Living Me to We. Craig Kielburger

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СКАЧАТЬ are for. Lend it to a friend and let those pages open up again.If you can’t shoulder the cost of a newspaper subscription alone, share it with a roommate or family member.Most podcasts are free to download via iTunes. You can listen to the news on your walk to work or just use it to tune out annoying cell phone chatter on the commute.Try aggregators like Google News or an RSS feed to gather news sources from around the world.As Canadians, we like to be polite and steer clear of controversy in casual conversation. To heck with polite! Get in a meaningful discussion with someone today and share those opinions and views. You just might hear an interesting new take on a topic you overlooked before.

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      Living Me To We | Morning

      MORNING

      Before You Go Go

      8:15 a.m.

      Q & A

      How do you stay current?

      EVAN SOLOMON, HOST OF CBC’S POWER & POLITICSI read three or four daily papers and check news aggregating sites like NationalNewsWatch.com. Then there is the indispensable Twitter. I follow news organizations, key reporters, NGOs, leaders, MPs, and bloggers. This is the best place for breaking news, quick reactions and staying up-to-date. But, let me stress, staying current means having a deeper understanding and perspective through reading books, critical analysis and knowing a story’s history.

      CHARLOTTE EMPEY, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ENGLISH NEWS, METROI read Metro and the other major papers every day for the big news of the day. I check the news stations on our office TVs and listen to radio news on my way to and from work for mainstream, need-to-know-right-now updates. And I turn to Twitter and Facebook to find out – yes, about offbeat events I’d never hear about otherwise. I’m insatiably curious about esoteric stuff – but primarily about the impact of news. What are people saying, thinking and feeling about the trending topics of the day or events in their communities? And I love Google Reader. It’s an ideal way to catch up quickly on content from a range of different sources.

      JORDAN BANKS, MANAGING DIRECTOR FACEBOOK CANADA, CONTRIBUTOR TO THE MARK, THEMARKNEWS.COMNo two days are ever the same for me so I’ve found that I’m highly reliant on my BlackBerry and my email system of sending myself links to read. One thing I do on Facebook is segment the people I’ve either friended or liked so that my wall is a more narrow filter that allows me to determine what it is I want to read or interact with, based on necessity. Sometimes it might be friends; sometimes it might be business publications. When you look at what happens on Facebook, what’s often more interesting than the published article is the thread of commentary that happens below it. I actually learn more about public sentiment and trends and tones through the comments than I ever will through a static piece of journalism.

      SAY WHAT?

      IN ONE STUDY, 43% OF NORTH AMERICANS SAY IT WOULD DAMAGE CIVIC LIFE TO LOSE THEIR LOCAL NEWSPAPER, BUT 42% ALSO SAY THEY WOULDN’T MISS THEIR LOCAL PAPER IF IT SHUT DOWN.

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       Morning | Living Me To We

      MORNING

      Before You Go Go

      8:30 a.m.

      It Shouldn’t Suck to be You

      Reduce Vampire Power

      THERE’S A VAMPIRE STALKING YOUR HOME and we’re not talking about those mournful, sparkly types from Twilight. This is something far more sinister: vampire power. That’s the energy your appliances suck off the power grid without you even knowing about it. Think plasma TVs, laptops, cell phone chargers and the constantly ticking microwave clock – just for starters. It’s a huge waste of energy!Stats estimate that as much as 10 percent of home electricity is wasted through leaky sockets and appliances. We know how much it stings when you lose money in your jacket. So, think about all the money and electricity you’ve wasted without your knowledge. You might have been a millionaire by now. Well, not really, but the problem is getting worse. Every year we buy more appliances, video game consoles and chargers; four billion cell phone chargers are sold every year. This means even more little plugs to siphon off our pennies. Don’t think you can outsmart it by putting your Wii console on standby mode, and the same goes for appliances that are fully charged or turned off. Power is still trickling out as long as an appliance is plugged in, consuming anywhere from two to 20 watts of energy, which makes for one huge power suck. With something so simple to unplug, this is one beast that’s easy to slay.

      [YOUR NAME HERE] THE VAMPIRE POWER SLAYERBuy a power bar with an on-off switch to kill the power on multiple appliances with one switch.Dim the light on your TV and computer screen.Kill the quick-start button on your remote controls.Don’t bother with stand-by mode; it still sucks power until you hit the switch.Consult www.cnet.com for tips on energy-efficient TV models.Look for Energy Star-rated appliances when you’re in the market for a new electronic.

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      Living Me To We | Morning

      MORNING

      Before You Go Go

      8:30 a.m.

      ENERGY VILLAINS

      THAT HURTS…

      A TYPICAL CANADIAN HOME USES 20 DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT ALL CONSUME POWER IN STANDBY MODE.

      Source: Efficiency NB, U.S. Department of Energy, GOOD magazine, Green Party of Canada and Cnet reviews.

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       Morning | Living Me To We

      MORNING

      Before You Go Go

      8:45 a.m.

      Telecommuting

      To Leave or Not to Leave

      ON THOSE MINUS 30 DEGREE Albertan winter days, Patricia Green is thankful she can work from home. The director of the Telus telecommuting program lives and often works from her house in St. Albert, a suburb of Edmonton. But then again, she could also be in Vancouver at a meeting or picking up her mail from her base office in Edmonton. In 2009, Telus rolled out the telework program to 18,000 staff members across Canada. Now, employees arrange schedules around life and work. For some, this could be as little as once a week in the office; others may follow a more traditional schedule. It saves energy (417, 216 kg of CO2 in its first year!) and all those daily human costs of commuting. For Patricia, there’s no more stressing about finishing work in time to make dinner for her two teenage boys. Now, returning to the 9-to-5 schedule would be the real grind.This is the first generation in history that doesn’t see showing up at the office as essential to our jobs. Everyone from Margaret Atwood to Alice Munro are using the aid of trusty devices, such as the so-called LongPen invention, to avoid climbing on yet another pollution-spewing airplane for a book tour. And today’s online tools, such as Skype and Google, make this set-up accessible to everyone. One caveat though before you go phoning it in: telecommuting isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. Before you begin working in your pajamas, build a solid СКАЧАТЬ