2011 SLC Bike Collective

Every year I give 1% of my sales back to the community in some way -- I call it the 1% For The People campaign, based loosely on the 1% for the Planet championed by companies such as Patagonia.

In past years the recipients have been KRCL (2010) and Tim DeChristopher (2009), and this year I'm donating the money and time to the Salt Lake Bicycle Collective in the form of a new marquee sign.

From the SLC Bike Collective's web site:

"The mission of the Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households."

Check them out at 2312 S. West Temple in SLC; they also have locations in Ogden and Provo.

Mock up of the sign-to-be

1% for the People

Many folks are familiar with the ‘1% for the Planet’ initiative -- in a nutshell, it is a group of business that recognize that their commercial viability and the livlihood of their customers depends on natural resources.  These businesses have pledged 1% of their sales to fund environmental initiatives.  There are over 900 of them in the United States alone; Patagonia, maker of adventure clothing and gear, is one of the better known.

Here at Blue Boat Home Design’s world headquarters, we’ve also decided to donate 1% of our sales to worthwhile organizations.  Specifically, we’re calling it ‘1% for the People’ -- in short, 1% of our sales will go toward organizations that work towards fulfilling our mission to help people gather together and understand one another.

In 2009, 1% of our sales went towards Tim DeChristopher’s legal defense fund.  This year (2010), the donation went toward KRCL, a local public radio station that not only plays great music, has no advertising, and actively challenges the entrenched conservative politics in Utah (interestingly, although not surprisingly, GOP Representatives from Utah have unanimously voted to end funding for public radio).

If you also believe in having an independent voice unaffected by corporate interest giving you your news, then donate here.



http://www.peacefuluprising.org/climate-trial 

http://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/en/ 

http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-salt-lake-city/utah-votes-along-party-lines-to-cut-npr-funding 

http://www.krcl.org/