Dear friends,
as you noticed it has been a bit slow and uninteresting.
TheVancouverManifesto will be on temporary hiatus.
Please take a look at TheTorontoManifesto. We are working on a review of the Marxism 2008 Conference: The fire this time.
YOUNG CONDO SELLER INSPIRED TO GIVE 10% OF HIS REAL ESTATE PROFITS TO THE ENVIRONMENT!
Nathaniel Brown, a young 25-year old condo owner in Kitsilano has decided that he wants to make a difference and help the environment. But he doesn’t want to just make a small difference; He is donating a full 10% of the profits he will be receiving on the sale of his condo (which should amount to $15,000) to local environmental groups.
This action was inspired when Nathaniel came across Vancouver's "Green" Realtor Sayo Nickerson of ReMax Real Estate Services who currently donates 10% of her net revenues from real estate sales to three local environmental groups. "I care about the environment and want to make a difference too" says Brown. "Seeing how Sayo does it showed me I could do the same!"
Brown’s property is a penthouse 2 bedroom 2-bathroom suite currently listed at $524,900. The first Open Houses will be this weekend on Saturday from 1-3 pm and Sunday from 2:30 - 4:30 pm. Come have a look and enjoy complimentary snacks at 401-1990 Dunbar St. (at the corner of West 4th Ave.)
Enjoy your weekend, Everyone!
This is a new and unusual variety of tulip.
If you'd like to test your computer's download and upload speeds, there's a free test you can use at this site to find out. Just select a test site from the list (for example, 'Seattle') click that button to start the test, and wait for the speedometer to finish working and show your results. Works for me.
....can I send Telus a bill for answering the phone when it's a nuisance call?
Here's the picture:-
It's my phone. I don't just lease it from the phone company, I own it. It's mine. I answer it, saying 'Hello'. The response I get from some automated personless voice says: 'I'm sorry, that's an invalid response'.
'Invalid response' my ass! It's my phone, and I'll answer it any way I like, or not at all if I so choose. I'm sick & tired of these nuisance calls from scammers trying to get your personal information from your credit card, or from advertisers like Macy's or Bloomingdale's which don't even have stores anywhere near here. Telus is very good at five-dollaring us to death for add-ons to the service, but they can't or won't do anything about these pests who annoy the hell out of us. And they wonder why some of us are looking elsewhere for some of our communication services.
This won't take long - did it?
Enjoy it, Everyone!
And here's what's making noise around here today - a house coming down...
And it doesn't take long...
And there it goes!
Come on out and get active on sustainability! Take part in any of 30 Days events (http://www.30days.ca) for your chance to win a pair of side stage wristbands to see Jack Johnson Live in Vancouver with a copy of his latest album “Sleep Through the Static” available online and in stores now.
Jack Johnson's 2008 Global Tour greening initiative (http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/greening), joins hands with 30 Days of Sustainability in Vancouver in order to inspire music fans to create change.
How green is Jack? Really green. Jack Johnson's 2008 Global Tour will include powering buses, coaches and generators with bio diesel. The tour will offset its impact on climate change by contributing 65% of offset dollars toward renewable energy projects that use wind and solar power. 35% of offset dollars will go to programs that prevent deforestation. Sleep Through the Static released by Brushfire Records, is recorded using 100% solar energy.
Win a chance to see Jack Johnson’s Live in Vancouver at upcoming 30 Days Events:
30 Days Café: Green Economy - Responsible Investments that Turn a Profit
May 6 | 6:30 – 8:00 PM | Free | BCIT Downtown – conference room, Vancouver
With key-note speaker, renown investing expert and author Storm Cunningham (http://www.restorationeconomy.com).
30 Days Café: Carbon Tax Explained
