Happy Holidays from CCEDNet!
CED Holiday Buying & Giving Guide 2018
Are you spreading the holiday cheer this year? This guide is designed to help extend the reach of that cheer through encouraging thoughtful buying and giving.
We have compiled some creative gift ideas and shopping guides to provide you with the tools and information you need to have a CED-filled holiday season. See anything missing from this list? We will be adding more tips between now and Christmas so don’t hesitate to send your additions to communications at ccednet-rcdec.ca.
This Holiday, Buy Social
| COMING SOON… Social Gift Giving Guide from Akcelos This holiday season why not make a purchase that won’t just make the receiver happy, but will also benefit Ontario, and your local community. Each gift you buy this holiday season can have significant impact on your community. Thanks to the newly launched Social Enterprise Gift Guide, extending the impact of your gift giving is now easier than ever. The Guide features a wide variety of products created by Canada’s diverse social enterprise sector, representing for-profit and non-profit organizations, cooperatives and B Corps. [more] |
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| Buy Social from Certified Businesses Across Canada Buy Social Canada certified suppliers are businesses throughout Canada offering quality products that create positive impact in their communities. With cafes, caterers, builders, home repairs, recyclers and more, there’s a social enterprise for whatever you need. [more] |
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| The Meaningful Market The Meaningful Market is a selection of local social enterprise productsinvested in creating positive community impact. Avoid the mall crowds and enjoy the warm atmosphere of community coming together in London, St Catharines and Brussels, ON. [more] |
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| Check out 10 Thousand Villages to find businesses with a story From communities throughout the developing world, every inspired design is crafted with love using local materials (usually natural or recycled) and time-honoured skills by makers we have known and worked with for years. Every purchase improves the lives of makers by supporting their craft and providing a fair, stable income. [more] |
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| Co-operative Gift Bundle Buying gifts for the holidays can be an ethical statement that helps build a new economy. The Toolbox for Education and Social Action put together their most popular items with the best—and most delicious—gifts produced by the co-op movement. [more] |
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| #BuyGoodFeelGood Expo 2019 thefairtradeshow.com Businesses that exhibit at The Fair Trade Show are committed to social justice, the environment and poverty reduction through fair trade practices and innovative business solutions. Browse a wide selection of ethically sourced products. Buy Good. Feel Good. [more] |
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| My New Neighbour Holiday Shopping Guide Join two young women on an ethical shopping journey. These two want to break free of the mindless materialism we have grown up in and start to meet their ‘new’ global neighbours.  RELATEDBlog Post, CCEDNet, Member Story The Community Action for Workforce Development program (CWD) was a CCEDNet initiative funded by the Government of Canada that helped to pilot intersectional, community-led workforce models in the rural communities… CCEDNet “I am a prisoner of hope. We are more connected than ever before; we have more knowledge and there are solutions if we work together. We cannot abandon hope, and… Announcement, CCEDNet The Stronger Together Award celebrates individual and organizational members who have made exceptional contributions to Community Economic Development and who have provided outstanding leadership in support of communities across Canada… |
