tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90863206862853915862024-03-04T20:37:14.767-08:00Use Local WoodBirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-75169328408939835222012-05-27T08:08:00.002-07:002012-05-27T08:08:25.330-07:00Hand Made - No Robots Allowed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Everyone is talking about the shortage of good jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buy American and Buy Local are a good start, but to really support good jobs, look closer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Even in our factories here, robots and huge machines have replaced hundreds of thousands of workers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One big corporation now shows a TV advertisement featuring a line of robots working to make a car that can even fix itself when one robot breaks – no people are seen or needed anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The company slogan in the ad is “for the human network”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How Stupid Can We Get??<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We all buy stuff now built primarily by robots and huge machines that have put masses of people out of work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we complain about jobs and the economy.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Buy the Best Value for the Future of the Planet</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We control the economy and jobs by what we buy everyday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are all responsible for our current situation and only we can change our future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Buying Smart in the new Global Economy should be our top priority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to do just the opposite of what got us into this mess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Anyone who buys imported stuff in the big corporation’s store is actively exporting your money and our jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are building businesses and countries and jobs on the other side of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Workers there are buying cars, and their growing factories using more fossil fuels – all driving up the cost of our fuel at our local gas stations.</span></div>
</div>Birkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-78532762860206155572012-03-05T12:16:00.002-08:002012-03-05T12:16:18.730-08:00Forests Should Support The Local Community!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">A forest should support the local community with building materials, many other products, a regular income, and good jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is kind of an old fashioned idea that has been lost the past 200 years due to global industrialization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The industrial timber market with low commodity log prices continues to consume the remaining good timber on the planet, with few benefits to the local community, despite all the talk about sustainability and certification.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">But every person who cares about the planet would agree that the forest should support the local community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Spring Green Timber Growers has built a new high value market for the wood we harvest each year from our small family farm, creating new jobs from dead trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We control the whole process from growing, harvesting, sawmilling, solar kiln drying, manufacturing, and direct marketing to customers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By eliminating all the middlemen, using the smallest amount of energy, and minimizing shipping, we earn retail prices for our timber – about 100 times the income earned by other landowners.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Wood is easy to grow and harvest and manufacture on a small scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wood products have a high value in the retail market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wood is the perfect fuel for small business in the local community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone uses wood everywhere – everyday – so these ideas are universal.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">SGTG is developing a global wood marketing system to connect local wood growers direct with customers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First priority is to use what people have to meet the local needs of the community, then export their extra wood to population centers that need wood products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Local Needs – Training and coaching can quickly get a small woodshop in operation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Global Marketing – a new website will link the grower with customers anywhere in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simple shipping of small packages to container loads is ongoing every day now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Credit card payments online make payments easily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instant communication and global travel now connect people everywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The “American Dream” has gone global.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone, Anywhere can run a small business to sell something that they make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only limitation is the imagination.</span></div></div>Birkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-86478012367795517802011-12-29T07:58:00.001-08:002011-12-29T07:58:22.238-08:00Spring Green Timber Growers Sales and Jobs Shoot Up 500%<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A combination of factors increased our sales this year in a multi-facetted global wood products marketing campaign.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure we have nice wood with a good story, but it is the hard and creative work by Timber Growers staff that has made our small local business a world-wide success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My choice is to hire really smart people, teach them a little woodworking, and give them the freedom to express themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My store managers in particular have taken Timber Growers to a higher orbit of sales success this year.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">First, Amie Fisher and <personname w:st="on">Matt Van Susteren</personname> have taken our salvaged dead elm, oak, birch, walnut, & cherry timber and created a unique product line that people love to see and touch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each piece is a one-of-a-kind work of art and love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amie is a painter and Matt is a potter, but recently they put their minds to woodworking and have thrived.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">One year ago they introduced our wood products on a website for hand made products - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ETSY.com - and our internet sales took off in the month before Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year sales of Christmas gifts and ornaments became our main business – with an increase of 500% over last year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have already hired more workers and I plan to double our production and staff again in 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">In addition to retail internet sales, Fisher and Van Susteren have developed a wholesale catalog of our wood products and are quickly developing that market also.