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Poverty Is Environmentally Friendly

Homeless people recycle... .............A LOT! Most of their belongings are second-hand and many homeless people gather bottles and cans to take to the bottle depot in order...

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Calgary - Low Income Resources

If you're in Calgary and are a low-income resident in the city who is worried about being evicted due to non-payment of rental funds, check this out Homeless and Eviction Prevention Fund Not a whole ton of...

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Poverty Is Not A Money Problem

Money is no more than an object. Money is assigned value by AGREEMENTS that people make to value the money-object in a certain way. If I agree that one dollar equals one dollar and nine cents and everyone...

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Public Assumptions About Low Income Services

Public assumption seems to be that those in poverty should be grateful about handouts and get their 'stuff' together so that they do not require handouts anymore. Much public assumption leans in the...

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Poverty For Profits

Have you paid attention, lately, to where your donation money might be going? It might be going into 'business models' instead of toward the needy you were intending to assist! Have you seen 'campaigns'...

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Walk A Mile

Do you stick with your perspective on a permanent basis? If so, and if you're incapable of being able to "walk a mile in another person's shoes," then you could be misinterpreting the behaviors and words of...

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LICO and Poverty (Low Income Cut Off)

L.I.C.O. means L.ow I.ncome C.ut O.ff LICO is a statistic that Canadian Government officials realize is very incompatible with 'Living Wage' realities, but LICO it is still the number that Social Services...

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Project Homeless Connect In Calgary

Project Homeless Connect Event Number 4 ocurred on February 28th 2009 from 9am - 4pm on location at Petro-Canada Centre in the heart of downtown Calgary: 150-6th Avenue S.W. Organizers and Volunteers who...

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