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This is not another generic “How to Write the Resume for Success” or “Sell Yourself” self-help article. I am simply going to let you in on a happenin’ Grassroots networking opportunity that has likely already sprouted up in your neck of the woods.  It will have you spreading the GOOD GREEN WORD about the authenticity and the inevitable effectiveness of this unique Social gathering.

 ENTER: Greendrinks / VENUE: Your local pub, Yoga Studio, or even Art Museum / SPOTLIGHT: Eco-Activists, Professionals, Students, and “HIP-pies”; such as- Green Building Consultants and Design Firms, Organic Farmers, Owners of Eco-conscious PR firms and Fair Trade Chocolate Companies, Bio-Diesel Retailers and Solar Power Engineers, students of Sustainable Economics and Urban Planning….. Your chance to get face-to-face and celebrate with people who you want to work for –or probably will work with- in the near future!

One Tuesday a Month, 6-ish p.m.: Beer and Wine are free-flowing, smiles light up the room, the food table is loaded w/ local goodies, name tags speak “open door”, and you have one mission….Drink, Eat, Shake hands, and Share your ECO-Passion with other GREENDRINKERS. 

Last Tuesday I strolled into Evo, a Surf/ Skate/ Snowboard Retailer and Gallery in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle.   As one of the hosts of the Seattle Greendrinks that month, Evo opened up its Warehouse-size shop to about 500 Green Industry Players and wanna-be eco-activists—potentially, like yourself. Everyone there wants to connect to others that are just as excited about the Green Revolution! Thus, you’re bound to enter into the inner circles of Eco-Blissdom and fall ‘in love’ with the vibe of the social Eco-scene. Greendrinks has what it takes to keep people coming back for more- and telling their friends who have the same interest in Green about it! So, the party grows and the Dream Green job network explodes with opportunity!

Now go Network and connect with those who share your interest in re-constructing the Conventional business models to reflect this era of Green. Green is the place to be and you want a part of it not JUST because it is thriving, but because, DEEP DOWN, you know the Green Industry is making this world a better place to live for you today and for your kids in the future.—It’s only Natural to wanna be a part of that!

Interest-based Social Networking is the way you captivate the hearts and minds of your future employers, Green Industry mates, friends and neighbors.  I have been to GREENDRINKS- SEATTLE four times now and I have witnessed its exponential growth and been a beneficiary of its authenticity. Authenticity is a blend of confidence, truth, influence, leadership, passion and cannot be faked.  Greendrinks arose from peoples’ authentic call to others in their community for a revolution in the way we carry out our day to day activities- from the morning cup ‘o joe , to the afternoon business lunch, ending in the last bulb switched off.   It all starts with caring and then sharing and this is where the job opportunity appears and my lesson is taught. –Bless, Maggie

Maggie Hoback is the leader and inspiration for the Green Living interest-based online social networking community at Colonies.com. Similar to the Greendrinks social network, yet Green.colonies.com has with a 24hrs a day meeting space, ECO- newsfeeds,  membership profiling capacity, photo sharing, and more! Her interest in Green Living took off while pursuing her degree in Agribusiness. With studies focusing on Sustainable Development, Fair Trade, and Organic Agriculture, Maggie found a passion in publicizing the importance of creating a sustainable future for all lives on earth. By creating a Community space for Eco-conscious individuals and organizations to harvest their own and shared knowledge and experiences so that we become more efficient Stewards of the Earth. Join at: www.green.colonies.com , part of the Colonies.com Network. People.Passion.Purpose.

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Alright everyone, I might try and do this weekly if time permits. I'm going to post random things I've learned over the last week, a song I currently like, and more.

Joe's Song of the week - Who am I by the Peace Orchestra. Super mellow song, great to work to, or tune out for a few minutes. Thanks to SteveDUH for sending me a link to a cool touchscreen computer that had this song as the soundtrack.

Funny Video(s) of the week - For the designers out there, I give you "What if Microsoft redesigned the ipod packaging?" and for car enthusiasts, I give you the "Top Gear Season 7 review". Top Gear is my current favorite TV show out there, it's hilarious.

Joe's super-duper tech link of the week - Windows Live Local, pretty slick mapping software (currently only works in Seattle and San Francisco) that will not only show you an overhead view, but also let you look around from ground level. Check it out, it's cool.

Alright I'll post more next week! Until then, have fun and shred whenever you can!

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Okay, so ive finally got the energy to write about my trip some more. Took a couple days but i made it. Oh and by the way, chocolate chip cookies and orange juice do NOT go well together.

So day three of the trip was pretty much the most important part. We went on our tour of the University of British Columbia campus. Ohhhh so pretty, theres sooo many gardens that overlook the ocean and mountains, and theres a movie theatre and yummy food. Oh and cool part of it was this new library they have, it has this robotic arm that will get the book for you. SOO COOL for lazy people like myself. But ya the tour wasnt anything that special, there was some kid from portland, OR in my group, i was jealous.

So anyways, after the tour we went to this part of Vancouver called 'Gastown' named after some guy called Gassy Jack or something.... It was pouring rain again, and i really needed to pee at this point and we were looking for a place to eat. So i saw a random italian restaurant and forced my parents to go cause i had to pee so bad. Turns out it was actually really good food and a really nice restaurant, thank you tiny bladder! mmm i had tortellini or however you spell it, thats my favourite pasta ever. yum.

