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Zero Waste Europe - Thriving communities.
From 25-30 March, Participate to the Zero Waste Europe Campaign "Thriving communities" to mark the International Day of Zero Waste 2024.
In 2022, the UN endorsed the designation of March 30th as International Zero Waste Day. Annually, Member States, United Nations organisation
Thriving Communities: Small Business
Salvador of Miami, Florida, believes that "more focus and attention to basic infrastructure in cities like Palmetto Bay, Doral, Medley, Hialeah, Miami, and Homestead to support the manufacturing industry bringing jobs back to South Florida" is the biggest way to improve his community. He identifies small and medium manufacturing businesses in South Florida as the real movers and shakers of his community.
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Thriving Communities: Handbags for a Cause
“’Georgia’s Girl’ believes that being of service to others is an opportunity, privilege and a blessing. We believe that consumers can impact the quality of life for women and girls through the purchase of a handbag. We come in many shades, however our unique sisterhood and common experiences bond us. No matter what the storm may be right now in our lives, it shall pass because we know another sister made it through. And ‘Georgia's Girl’ is proud to play a part in this process. “
Paulette of Minn., on her business, Georgia’s Girl Handbags, LLC. She makes and donates handbags to various programs and services, including Ready for Success, which provides men and women experiencing poverty, homelessness, or who are transitioning out of incarceration with business attire and accessories. In addition to donating, she sells her handbags, the proceeds of which go to similar causes.
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Thriving Communities: The Community's Music
“Mary and Jerry Kern: the Colorado Symphony Orchestra would not exist today without their incredible dedication and support.”
Terry of Lakewood, Colo., cannot imagine her community without this musical institution and without the Kerns it wouldn’t be quite the place that it is.
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Thriving Communities: Volunteerism
“Volunteering is giving back. Volunteering is a lifestyle.”
- Jean Ann of Minneapolis, Minn., is a tour guide at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, an art collector, a facilitator at Restorative Justice Community Action, a leader of ESL conversations, and an usher at various theatres around the Twin Cities. These are the ways she is working to make her community a better place.
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Thriving Communities: Education for Employment
“I love my job because we really help people.”
- Laura Torres of Minn., on her job as a recruiter at Summit Academy OIC. She helps to seek out and enroll students of all ages at her school. Summit Academy partners with other service agencies to provide vocational training, career counseling, and leadership development, among a host of other services. The school offers morning and night classes, and also provides transportation and childcare. This past spring was their largest graduating class at 230 students.
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Thriving Communities: More Than Just Food
“In five years he has not only built a restaurant business that is a fixture in our community, but he and his operation are a model of sustainable and community business.”
- Joyce of Minn., on Ruhel Islam, an immigrant from Bangladesh who owns and manages Gandhi Mahal Restaurant in Longfellow, which serves Bangladeshi and Indian cuisine. Cooking produce grown mostly in community farms around the city, using reusable containers for leftovers, and donating to and volunteering for global and local causes around issues of food justice, Gandhi Mahal seeks to provide an eating and gathering place that is healthful and peaceful inside and out. Joyce believes Ruhel to be an unsung hero, as he has brought diversity to the area, something she thinks fortifies a community.
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