Archive for June, 2009

Grow Your Own…Even in Apartments: Frugal Fun Tip, June 2009

Monday, June 8th, 2009

As we went down to water our veggie plants in the garden today, I was flooded with memories of the wonderful organic fresh vegetables we harvest all summer and fall.

And I was reminded, too, that you don’t need land to grow a few plants. Herbs, cherry tomatoes, mini-hot peppers, and other small plants can be easily grown on a windowsill, in a patio container, even on a rooftop.

You absolutely can’t beat the taste of just-picked produce or herbs. Plus you’re helping the earth, reducing carbon footprint, and more.

Put in your plants now, Northern Hepisphere readers, and you’ll enjoy the harvest for months. If you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, move a few plants inside so you have them in the winter.

Friends Who Want to Help, June 2009

Monday, June 8th, 2009

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Hear & Meet Shel, June 2009

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Tom O’Brien of JointWinWin interviews Shel at 9 pm Thursday, July 2, part of the very ambitious (and no-cost) Make A Difference and Make a Profit: Socially Responsible Business Building Experts Teach You What They Know So You Can Make A Difference series with a whole bunch of marketing superstars. I’ll have a link for you later in the month. My topic: Principled Profit – Why the quick buck mentality leads to broken relationships and with that broken businesses.

The Africa speaking tour is not happening in July, but may be possible for January. If you have any contacts who could come aboard as sponsors, please let me know: http://www.frugalmarketing.com/contactform.shtml or Twitter: @shelhorowitz

Shel addresses the Holyoke, MA Rotary Club Tuesday, August 11, Noon ET, at the Delaney House, Route 5. Contact: Christine Salem <clowntique@yahoo.com>

If you’re in Western Massachusetts and want to see some amazing art, my stepfather, Michihiro Yoshida, is having another one-man show at the Burnett Gallery, Jones Library, Amherst. I’ll be at the reception the evening of September 3. He’s painting up a storm! His website does not do him justice and hasn’t been updated in a while, but you can at least get a sense at http://www.artbyyoshi.com/

Paulette Ensign’s Publishing Prosperity Mastermind
is another high-value, low-cost teleseminar series that’s already started, and again, you get all the recordings. I’m speaking on September 17 on “Frugal, Ethical, and Creative Book Marketing-By the Book, Or By the Boxcar”

Speaking at the Green Expo/exhibiting at the Connecticut Folk Festival, New Haven, CT, September 11-12. Not confirmed at press time, but likely. http://ctfolk.com/ctff/greenexpo.html

Principled Profit: The Good Business Radio Show, alternate Mondays, 4 p.m. Eastern, over http://www.valleyfreeradio.org (in the Northampton, MA area, 103.3 FM).  THIS AFTERNOON June 15: Alicia Polak of Khaya Cookies, which gives jobs to new-to-the-workforce economically disadvantaged South African women to bake natural cookies that are imported to the US. June 29: TBA

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