two, threw an arm over her sister in an endearing embrace. The smaller baby’s heart stabilized and temperature rose to normal.


beautiful.

WARNING though some of the other pictures on this site are horrific

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SAHM to Tillie 21/09/2007 and Ivy 31/08/2009.

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.  ~Bill Beattie

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Posted: 09 May 2012 08:27 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]  
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ok so my brain was not working yesterday rolleyes  but heres the link http://proactivism.tumblr.com/
for the gorgeous babies

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SAHM to Tillie 21/09/2007 and Ivy 31/08/2009.

The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.  ~Bill Beattie

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Posted: 09 May 2012 11:49 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]  
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my dd wanted to know if this was ‘all of the cars in the world….’

I wish.

http://climate-changing.tumblr.com/post/22647065891/zenfrogyeah-the-longest-traffic-jam-in-the

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