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cutting boards and corporate gifts are popular wholesale products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wholesale shows and working with manufacturing representatives are generating growing interest quickly.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The duo also has taken finished products to Retail shows in Chicago and Vancouver, gaining sales and exposure for their beautiful wood creations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Local sales in the Timber Growers store downtown Spring Green and the flooring sales at Timbergreen Farm have not been sustainable in 2011, so the diversity of marketing programs and products has been essential to our business growth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will keep working hard on the store and flooring installation business to promote the use of locally grown and manufactured forest products.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Beautiful, Artistic, Hand-Crafted, Natural, Sustainably-Harvested, Solar Kiln-Dried, Solid wood products command high market demand and value, allowing me to put a growing number of people to work, utilizing just a portion of the trees that naturally die each year in our 200 acre forest here at Timbergreen Farm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to sell products that are as natural as possible, using the smallest tools practical, and maintaining the maximum amount of human touch and love.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Jim Birkemeier – Timber Grower!</div></div>Birkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-27732412631573080482011-08-18T13:14:00.003-07:002011-08-18T13:14:45.892-07:00Buy Local and Sell Global<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">Buying Local In the Global Economy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We have all chosen to buy lots of ‘cheap’ and ‘convenient’ stuff as we have lived the good lifestyle on plentiful natural resources while accumulating thoughtless and irresponsible debt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cheap stuff comes at a very high price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We are all responsible for our current economic crisis and the shortage of jobs. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a close look at what you have bought the last few years….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can also change things – starting right now – to develop the best economic position possible for our future.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Many people apparently think ‘buy local’ means shopping for imported stuff on sale at the neighborhood big box store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lusting over imported manufactured stuff has exported our money and our jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>American industry and jobs have crumbled away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We export our natural resources, ship materials half way around the world, minimize labor and production costs, ship the products back half way around the world – then complain we have recession and unemployment!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Every purchase you make is a real vote that immediately counts to affect the future of our planet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every purchase you make builds up the company and country where the thing is from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every purchase you make has a political effect too, as the big companies exert real and immediate influence on our politicians.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We have created this monster we face today with our selfish and short-sighted purchases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can choose to change this now – just stop feeding the monster and it will go away.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">How to “Create Jobs”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Today, most of the stuff we buy is made in a big factory with big machines and robots and likely in another country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Government Regulations and Legal Lawsuits make labor very expensive in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">America</place></country-region>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Americans everyday are more lazy and fat - and in love with welfare, and the lottery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we say, “we must create more jobs….”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">All the politicians talk about creating jobs, yet fail to address the real problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Government does a thousand times more to discourage American jobs than the feeble efforts of talk and “stimulus”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">As a business owner – one thing would get me to hire more employees – SALES!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Government on the State and Federal Level has been a huge hindrance to my business for decades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They should just get out of the way – today more than ever!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Globalization has CHANGED the planet</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The internet – instant global communications – is the most amazing creation ever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The airplane is second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Earth – our economics – has truly changed and there is no going back.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Everyone needs to travel and watch the rest of the world to have a realistic picture of where you fit into the big picture and your effect on others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people choose to be ignorant and don’t want to believe their lifestyle is very wasteful and damaging to the planet.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Homo Sapiens are being Homogenized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Worker wages are being pressured to a more common-ground level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>High paid American workers will get less in the future and workers in the <place w:st="on">Far East</place> will demand more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no stopping this trend – a wise person will work within it to arrive at the best position possible for themselves.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We are mixing it up today around the world – nothing is hidden and there is no excuse for ignorance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seeing how much we are all about the same is our best hope for survival now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are all in this together and better learn to get along.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">The Most Powerful Force On Earth</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The best chance we have is to rebuild our local economies and communities that have been destroyed by the big corporations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We created them ourselves with our lusts for cheap and convenience, and we can change the world by making smarter spending decisions - from now on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The American Woman – the Shopper – is the most powerful force on earth today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Shopper has the free choice to support whatever company and country with the power of their purchase. