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Sustainability

Sustainability and the Role of Marketing in a Capitalist System

I’m in a graduate certificate program on Corporate Sustainability and Innovation. For a class on systems thinking, I wrote this paper, and am posting it here because I thought the information to be

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Sustainability

Increasing Circularity Within the Clothing System

I recently began a graduate certificate program in Corporate Sustainability and Innovation. For a class on the circular economy, I wrote this paper, and am posting it here because I thought the information

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Sustainability

Waste Within the Clothing Value Chain

I recently began a graduate certificate program in Corporate Sustainability and Innovation. For a class on the circular economy, I wrote this paper, and am posting it here because I thought the information

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Travel

5 Things I Learned On the Oregon Trail

So Michael and I moved to Portland, Oregon. We lease our car, and we had our car lease for another 3 months, and plenty of miles left on it, so I wanted to drive

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Spirit

Confession

I have to confess something. I’ve gone to church approximately 1650 times, but I think I only really started studying the Bible about a year ago. I feel like a traitor about that.

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Technology

On why I'm mad at Facebook

When I first joined Facebook more than 10 years ago, it asked me for my political views. I answered “politics are a joke”. I still believe that. I’ve watched the State of the

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Spirit

This is where I'm at

Although my personal New Year’s is on October 1 (that’s they day when I always feel renewal and refreshment in my soul… fall air, October skies, colorful leaves, apple cider, pumpkin spice everything),

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Technology

Building Bridges

For several years now, I’ve heard nothing but positive feedback about the Open Source Bridge conference, held annually each June in Portland — perhaps the open source software capital of the world if

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Technology

Open Help

Last week, I wrote about teaching folks to fish. This weekend and in the coming week, I’m spending my time thinking about how to help people be better open source citizens. I’ll be

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Technology

Fishing Lessons

One of the best parts of my role at OpenMRS is teaching people to fish. We don’t hand out poles and bait, but we do share knowledge and tools to help people collaborate

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Technology

Multiple hats, multiple blogs, & multiple blurry lines

Those of you who’ve known me for a while (or at least those of you who have followed me online for several years) can probably remember that this site has contained several blogs

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Spirit

New Year's Resolutions

Just in case there is no 2013, some of these are starting effective immediately, some are effective retroactively, and some will start after my class is over in a week and a half.

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Art

I lied.

Tonight I was talking to a group of people and it somehow came out if my mouth that I was an artist. I haven’t said that in years. It felt really cool to

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Travel

Portland

For years I’ve wanted to go to Portland. Even before I’d really done much research on what’s out there, I knew it was a city I’d really enjoy. And it’s true. I crammed

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Health

Here's to health

I remember eating pizza in some form or another for most days of the week in college because it was my favorite food. I remember believing that “light” mayo just meant it was

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Health

Reading — Fitness for Geeks

“In terms of pursuing personal, optimal health, it’s not selfish… it’s the fit person who has the energy and availability to be charitable, help others, and give more of herself.” I just started

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Spirit

More to life

Later this week I’m starting a class at one of the five churches I can’t commit to. It’ll be a seven dollar investment in “finding and feeding what my soul is hungry for”.

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