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Derek Silva
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Posts by Derek Silva
Interview: Chris Alward of Local Food Plus
February 3, 2010 - 6:22 pm
Posted in Miscellaneous | 2 comments
Local Food Plus is a non-profit organization in Toronto that certifies sustainable farmers and producers, while working to help institutions of all kinds commit to purchasing food from certified farmers and partnering food purchasers/distributors with certified farmers. In the end, Local Food Plus (LFP) is creating a win-win situation for everyone; farmers make a decent [...]
Sustainable Food Initiatives to Take Note Of
January 12, 2010 - 8:43 pm
Tags: Business, Canada, economy, Environment, farming, food, london, ontario, self-responsibility, world issue
Posted in Miscellaneous | 5 comments
It’s been a while since I’ve found some really good initiatives that I thought London, Ontario and Canada at large should be adopting or plain old ripping off. After all, I’ve never seen a government agency claim intellectual property (IP) infringement if someone else began doing the same thing, so why shouldn’t we?! This type [...]
Recent Changes to My Website
January 5, 2010 - 9:48 pm
Tags: changes, Facebook, Google, LiveJournal, london, OpenID Foundation, RPX, twitter, Website, Yahoo
Posted in Blog, Miscellaneous | No comments
With the number of changes I’ve made to my website over the last 12 months, I thought it would be a good idea to go over some of the major features.
Integration of RPX. This means you can login using your Google, Yahoo!, Twitter, OpenID, Facebook or LiveJournal account and start participating in comments/discussions.
The current theme/layout. [...]
My Goals & Resolutions for 2010
January 4, 2010 - 9:59 am
Tags: 2010, Blog, Business, career, goals, resolutions
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As 2010 really begins for me, several days after the fact, I’ve given some thought about the resolutions and goals I would like to set. The resolutions are as follows:
Curse less. It’s been brought to my attention that the amount of cursing I do at work bothers some of my colleagues. I’m going to do [...]
I Wasn’t Taught This in School
December 21, 2009 - 1:52 pm
Tags: basic, Canada, Education, Fanshawe College, financial, high school, k-12, life, practical, school, skills, social
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Recently I went through my inbox looking at past issues of the newsletter I receive called Project GiftED. While I don’t always find myself in agreement with everything said in the newsletter or on the blog – mostly because the blog entries aren’t always about education – I do find myself intrigued often [...]