Charles A.'s Greenboard
Charles A. supports 4 of the 35 organizations in the network. Team Les Huards (test).
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On Charles A.'s board · Montréal, QC
Café Solidaire (test)
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Fair-trade coffee, roasted on your street
A neighbourhood roaster paying growers a fair price.
Café Solidaire buys beans directly from grower co-operatives and roasts them a few streets away. Every bag sold supports fair pay at the source and local jobs here. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our first roaster was a popcorn machine from a garage sale. It still sits on the shelf, and on slow Sundays it still works.
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On Charles A.'s board · Saint-Rémi, QC
Les Jardins du Sud (test)
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Fresh vegetables, grown within 50 km
A farm co-op delivering weekly baskets.
Sign up for a weekly basket of seasonal vegetables from farms south of the city. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Every carrot that's too funny-looking to sell goes to the farm's goats, who are, frankly, unbearable about it.
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On Charles A.'s board · Lachine, QC
Rivière Propre (test)
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Help clean up the riverbanks this fall
Community clean-ups along the St. Lawrence.
Join a two-hour clean-up and help keep plastics out of the river. Gloves and bags provided. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Strangest find so far: a bowling ball, perfectly clean, at the bottom of a shopping cart, in the middle of the river.
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On Charles A.'s board · Verdun, QC
Vélo Verdun (test)
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Free bike repair workshops every Saturday
Volunteers who keep the neighbourhood rolling.
Bring your bike, learn to fix it, leave with a smile. Tools and coaching are free; donations keep the lights on. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our oldest regular rides a 1974 CCM. We've replaced every part except the bell, which he says is lucky.
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Buy Local · Lisboa
Alfama Conservas Locais (test)
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Tinned sardines from Portuguese boats, packed by hand
A small cannery buying from local fishing families.
We buy sardines from small boats that fish within sight of the coast, and pack them by hand the same day. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Each tin's label is painted by a different Lisbon artist. Some people buy them only for the art.
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Buy Local · Sherbrooke, QC
Atelier Bois Local (test)
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Furniture made from local hardwood
Two carpenters, Quebec maple, built to last.
Tables, shelves and cutting boards made by hand from Quebec hardwood. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Every table we make has a small maple leaf carved underneath. Only the people who drop their keys ever find it.
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Not-for-Profit · Seattle, WA
Borrow-a-Drill Rainier (test)
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Why buy a drill you'll use twice?
A neighbourhood library of 2,000 tools.
Members borrow ladders, saws, pressure washers and canning pots for a week, for a pay-what-you-can membership. (Placeholder text for testing.)
The most borrowed tool is a stud finder. Nobody knows why.
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Fair-Trade · Ciudad de México, CDMX
Cacao Justo Coyoacán (test)
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Chocolate that pays cacao growers fairly
Bean-to-bar chocolate from Tabasco co-operatives.
We buy cacao directly from two growers' co-operatives in Tabasco at twice the market price, and make the chocolate here. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our hot chocolate recipe uses a pinch of chili. Grandmothers approve; tourists cough.
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Environmental · Boston, MA
Dockside Oyster Gardeners (test)
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A million oysters to clean the harbour
Volunteers growing oyster reefs that filter the water.
Each adult oyster filters up to 200 litres of water a day. Help us raise young oysters on cages hanging from the docks. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our oyster cages have names. The best grower so far is called Gerald.
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Buy Local · San Francisco, CA
Doughlores Bakers Collective (test)
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Sourdough from California wheat, baked by its owners
A bakery owned by the bakers who run it.
Our flour is stone-milled from wheat grown in the Central Valley. Our starter is older than most of our staff. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our starter is named Doughlores and has her own birthday party every June.
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Charity · Dublin
Eight O'Clock Soup Dublin (test)
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Hot soup and a chat, every night of the year
Volunteers bringing food and company to people sleeping rough.
Every evening at eight, our teams walk the same route with soup, sandwiches, sleeping bags and time to talk. (Placeholder text for testing.)
On Christmas night the queue to volunteer is longer than the queue for soup.
