1) Fall Guide 09 - Intro & Hot Links

Fall is here in all its splendor, painted on a backdrop of rich-coloured reds, yellows, oranges and browns.

It’s time to wrap yourself in that hand-made scarf are locally-knit sweater and take away the chill with an organic latte at FRED, or sip some hot tea from Local Joe’s collection.

It’s time to take a few minutes for yourself… for people, planet and community, and explore  “Fall for Harvest”, the CRUSISIS Fall Guide to Sustainable Living ‘09.  And be sure to check out our 'HOT LINKS' (>> SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM) for our favorite selections from our Fall Guide ‘09!

Update Since Last Guide & ‘Coming Soon’

Just before you launch in to this season’s guide, we wanted to give you some highlights of what’s been happening since the last guide launch and apologize for being a little later than we would have liked at launching the Fall Guide.  Our exciting new and upcoming services, as well as our recently launched community events like “TASTE for the Cure” have been keeping us extremely busy.  Now we’re focussed on things coming up and excited to tell you about those briefly below as well.

Since Last Guide:

1. “TASTE for the Cure: a Sampling of Local Flavours”, our 1^st ‘official’ community-based event at the Argyle Fine Art Gallery.
2. NEW Sustainable Events Listing Services On-Line (right of webpage) >> Send us ‘YOURS’ & we’ll post it FREE!! (Soon you’ll be able to upload it yourself.)
3. Summer Guide Draw Winner not yet Selected for “Weekend Get-Away to Pictou Lodge”!

On-Going:

1. Fall Draw: Your chance to win a “Home-cooked Harvest Dinner for 6” by Chef Sean Gallagher.
2. Advertiser’s Promo: $50 discount or buy now for Holidays & get ad listed now, before the guide launch, for added FREE exposure.
3. Sponsorship Opportunities available to align your organization with sustainable living values & audience.  Contact us for details.
4. Search Matrix, ‘search engine for sustainable living’ constantly growing…
5. New partnerships: Contact us if you are interested in partnering for draws, events, Seasonal Guides, 'Search Matrix & more. 
   

Coming Up:

1. ‘Self-Registering’ On-line Events Listing Services (FREE) – Upload your own events! (coming soon)
2. ‘Self-Registering’ On-line Directory Services (FREE) by ‘you’ – Upload your sustainable company or product. (coming soon)
3. Holiday Guide ’09: Want to be listed or featured?  Contact us.
4. Atlantic Eco-Expo:  We hope to be there & see you!
5. Locks of Love Ponytail Cutting: Partnership of event with Halifax school pushes date to spring 2010, with campaign launch in Nov. ‘09.
6. Healthy, Local-Living Workshops like Preserve-Making & Local, Healthy Cooking Classes.  Contact us if you are interested.(members free & public welcome)
7. CRUSISIS Awareness initiatives underway behind the scenes & launching soon.
8. And finally, remember, there is an abundance for you at CRUSISIS.ca as members, and for the general public as well.  So be sure to check out our Seasonal Guides, our Search Matrix, Sustainable Events Listings (right of webpage), and (upcoming) On-Line Directory services and much more…

Start 'Harvesting' Now from our Fall Guide ‘09

Start harvesting our guide now (using themes ‘below’ OR, from ‘left’ side menu bar) to explore topics that suit your fancy. Or, see our CRUSISIS Fall Guide Hot Links (below) for our favorite suggestions, sure to fill your basket with a fun, healthy, local, and sustainable harvest!

NAVIGATION TIP:

When surfing the guide, remember that back/ forward arrows at the end of the articles ‘IN’ the guide, take you back/ forward within the theme the article is found… NOT necessarily ‘back’ to the last page you were reading (as would be the case if you clicked ‘back pg’ on your browser).  The same is true when you surf the Search Matrix.  IF YOU WANT TO GET BACK WHERE YOU WERE, click ‘back page/ arrow” on the browser, not at the end of the article.  OR, use the arrows at the bottom of each article to help you move backward/ forward in the section to explore more…

Savour the fall!

CRUSISIS Sustainable Living

 

'HOT LINKS' to our Fall Guide '09:

• Win “Home-cooked Harvest Dinner for 6” from Chef Sean Gallagher of Local Source Market & Terroir Catering.
• Fall Eco-Fashion
• Harvest Recipes from Chef Craig Flinn of Chives Canadian Bistro
• Green Supplies for School & Work
• Food Security; Food Sovereignty; NS Food Summit 2009; B.A.L.L.E. NS
  
• Greening Your Diet by Environmentalist Bridget Oland
• Fighting Cold & Flus Naturally by Dr. Sarah Hardy, ND
• Harvest for Life: for Sustenance, for Self, for Serenity, for Outcome & for Equity
• Healthy Snacks & Lunches
• Fall Gardening, Planning Ahead & Economics from Urban Gardner, Deirdre Evans
• Autumn at Chives: ‘Food for Thought’ from Chef Craig Flinn
• Sustainable Schooling: for Little & Big ‘Kids’
• Sustainable Financing… for School & Life
• Bagging Your Bounty by Environmentalist Bridget Oland
• Healthy Halloween
• CRUSISIS Everyday Heroes™ for Fall ‘09
• CRUSISIS Everyday Environmentalist ™ for Fall ‘09
• CRUSISIS Everyday Environmentalist ™ for Paper & Printing