Where do I see myself mostly fitting in as far as making it a better habitat in my region?

March 12, 2008 - 1:25pm — Mitchell Brogan
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Agriculture and Food Security
11% (3 votes)
City Finances / Services
0% (0 votes)
Economy
0% (0 votes)
Environment
22% (6 votes)
Health
4% (1 vote)
Social
44% (12 votes)
Energy
0% (0 votes)
Security
0% (0 votes)
Transportation
7% (2 votes)
Small business / local business
11% (3 votes)
Total votes: 27
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Average: 4 (3 votes)

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March 23, 2008 - 2:49am — Mike McGregor
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social

I went with 'social' as my priority... as in poverty reduction, harm reduction, social services and community building. 

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March 12, 2008 - 10:16pm — lauren muffin
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options..

i feel like i need to be able to choose more than just one option...

 

March 17, 2008 - 5:52pm — amelia does
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small and local bizniz

i guess if i had to say where most of my energy/money goes (regrading the options on the poll) it would be to supporting local and small businesses; something we can all do: all of us are consumers, we all gotta eat.

Food Co-op, Downtown Market, ocassionaly the farmer's market
Thai taste, Barakat, local corner store, etc.

i am trying to stop shopping at the real canadian superstore: they pay all their employees minimum wage. I will not eat at tim horton's where they also pay these hardworking individuals minimum wage (as opposed to a living wage).

 

 

March 12, 2008 - 8:41pm — Trev McNaughton (not verified)
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forgot a major one

there's a major aspect of society thats been left out of this poll, and has been greatly dismissed as unimportant by most of society..

the IT sector (information technology)..  

In a recent washington post article featured on slashdot, the article explains how greaty under appreciated the IT sector is, and how it has a huge impact on business..

It also can have a huge impact on bettering society and community.. from controlling solar collection, to wind turbines, to organizational abilities.

Most of the free worlds rights are violated on a daily basis and we don't even read about it.  Rights violated by the software giants most of the population uses.  Tracking software to find out your spending habbits, bots to detect if you're illegally downloading media.. DRMs..There even discussing how to use you real names in advertising..and it appears that they are going to get away with it if you're a paying customer..

so I'd say the IT community, with using opensource/FOSS technology would have a huge impact on bettering the overall community.. and its sad that its been overlooked once again. 

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March 12, 2008 - 2:46pm — Dan H
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great poll

I think this is a great poll and will (hopefully) stir some good discussion(s).

Let me start: How do the first 9 choices relate to the last, small business / local business? For instance, is not a small family farm ( Agriculture and Food Security) not also a Small business / local business? Every farmer I know sure sees it that way. What about an ethical small retailer of local food, is that not also contributing to Food Security as people in urban centers can't individually all go to the farm?

However I would think that Environment, Health, Transportation would be 100% publicly owned - so anyone feeling they would contribute would work for the government.

Security wigs me out. period. Public or private.

anyways, love the poll but unable to vote on it because I see myself in two categories that are inseparable to me.

 

May 8, 2008 - 1:15pm — pete lebel
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art.. music?

although I chose social, it would have been nice to see music or art up there.  i think it has a very undervalued significance but i believe its the inspiration and magic that art and music can bring to an individual that seems to have such a huge and mysterious effect over one's life and how they perceive living.  both have the power to lift people and communities back on their feet in times of great strife and depression.  with this dark future steadilty approaching we need to cultivate collective and individual creativity as much as possible if we want to survive, both physically and spiritually.  the light that the arts brings enables us to find the power within ourselves to help others, and our own self in all of the catergories of this poll.

“My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake,
it will be the artists who give them their spirit back.”
-Louis Riel, 1885