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Not-for-Profit · Brooklyn, NY
Fire Escape Seed Library (test)
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Borrow seeds, grow food, bring seeds back
A free seed library for city gardeners.
Take a few packets in spring, grow them on your fire escape or in a community plot, and return some seeds in the fall. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our most borrowed seed is a tomato that a neighbour's grandmother brought from Naples in 1952.
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Not-for-Profit · Toronto, ON
Fix-It Fiesta Kensington (test)
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Don't toss it, fix it with us
Volunteer fixers for toasters, lamps, jeans and bikes.
Every second Sunday, bring what's broken. Our volunteers show you how to repair it, for free, over coffee. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our record: a 1962 radio that played again after 31 years in a basement.
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Environmental · Amsterdam
Grachten Schoon (test)
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Fish plastic out of the canals
Clean-up boat trips through Amsterdam's canals.
Join a 90-minute boat trip with a net. Everything we fish out is sorted, counted and recycled into new things. (Placeholder text for testing.)
We have fished out 41 bicycles. One still had its lights working.
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Not-for-Profit · Barcelona
Gràcia Bicis Compartides (test)
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Cargo bikes to share with the whole street
A neighbourhood association lending cargo bikes for free.
Need to move a fridge, a cello or three kids? Book one of our cargo bikes for the afternoon, for free. (Placeholder text for testing.)
The strangest load so far: a piano, carried up the hill by two bikes and very proud owners.
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Environmental · São Paulo, SP
Horta do Antigo Estacionamento (test)
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A vegetable garden on a former parking lot
Neighbours growing food and shade in the middle of the city.
Every Saturday morning we plant, water and share the harvest. No experience needed, just bring a hat. (Placeholder text for testing.)
A family of hummingbirds lives in our passion fruit vine and supervises every harvest.
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Charity · Montréal, QC
La Table Partagée (test)
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Hot meals for anyone who needs one
A community kitchen serving 200 meals a week.
Volunteers cook and serve meals five days a week, no questions asked. Your share helps fill the pantry. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our soup recipe has been passed between 40 volunteer cooks. Nobody agrees on how much garlic, so it changes every week.
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Charity · Berlin
Lange Tafel Kreuzberg (test)
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A warm lunch for everyone, pay what you can
A neighbourhood kitchen where everyone eats at the same table.
Five days a week, volunteers cook with surplus food from local markets. Pay what you can, or nothing at all. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our longest table seats 48 people and was built from the doors of a demolished school.
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Charity · Calgary, AB
Leftovers to Plates Calgary (test)
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Good food rescued, shared the same day
Volunteer drivers who take surplus food to shelters.
Grocers and bakeries call us at closing time. By evening, the food is on plates instead of in the bin. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our volunteers have driven the distance to the Moon and halfway back, one bakery at a time.
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Fair-Trade · Sydney, NSW
Marrickville Fair Threads (test)
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Clothes made by people paid a living wage
A shop selling only fair-trade and locally sewn clothing.
Every piece is traced to the workshop that made it, from cotton farm to sewing machine, with the makers' names on the tag. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our tags include a photo of the person who sewed the garment. Customers often write to thank them.
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Buy Local · Chicago, IL
Masa Comunal Pilsen (test)
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Tortillas pressed by hand, corn from Illinois farms
A worker-owned tortilla shop in Pilsen.
We buy heirloom corn from three family farms within 150 km and nixtamalize it the old way, every morning. (Placeholder text for testing.)
On the first Saturday of the month, kids can press their own tortilla. Nobody has ever made a round one.
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Charity · Madrid
Mesa Puesta Lavapiés (test)
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Lunch with dignity, served at the table
A community dining room where volunteers serve neighbours like guests.
No queues and no trays: guests sit down and volunteers serve a three-course lunch, five days a week. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our cook was a chef in a famous restaurant. She says this is the best kitchen she ever ran.
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Charity · Los Angeles, CA
Monarch Fridge Boyle Heights (test)
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Take what you need, leave what you can
A sidewalk fridge stocked by neighbours, open day and night.
Restaurants, gardeners and families fill it every day. Volunteers clean it every morning and check every date. (Placeholder text for testing.)
