isay news

That's right.

It's time for all of us to go green. Whether it be from minimizing waste, driving less, recycling more, riding our bikes, or joining the fight against bigger, more global issues; we can all do our part.

I have been reading articles non stop on global initiatives that help combat major environmental issues, and even came across an amazing video to help stop soot.

This is also very funny! It shows how you have to make real changes, not just say you're going green.

Oh! And I found some interesting stats in an article on one of our sites, ipsos news center. This one describes just how much we want to go green - but on our own terms.

In Toronto, where I live, they have passed a bylaw that makes all plastic bags a minimum of 5 cents. This is turn, makes us all carry those reusable bags wherever we go, which I think is a major step in the right direction. Wouldn't it be a great idea to be a start up who designs custom reusable bags? Maybe not.

I guess I'll stick to writing blog posts.

Here are a couple other sites I found that support going green.

You may like them, you may not. But you'll have to click to find out!

The daily green

The green guide


See ya!

Dave

After posting some pretty good news articles for a couple of months now, I have finally started to make a little splash in the blog world. Yes, it's true I haven't changed the world, yet, or made headlines for that matter. But I have been chugging along, posting results, and trying to enlighten any and all interested with statistics and stories that actually mean something. And now I'm stepping it up. Or at least I hope to.

I was turned onto this link found somewhere on our site. We couldn't figure out how people were finding it, but the interest has been pretty high.
So, I'm posting it for you to check out.

To sum it up, it's a bunch of surveys for fun. The options are:

• Financial Services
• Pet Ownership
• Health and Wellness
• Small Office/Home Office
• Miscellaneous

Take your pick. Do one, do 'em all. Or do none, and secretly wish you hadn't read this post because it's a waste of your time. But hopefully you won't choose the latter. Now instead of just reading those articles and seeing statistics (see my post) that say only 1 in 4 Canadians even know about twitter, you can be a part of it.

Enjoy,

Dave

While 26% of Online Canadians are Aware of Twitter, Only 1.45% of Online Canadians Actually Use the Social Networking Tool

A new study from Ipsos Reid shows that only 26% of online Canadians are aware of Twitter. Of those, 6% reported using the social networking tool. This only equates to 1.45% of the Internet population, or about one percent of the population as a whole. These are some of the findings from “Social Networking: 2009”, a new study conducted and released by Ipsos Reid. Study author Mark Laver noted that while “Twitter gets a lot of press, and usage figures show impressive growth, when you look at its awareness and use among mainstream online Canadians, you get a completely different picture.”

read more

As a follow-up to its well-known and well-respected Mendelsohn Affluent Survey (currently being fielded for its 33rd consecutive year), Ipsos Mendelsohn recently conducted its quarterly online Barometer survey among affluent adults during April 2009. In it, some 1000 people in households with household incomes of $100,000 or more were asked to candidly assess and share their current concerns and opinions about the changing world around them.

Read the full article

More Americans would choose to share a vacation rental home with talk show host Kelly Ripa (26%) than would with the Obamas (19%), the Jolie-Pitt family (16%), Oprah Winfrey (16%), Jon Stewart (13%) or Stephen Colbert (10%), according to a new survey conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of Home Away.

get the full article

Over Half Already Feel that Their Funding Is Insufficient, and Roughly a Quarter of Departments Say They Are Lacking Adequate Equipment and Training

New York, NY – Fire departments across the country face a variety of challenges – from budget cuts to staffing issues – and the current economic crisis in only exacerbating these problems, according to a new study conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company. The study, “Supporting Safer Communities: A National Firefighter Survey,” found that a majority of departments (56%) fear that if the economic crisis continues into next year, that it will negatively impact their ability to serve their community. Fortunately, though, only 17% of departments feel that the quality of service that they provide has declined due to the economy.

One Half Of Those wishing for More Would Consider Changing Jobs or Moving to a Community That Had More to Offer

New York, New York – A new poll conducted on behalf of Snagajob.com has revealed that living or working in the suburbs might not be all that it’s cracked up to be. Of the one in three (32%) Americans who reportedly live in a suburban environment, a majority (51%) wishes their community had more of a wide variety of offerings.

Items that the majority of suburbanites are looking for more of include: access to convenient public transportation (23%), a broad array of housing options (22%), a walkable environment (22%), arts, sporting events and other entertainment options (21%), cultural diversity (19%), and closer proximity to a regional or local job core that provides close jobs to where they live (17%). In fact, 52% of these individuals say that they would move to a community that offered more of these things, while 44% of those looking for more still wouldn’t move to a different community.

Focusing on the workplace, nearly three in ten (28%) working Americans say that they work in a suburban setting, suggesting that many are still enduring a commute into the urban core where four in ten (40%) report working. Among those who do work in the suburbs, nearly one half (47%) wish that that environment offered more.

Among those who yearn for an improved working environment in the suburbs, one quarter are looking for good use of green space (23%), while others want more of a broad array of employers and work environments (20%), access to convenient to public transit for easier commuting (17%), cultural diversity (16%), a walkable environment (14%), and closer proximity to housing options (12%). Among those who are looking for more in their suburban working environment, nearly one half (47%) would change jobs or employers to be in a location that offered more of these things. However, a majority (52%) would not.