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Holiday Light Exchange

Maizal — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:19:00 -0800

Bring in your old string of incandescent holiday lights and receive 50% off the purchase of a new string of energy-efficient led lights.

2 days only - Saturday November 7th & Sunday November 8th 2009 from 10AM to 5 PM at the Home Depot

Choose from the 35 LED Super-bright M5 Faceted Lights, Multi-color or white. Or the 70 LED Super-bright C6 lights in Blue.

All holiday lights collected will be responsibly recycled.

Holiday LED lights are 95% more energy-efficient than incandescent lights.

Visit homedepot.ca/ecooptions for additional information.

Arctic Circle - A Message for our leaders in Copenhagen

Arctic Circle — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:07:00 -0800

Arctic Circle is a daily cartoon strip by Alex Hallet about three penguins, Oscar, Ed and Gordo, who have emigrated from Antarctica to the Arctic. The comic has an underlying environmental theme and regularly sees the humour in trying to live a more eco-friendly life in a 21st century world.

39th Annual Ski, Board & Sport Swap

Maizal — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:21:00 -0800

The Kelowna Ski Club's 39th Annual Ski, Board & Sport Swap is on November 6th - 7th.

It's a 2 day event with Hotdogs and Hamburgers at the New Life Church, 2041 Harvey (just before Orchard Park)

Bring in your Skis, Snowboard, Bikes, any Sport Gear you want to sell.

Consignment Hours:

Friday November 6th 10:00 - 8:00 PM

Sale Hours:

Saturday November 7th 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Payout/Pickup:

Saturday November 7th 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Arctic Circle - Trading in the Energy-Hungry Fridge

Arctic Circle — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:10:00 -0800

Arctic Circle - Frightening Pumpkins

Arctic Circle — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:09:00 -0800

Arctic Circle - Don't Waste Any Pumpkin

Arctic Circle — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:19:00 -0800

Arctic Circle - Scary Stories

Arctic Circle — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:05:00 -0800

Arctic Circle - Saving Space

Arctic Circle — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:25:00 -0800

Supermodels Get Nearly Naked for Climate Change

Maizal — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:19:00 -0800

In this video for 350.org, New York models count backward from 390 parts per million-our current carbon dioxide levels-shedding layers as they go.

Source: TreeHugger.com

Arctic Circle - Buying Halloween Stuff

Arctic Circle — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:18:00 -0800

Socially Responsible Investing with Summa Funds

Darcy Feth — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:14:00 -0800

Caring about the world and about the kind of shape you will be leaving it in for your children or grandchildren is of growing importance to many. As a result, increasing numbers of Canadians are putting their money where their values are, by turning to socially responsible investing as a way to achieve investment performance while making a positive difference.

In fact, Investors Group was one of the first major Canadian financial institutions to offer a mutual fund that featured heightened social ideals with the launch of Investors Summa SRI^™ Fund in 1987. Overmore than 20 years, Investors Summa SRI Fund has become the largest socially responsible fund in Canada¹.

The addition of global and environmental mandates, Investors Summa Global SRI™ Fund & Class*, and Investors Summa Global Environmental Leaders™ Fund & Class*, together with Investors Summa SRI Fund & Class* form the Investors Summa Fund Family™ . The Investors Summa Fund Family provides Canadians with a selection of socially responsible investments that benefits from our money management experience, proven track record andsolid long-term performance.

The right investment should not only help you reach your financial goals, but it should also support your values. If you are interested in learning more about integrating socially responsible investments into your portfolio, please give me a call today.

Darcy Feth is a consultant with Investors Group - they believe you can invest for both performance and social good at the same time. He can be reached at 250.762.3329 Ext. 374 or toll free at 1.877.541.2255 or via email: darcy.feth@investorsgroup.com

Arctic Circle - Where do old Cell phones go?

Arctic Circle — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:13:00 -0800

Arctic Circle - Reusing Old Tires

Arctic Circle — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:05:00 -0800

Arctic Circle - Reusing Newspapers

Maizal — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:20:00 -0800

Arctic Circle - Going Local

Arctic Circle — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:03:00 -0800