{"id":176,"date":"2004-11-09T19:42:33","date_gmt":"2004-11-09T19:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hostkabob.com\/vote\/?p=169"},"modified":"2004-11-09T19:42:33","modified_gmt":"2004-11-09T19:42:33","slug":"11904","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"11\/9\/04"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I talked with author Lynn Miller who is an expert on “Socially Responsible Investing.” Before investing in a company, Miller looks at a company’s track record when it comes to things like: fair wage, social justice outreach, environmental stewardship… Miller said he was recently talking to a top CEO whose company has stridently undertaken recycling paper. They have been so successful, in fact, they are actually starting to make money from their recycling efforts. Last summer during a campaign tour of Minnesota, I met with a representative from a highly creative Sanitation Department in Duluth. They have developed a number of cutting-edge programs around recycling (glass, plastic, paper, compost…). What’s more, and maybe even more importantly, they regularly educate about ways to reduce<\/em> consumption of these materials as well. Trying to stay in step, our family for instance, shares a newspaper with one of our neighbors. (What’s more, our neighbor often writes comments in the margins of the paper… and later we will discuss various subjects we’ve mutually read about. It’s proving to be a good ‘community builder.’ (However, the crossword puzzle has been a sticking point.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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