Thursday, May 15, 2008

Ideal Bite: Your Civic Duty


Your Civic Duty


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If 10,000 Biters invest $1,000 in U.S.-based community investment institutions for just one year, we'll help build or improve the homes of 500 underserved borrowers.


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Real stock symbols and their companies: FUN (Cedar Fair amusement parks), OUCH (Occupational Urgent Care medical services), RIP (Pauze Tombstone funeral services), TUXX (Al's Formal Wear), and YUMY (Tofruzen tofu ice cream).


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Got stimulus package money to burn?

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Uncle Sam wants YOU...to spend, spend, spend. As the Biter patriot you are, consider blowing that $300-$1,200 wad on an eco-investment to stimulate the green economy for years to come.

The Benefits

  • Investing in a greener future. Add to the $2.3 trillion already invested in socially responsible businesses - money that helps the green marketplace grow.
  • Raking it in. Between 2000-2005, the value of the Global 100 most sustainable companies outperformed a common benchmark (the MSCI World Index) by 80%.

Personally Speaking
A few of us are reinvesting our stim package money into our own bank accounts after we were hit by big taxes in April.

Wanna Try?

$1,200
  • Community Investing Center - put money into a low-risk bank account (insured at $100,000 per depositor like traditional banks) that provides loans to underserved borrowers. Measure your potential impact here.
$600
  • Blue Marble - socially responsible investment firm helps you green your portfolio; low account minimums (starting at $100 plus $100 per month).
$300
  • MicroPlace - makes it easy for you to give small loans (even just $100) to entrepreneurs in developing countries; you make a low-risk return of 2%-3%.
 

Enter to win $200 at Tees for Change by inviting your non-Biter friends to join Ideal Bite in the next 24 hours - smaller pool, bigger chances.

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