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Shopper is the one who can create jobs with their votes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every single vote counts.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Simple Steps to Change the Economy:</span></div><ol style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Buy As Local As Possible</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Buy from a company As Small As Possible</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Drive as little as Possible</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Do the Opposite (of what got us here)</li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Big is Bad – most of the time….</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Generalizations are not all true, but the long term trends now show the route we are going - being dominated by bigger and bigger corporations that dominate the Government also – are not good or sustainable for most humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Do the opposite of what the big corporations and their puppet politicians want you to do.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Be discerning when listening to their talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">If you feed the monster – don’t complain when you get bitten!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">People all over are very angry, fearful, and without much hope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">There is HOPE</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The American Dream of one person making a difference is now a Global Possibility for any human being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The information and tools are becoming more freely available everywhere today. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grab Globalization and take advantage of the good alternatives.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Most people may not care, but for those who choose – great opportunities are present today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.aslocalaspossible.org/">http://www.aslocalaspossible.org/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has detailed articles </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div>Birkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-51138709692932630902011-07-29T08:30:00.001-07:002011-07-29T08:30:08.659-07:00Don't Feed The Monsters<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Here is How We Can Fix Our Government…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Stop Feeding the Monsters</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The Ongoing Embarrassment in <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Washington</city> <state w:st="on">DC</state></place> brings everything into clear view – but don’t blame Obama or Boehner…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are All Responsible for the mess we are in.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We can also immediately change things.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We need to see the problem and make an effort to do the opposite.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Most people feel that the government is out of control and there is nothing they can do about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many people vote in an election, but not even that seems to make any difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Special Interest Groups and Lobbyists and unseen Players now have the power.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Big Money has taken control of the government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Politicians must play the game to get and stay elected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few behind the scenes individuals yield the real power.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We have all helped the big corporations take control of our government and our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every single purchase we make is an effective vote for the future that truly counts and makes a difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buying cheap stuff from a big company immediately builds up that company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buying cheap imported stuff directly exports our money and our jobs.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Our Choosing Cheap and Convenient has contributed to the bad effects of globalization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Globalization has happened, but we don’t have to be controlled by distant huge corporations any more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buying the Best Value is our Best Hope for our Future.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Three areas where we can make an immediate impact on our local economy are to buy local food, local wood, and local renewable energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Buy Everything As Local As Possible from a Company As Small As Possible - and everything will change quickly.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We don’t have to feed the monster any more – we can choose to change things very quickly with our daily purchases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Support small local business, feed the local economy, and starve the Big Corporations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their power will soon be depleted.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Communities focusing on local food, wood, and renewable energy can be largely self sufficient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Communities organized to meet local needs can be stable in a crisis.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We need to focus on what government services are essential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Government should do just what government is best at – but get government out of the business sector – that clearly hasn’t worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone should play an active role in government and put personal pressure on elected officials to listen to the local people that elected them.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">If we make smart purchasing decisions, we can create the best future possible for our communities and country and world in the new global economy.</div>Birkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-59871940620238689282011-05-25T08:44:00.001-07:002011-05-25T08:44:39.848-07:00Fix the Economy - starting today<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We are all responsible for the economic recession and the shortage of jobs.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The majority, the middle class, the masses.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Humans have built huge factories, huge machines, legions of robots that replace human workers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We allow our natural resources to be exported as cheap commodities to foreign countries – subsidizing big global corporations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By choosing ‘cheap’ stuff in the big stores and ‘convenience’, we have exported our money and our jobs.