After eating we went into this random museum thing that we found. There was all these old pictures and i found this poster that was all about me. It said..."T-Rex (then there was a picture of one) I'm Always Hungry". oh how i love food... Well anyways we didnt spend very long there cause we didnt buy tickets to see the exhibits cause we're cheap and lazy.

Well we went back to the hotel for a bit then decided to go see a movie at the IMAX theatre located in Canada Place, this crazy looking building. We saw The Polar Express in 3D!!! it was actually a really good movie, but better to watch like the day before christmas, not after christmas is over. It really wasnt the same.

We returned to the hotel and caught the end of the canucks vs. flames game. Canucks won in overtime ohhh man it was intense. And our hotel is right by the stadium so all the fans pouring out were screaming and cheering, haha it was sooo nuts outside.

So that was day three, not so exciting. But i have a good story for day four, aka the day i  went home. So we were on our flight from seattle to chicago, and i was sitting on the plane bored and i was just looking around. Then all of a sudden i spoted this newspaper that was hanging  from the side of the seat in front of me. Except all i saw was in bold giant letters the word GAY and i was just like wtf... so i was trying to manuver the newspaper so i could see what the whole title said but then my mom hit me and told me to stop. But then later the newspaper fell, so i picked it up and it said on it...THE GAY NEWSohhh man my mom and i were laughing sooooo hard, i mean not that theres anything wrong with being gay, i just had NO IDEA they made gay newspapers. honestly whats the difference?! the classifieds? but ya, after we landed the guy went on his phone and OH MAN HE WAS SOOO GAY! wow.

So thats my whole trip in a matter of three blogs. Pretty good i must say, long...but good =P Well i hope you've enjoyed it. If youve made it this far then you deserve a trophy and some cookies, but no orange juice. Honestly it tastes terrible.

-sneezes-

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Well this second part was much better. However,the flight from chicago to seattle was super bloody long! ohhhh did my legs hurt. I think it was about 4 hours. Oh well, i lived. It's already our last day in Vancouver but ill go over what we did the past couple days.

Well, after the flight to seattle we rented a car and headed off to Vancouver. We got in at about 2:30pm western time. It was pouring rain outside but i didn't notice much seeing as i was fast asleep in the backseat. Remember, at this point i only had an hour and a half of sleep =P terrible. Anyways, after awhile we started getting hungry so we stopped at an IHOP(omg i love IHOP even when im half asleep). The waitress lady was really cool cause i ordered chocolate milk, except it wasnt very chocolaty,and she saw it and was like oh man ill be back, and she made it SUPER chocolatey. However, it was just too much for me, so i only had a couple sips . Mmmmm and i had the belgium waffle with whipped cream and strawberries and strawberry sauce ohhhh man yum yum. They have the best waffles ever, it's all i get when i go there.

After IHOP, we continued driving and made our way to Vancouver. Again i was fast asleep through the drive. We got to our hotel and passed out. The next thing i knew, it was the morning and i had gotten 12 hours of sleep, yet it was only 9am. The jet lag sure got to me cause i was tired all day and i was beginning to catch a cold. I've suffered the last two days with a sore throat, but i've had medicine so it's really not that bad. So after we woke up, we had our freeeeee breakfast(everything is so much better when its free) and we headed over to the UBC campus. We just drove around it for a bit to see what it looked like and such, we didnt wanna look too much cause we were going on a tour the next day.

After driving around the campus, we headed off to the Capilano Suspension Bridge. It was sooo cool. And yes, i did jump on it. And yes, i lived. Across the bridge as well, there were more suspended bridges in the trees. Oh how i love to jump on suspension bridges. Anyways, it was crazy cool and we walked around there for awhile. After going to the cool bridge place we headed towards Grouse Mountain. This was a place to snowboard, however, there was barelyany snow. But i got to go on my first gondula(s/p?) ride. It was fun, and the people who worked there made me laugh cause they were obsessing over the word "Majestic". Oh how i love British Columbia. Up at the top of the mountain it began to rain so we decided to head into the lodge andhave a bite to eat. And let me tell you, they have GOOD hot dogs. 

So anyways, after the bridge and the mountain we went and drove around in Stanley Park. I mean its pretty in the winter, but imagine it in the summer. No rain! So after touring the park we came back to the hotel and checked to see if we could get tickets to the Canucks vs. Flames hockey game. They had tickets, but they were a wee bit expensive. $120 each to be exact. It sucked that we couldnt go, cause im canadian yet ive never been to a hockey game before. 

When supper time came around, we went to this fancy pantsy seafood restaurant. All the stuff on the menu did not appeal to me, but they had bbq back ribs and those sounded just perfect. My parents of course had to have fish, which they did, but they'll eat anything. After our fancy pantsy supper, we came back to the hotel and watched Trading Spouses(my choice) haha what a damn good show. It had this crazy lady who was reading french childrens books to these kids who were like 17 years old. Crazy moms make me laugh. However, im glad my mom isnt TOOOOO crazy. And she can cook, thats a bonus.

So it turns out Vancouver is awesome so far and i love it. Well im too lazy to write out what happened today so ill leave that for tomorrow. My moms feeling great and ive got a little cold, but life is good. We're even talking about going to Calgary to check out that University next. Hopefully its good but then again that would put me in the tough position of choosing between UBC and U of Calgary.-sigh- oh well. So thats my trip so far. Stay tuned for part three, it shall be posted eventually.

And im spent...  

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