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- What does social responsibility mean to you?
- I am still working on an operational definition, but what I've come up with so far is this: social responsibility is a recognition that as far as we are able (and oftentimes "able" is further than we think!) we should assure that the impact our actions have on our environment and on other people -- individually and across cultures -- is fair and sustainable.
- What's your favorite sustainable company today?
- Ten Thousand Villages -- extending sustainaility beyond environmental areas to "fair trade."
- Do you have any social responsibility goals?
- To become more knowledgeable about where I can make an impact.
- About Me:
- I am an independent writer, researcher and social policy analyst based in the greater Chicago area. I work primarily with nonprofits and NGOs and specialize in the fields of fair housing and affordable housing; higher education for nontraditional students; and the intersection of the arts and social policy. I have a special interest in sustainable economic and community development in low income urban areas.
- Website:
- http://www.knowledge-empowerment.net
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Ecotourism and Social Responsibility
For many people, ecotourism is a means of minimizing the "footprint" left behind in ecologically sensitive regions of the world, while satisfying an urge for visiting exotic places. While it is generally recognized that travel, especially internationally, broadens one’s perspective, for many people it has become difficult to justify indiscriminate wanderlust. Never mind the expenditure of fuel on long airline flights (and the resulting exhausts into the atmosphere); the sheer mass of visitors in… Continue
Posted on October 9, 2008 at 9:40pm —
How would you obtain funding for this project?
A project I've been trying to get off the ground focuses on sustainable development in low income urban areas in the United States and abroad. I have begun doing foundation research work here in Chicago, and would like to continue to combine this work with paid assignments. (If you know someone who could use a good researcher, I'm avaialble.)
I would like to begin field study in October 2008 in Vancouver, with subsequent field assignments in my hometown in the southern U.S. and Helsinki, in Fin… Continue
I would like to begin field study in October 2008 in Vancouver, with subsequent field assignments in my hometown in the southern U.S. and Helsinki, in Fin… Continue
Posted on April 21, 2008 at 8:00pm — 4 Comments
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I love working for Co-op America and got connected as an individual member. I am guessing your fan since you added the Green Festival and Green Business Conference to the events calendar.
Welcome to the community. It is good to have you here. If you would like some help with the graphics on your front page, I would love to assist you to clean those up. I think you have a fantastic business. We need more writers to help us communicate our efforts. Kindly, Jennifer