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Buying Smart

Friday Feb 26 2010

Finding safe, healthy and green products is all the rage today. Considering a lot of our weekly spending goes to food, personal care and household products, it would be great to be able to learn more about what we really are investing in and get expert advice on what are the best buys from a green perspective. We came across a website worth using called GoodGuide. On it, you can search for over 70,000 products, create your own "Favorites" list, and make all your purchasing decisions count. Membership is free, and gives you access to all the tools on the site. GoodGuide is a certified B corporation™, which means they meet comprehensive and transparent social and environmental performance standards and consider stakeholder interests as part of their legal responsibilities.[Read More]

Written by eldering at News

Tagged with: b_corporation goodguide green_products

Canada's Call for Pension Reform

Thursday Feb 25 2010

The C.D. Howe Institute recently released their recommendations on how to break the deadlock in the Canadian pension system. With many citizens not saving enough for retirement, provinces, lobby groups and retirement gurus alike are looking to increase tax-deferred saving, improve access to good retirement saving plans, and modernize the rules governing retirement income.[Read More]

Written by eldering at News

Tagged with: pension pension_reform retirement

Traveling is a Game

Wednesday Feb 24 2010

By Lauren Selman and Tina Hittenberger | Bio

One of the most inspiring things here [at the Olympics in Vancouver] is the sustained camaraderie of ALL the athletes.We have been here eleven days and the demonstration of humanity has not waivered once. I am continuously stunned by the respect, courtesy and admiration that transcends national boundaries, religious differences and historic animosities. This code of sportsmanship and honor encompasses more than just the sport.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action

Tagged with: camaraderie olympics patience peace respect

Olympic Faces

Tuesday Feb 23 2010

A few faces glimpsed in the crowds...

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Written by eldering at News

Tagged with: olympics

The Lost Generation

Monday Feb 22 2010

This video was created for the AARP U@50 video contest and placed second. Less than 2 minutes long and worth viewing...

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Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

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We are the World

Friday Feb 19 2010

Recorded 25 years after the original video, this amazing performance from over 80 artists and performers reminds us we can make a difference in the lives of the Haitian people today.

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Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: haiti world

The Geezer's Crusade

Thursday Feb 18 2010

By Jim Selman | Bio

David Brooks wrote a very compelling New York Times op ed piece recently called “The Geezer’s Crusade”. His point was that the elders in our society hold the future for everyone in their hands (so to speak). Since 1980 when I was serving on the California Commission on Aging, one of my biggest concerns has been that, as a society, we are turning older people into constituents competing with their grandchildren for scarce resources. David Brooks shows how this kind of trend affects us all and today we spend about $7 on older people compared to about $1 on younger people. I am not arguing for what the amounts should be: however, I am agreeing[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: aging boomers david_brooks entitlement geezers_crusade obama

Being Here

Wednesday Feb 17 2010

The view from downtown Vancouver's Olympic media hub

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Written by eldering at News

Tagged with: olympics vancouver

Breakups and Broken Hearts

Tuesday Feb 16 2010

By Jim Selman | Bio

There are two kinds of break-ups. The ‘soft’ breakup is where both parties in a relationship more or less stay in communication and talk about their differences, their discontent or their changing needs until they arrive at a conclusion that “This just isn’t working” and agree to go their separate ways. Sometimes they remain friends. In any case, this kind of mature and honest ending allows both parties to let go of past expectations or disappointments, eventually reach some degree of ‘completion’ with the romance and move on with their lives. The ‘hard’ breakup is when[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: blame breakup broken_heart choice forgiveness gratitude love relationship

Love Personified

Friday Feb 12 2010

By Shae Hadden

In honor of Valentine's Day....

Love is.

Regardless of what life presents,
this Love moves with grace through
time and space,
disclosing through thoughts and
Being
the essence of what is
and who we really are,
embracing it all
wholeheartedly with acceptance and
Joy

The boundaries of Love  are undefined,
limitless,
unconstrained,
non-existent

Love is
All.