The fridge is painted with monarch butterflies by a local artist, who signs each wing.
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Buy Local · København
Nørrebro Wool Collective (test)
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Sweaters knitted from Danish wool, by hand
Knitters who buy wool from small Danish sheep farms.
Our wool comes from four sheep farms in Jutland. Every sweater is knitted in Copenhagen and signed by its knitter. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Each sweater takes about 40 hours. Our fastest knitter can do it in a long weekend and two films.
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Environmental · Roma
Orti del Pomodoro Trastevere (test)
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Vegetable gardens along the Tiber
Shared urban gardens that cool the city and feed families.
Rent a small plot for the season, or volunteer on the shared beds. Tomatoes, basil and zucchini, all summer. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our gardeners hold a tomato contest every August. The judges are the neighbourhood's grandmothers.
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Environmental · Vancouver, BC
Paddle & Pick False Creek (test)
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Paddle with us and pull plastic from the water
Free kayak outings that clean up False Creek.
We lend the kayak, the life jacket and the net. You bring two hours and a good mood. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Strangest catch: a rubber duck with a name tag. We found its owner.
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Environmental · Auckland
Penguin Shed Dune Crew (test)
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Plant dunes, protect the shore
Volunteers restoring native dune plants on Auckland's beaches.
Native grasses hold the sand together when storms hit. Spend a Saturday morning planting them with us. (Placeholder text for testing.)
A little blue penguin nested under our tool shed last winter. The shed is now off-limits.
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Not-for-Profit · London
Puncture Club Hackney (test)
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Learn to fix your bike, keep it on the road
A community workshop with tools, parts and patient mechanics.
Drop in on weeknights. We'll lend you the tools and show you how, from puncture repair to rebuilding a wheel. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our oldest regular cycles to every session on a bike built in 1938. It has never had a flat.
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Buy Local · Bruxelles / Brussel
Ruches des Toits Bruxelles (test)
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Honey from the rooftops of Brussels
A beekeepers' co-op with hives on schools and offices.
Our 60 hives live on city rooftops, where linden trees and parks keep the bees busy. The honey tastes of the city's flowers. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our bees fly up to 3 km. One hive's honey tastes faintly of the Royal Greenhouses' orange trees.
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Environmental · Stockholm
Stol Nummer Tre Södermalm (test)
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Furniture rescued from the dump, made beautiful again
An upcycling workshop that teaches as it repairs.
We collect chairs, tables and lamps headed for the dump, repair them with apprentices and sell them at fair prices. (Placeholder text for testing.)
One chair has been through our workshop three times. We now consider it a member of staff.
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Fair-Trade · Paris
Torréfaction Équitable de Belleville (test)
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Fair-trade coffee roasted in Belleville
A neighbourhood roaster working with women-led co-operatives.
Our beans come from three co-operatives run by women in Peru, Rwanda and Honduras. We roast twice a week, upstairs. (Placeholder text for testing.)
The roaster is so loud that the bakery next door times its baguettes by it.
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Fair-Trade · Wien
Wiener Fair Kaffee (test)
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A Viennese coffee house, fairly traded
Traditional coffee house culture with beans that pay growers fairly.
Sit as long as you like with a Melange and the newspapers. Every cup is made with fair-trade beans from Ethiopia. (Placeholder text for testing.)
A regular has been doing the same crossword at the same table every morning since we opened.
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Fair-Trade · Buenos Aires
Yerba Justa (test)
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Yerba mate from family farms, at a fair price
A shop that buys straight from small growers in Misiones.
We pay growers in Misiones a fair, fixed price before the harvest, so a bad year doesn't ruin a family. (Placeholder text for testing.)
We once counted: our regulars share about 4,000 mates a week, mostly while arguing about football.
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Environmental · Zürich
Zürcher Saatgutgarten (test)
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Saving old vegetable varieties, one seed at a time
A garden that keeps rare Swiss varieties alive.
We grow 300 old vegetable varieties and share their seeds, so they don't disappear from gardens and plates. (Placeholder text for testing.)
Our rarest bean was saved from a single jar found in a farmhouse attic in 1998.
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