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A universal solution:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Create community based businesses that help meet the needs of local fresh food, wood products, and renewable energy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should use our local resources to support good jobs in the local economy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can keep our money in the local economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can choose to not subsidize the huge global corporations, buying as local as possible from small businesses.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Government can’t and won’t fix the economy or create the jobs claimed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Government is controlled by the big corporations too.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We can change all this – starting today – by making wise purchases that immediately build up our local economy and support local jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every single purchase we make has an immediate effect on our future – a vote that truly counts and makes a difference each time.</div>Birkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-52494690563244845472011-04-27T11:48:00.001-07:002011-04-27T11:48:50.665-07:00If only Trump was KING<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">If Only Trump Were King!</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">April 27, 2011 Trump claimed he could beat Obama to be President.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">First day he would take on <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">China</country-region></place> and impose a 25% tax of all imports.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Then he would tame OPEC and take control of the oil market.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">If only Trump Could Be King</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">But this is the <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">U.S.A.</country-region></place><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Can’t happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Even if he is elected President in 2012, he would not have the power to change much.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Our government is needed for Law and Order, but government trying to manage the economy is the biggest disaster of all. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A new choice we can all make today….</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Stop exporting our money and jobs buying cheap imports in the big box stores.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Choose to use local resources to support the local economy, jobs and lifestyles.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Promote local fresh food, wood products, biofuels and waste energy recovery.</span></div>BirkyBirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-51242619094474994742011-04-19T08:55:00.001-07:002011-04-19T08:55:43.121-07:00Can a small business compete with China?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 22pt;">Can a Small Business Compete with <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">China</place></country-region>?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">My wood flooring business competes directly with <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">China</place></country-region> every day!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Cheap imported wood flooring is flooding the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">U.S.</place></country-region> market right now.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Most people just want cheap and convenient - at this moment.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">So…..</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I think LOCAL, use what I have right here that fills a local need.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I have to Be SMART, Flexible, Fast</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I tell my local story every chance I get</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Educating the consumer is a constant effort</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I cut out all the middlemen/brokers/shippers/wholesalers</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I sell finished wood products direct to the retail customer</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I Install my wood products right in my customer’s home</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Service after the sale keeps satisfied customers</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I sell Solid, Natural, Unique, Custom-made works of wood art</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A few people seem to appreciate the value of using local wood.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div>birkyBirkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-71280665930177112472011-03-28T20:37:00.001-07:002011-03-28T20:37:11.866-07:00How to Change the world - April 2011<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The Big Corps are running the government and avoiding paying their fair share of supporting needed government services - to keep all the money for themselves.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The government isn’t going to do anything – really.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can’t really blame any of them – that is how things work today.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We can fix this ourselves by making wise purchases – we actually do have the power and the votes with what we choose to buy every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our dollars are our power.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We must take full responsibility for the results of our purchases – choose cheap stuff at the big Corporate stores and you have created the whole mess yourself.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We can’t fight ourselves and have any hope – we must see the real picture and be smarter – starting right now.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Buy from small local companies as much as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Avoid buying imports and cheap stuff – as much as possible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We have the numbers and we can instantly communicate – there is no reason to let the big Corporations continue to dominate us.</span></div>Birkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-75309567678112900462011-02-23T19:54:00.001-08:002011-02-23T19:54:03.591-08:00Comparing Madison and Tripoli and Yemen??<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">OK, You spoiled rich kids can protest and “fight for your rights” = you can do that here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you have to be so NOISY?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you be more informed?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">But anyone who thinks what the people in <city w:st="on">Madison</city> are doing is IN ANY WAY COMPARABLE to the demonstrations in the <place w:st="on">Middle East</place> – you should be totally ashamed of your ignorance.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">When you travel to developing countries and see how most of the people in this world live day to day, There is no Comparison.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">They have no money, no benefits, no rights to speak of – and they are truly risking their lives and livelihoods right now.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We are so rich and spoiled and grossly wasteful and unappreciative and arrogant - here in <state w:st="on">Wisconsin</state> and the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">U.S.A.</place></country-region><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">It is too bad that all the energy in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Madison</place></city> is not doing anything positive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Globalization keeps happening here in <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Wisconsin</place></state> and unless that is understood and incorporated into the solution – everyone has totally missed the point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">If this effort and energy was focused on rebuilding our economy instead of tearing everyone down – miracles could happen right now.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">All people are doing in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Madison</place></city> is trying to hold onto the riches we had before we exported our jobs and money overseas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too Late!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We need to look at what resources we have right here and use them to meet our local and regional needs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We need to stop buying cheap imported stuff at the big box store – for our “convenience” and exporting our money and jobs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">No Politician or Media will voice this – they are controlled by the big Corporations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://timbergreenforestry.com/Choose%20As%20Local%20As%20Possible%20-%20What%20is%20Green%20Really.html"><span style="color: purple;">http://timbergreenforestry.com/Choose%20As%20Local%20As%20Possible%20-%20What%20is%20Green%20Really.html</span></a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has more</span></div>Birkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-50529678997076391932011-02-23T19:31:00.001-08:002011-02-23T19:31:10.568-08:00Big Corps and Government Leaders - you should be freaking out<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The Big Powers Are Fighting to Maintain Their Dominance Today – they should be freaking out!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The government is controlled by the big corporations – they will never really help the little people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The Media is controlled by the big corporations – they will never really care about the little people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">All they care about is money and power.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Globalization is not going well for us here See the Trends!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">A simple change is needed to fix things as best they can be fixed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">All we have to do is look at the resources we have and use them to meet our needs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">All we have to do is buy local as possible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We have to do this ourselves<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s Us Average People <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stimulate Our Economy - Starting Right Now!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Stop exporting our jobs and $$<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>our Money and Jobs local</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We can fix the economy immediately by choosing to buy as local as possible from companies as small as possible</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Buy value with the big picture in mind.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">This needs to be a mass effort – all the little people need to band together to deal with the big powers.</span></div>Birkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-26841008411574425592011-02-16T11:17:00.000-08:002011-02-16T11:17:29.103-08:00What We Need To Do Today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQwY_h7mYzIC6WciEWqnIjGIIlzzWS-qLBHeY9Iej2n1UZjqpyoTYJswDPEd12q2diwNkBR2NzKcT-_HkUKTi11agd5uBTj_Vj569o4-ev8cZlfaxO7IN7pdjGeRkegLpImZhjj0fRgRp/s1600/table+1_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQwY_h7mYzIC6WciEWqnIjGIIlzzWS-qLBHeY9Iej2n1UZjqpyoTYJswDPEd12q2diwNkBR2NzKcT-_HkUKTi11agd5uBTj_Vj569o4-ev8cZlfaxO7IN7pdjGeRkegLpImZhjj0fRgRp/s320/table+1_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Solid, natural, local <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We need to understand globalization and how we have chosen to export our jobs and money. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Choosing cheap imported stuff in the big box stores over quality goods made close to home – we are responsible for the economic problems we face today. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The slower economy has made our government problems more evident. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People everywhere are fed up with poor services and refuse to pay more when major incompetence is rampant. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, states are busting unions of public workers because there is no money to pay people as before.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We all need to realize globalization has happened and we can not just demand high wages and benefits like decades ago. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a businessman, I face the competitive global markets everyday – I can’t demand anything – I have to earn whatever I can and be smart just to survive.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">We need to change our buying habits – our purchases are the most powerful force in the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every time we buy something, it immediately builds up the company and country selling the product. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we buy online or over the phone – nearly all of our money immediately leaves the local economy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we buy in the big box store – most of our money leaves the local economy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we buy from a locally owned company – more of our money stays in the local economy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we buy from a local producer – nearly all of our money stays here – supporting good jobs – creating a positive spiral effect. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to buy as local as possible.</span></div>Birkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-51931017259867601402011-02-13T18:38:00.001-08:002011-02-13T18:38:53.791-08:00Choose as Local As Posible<a href="http://timbergreenforestry.com/Choose%20As%20Local%20As%20Possible%20-%20What%20is%20Green%20Really.html">http://timbergreenforestry.com/Choose%20As%20Local%20As%20Possible%20-%20What%20is%20Green%20Really.html</a>Birkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086320686285391586.post-55914988879729928472011-02-10T16:27:00.001-08:002011-02-10T16:27:33.293-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91zttWt1iAPSDO0IFScvnlCaCtUCwQYUhOPkwNgJmc3QjmamjZGPsOXdHVsiEHd7oGw9wCpTXD8Xh-HZS8aDvjcvQWnOCeP2nAd-CTWdc8L57SXEqdsGCg5iV7im_WrgwT3Z54HNOPx2B/s1600/logo+new08_1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91zttWt1iAPSDO0IFScvnlCaCtUCwQYUhOPkwNgJmc3QjmamjZGPsOXdHVsiEHd7oGw9wCpTXD8Xh-HZS8aDvjcvQWnOCeP2nAd-CTWdc8L57SXEqdsGCg5iV7im_WrgwT3Z54HNOPx2B/s320/logo+new08_1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Birkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07048387190224508071noreply@blogger.com0