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In today’s episode of Glo Says Let's Talk Local Podcast - Season 6 - Special Shorts (a weekly Business, Entrepreneur and Arts Podcast) host Gloria Chong is joined by Kevin Tholenaars, Plantrepeneur and CEO of Plantsome North America. Plantsome is an ingenious solution that helps you buy plants online and more importantly care for your plants using their helpful app!

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In today’s episode of Glo Says Let's Talk Local Podcast - Season 6 - Special Shorts (a weekly Business, Entrepreneur and Arts Podcast) host Gloria Chong is joined by Robinson Smith the best-selling author of “The Smith Manoeuvre - Master Your Mortgage”. This could be a smart investment strategy technique that converts your non-tax-deductible mortgage into a tax-deductible mortgage. Check out what Rob has to say about how this financial strategy can help Canadian homeowners.

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In today’s episode of Glo Says Let's Talk Local Podcast - Season 6 - Special Shorts (a weekly Business, Entrepreneur and Arts Podcast) host Gloria Chong talks to guest Charmaine Hammond, professional speaker, author and now Executive Producer of the award-winning short film Back Home Again. “Back Home Again” is an animated short film about the devastating Fort McMurray wildfire featuring a star-studded cast that includes Tom Green, Michael J. Fox, Kim Basinger, Bill Burr, and Marlon Waynes. Listen now to how this movie came to be and get to know Charmaine’s story as well.

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www.backhomeagainmovie.com
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In today’s episode of Glo Says Let's Talk Local Podcast - Season 6 - Special Shorts (a weekly Business, Entrepreneur and Arts Podcast) host Gloria Chong talk to guest Mickey McLeod (co-founder of Salt Spring Coffee) about his 25 years of coffee roasting in the Vancouver area. Mickey joins Glo to share his humble beginnings, explain Salt Springs life long commitment to sustainability and community, plus learn where he sees the future of coffee roasting for his business.

Key Quotes:
The Way to Do Business
"But to me, that's the only way to do business, you know, you have to care about it, and care about people and the process, and, you know, the planet and all of that, we just have done that forever.  So it's what we do."
Coffee Is Like Art
"The thing about coffee, which is kind of interesting is that it's kind of like art, you know, I mean, you can interpret in a different way.  So you could give 10 coffee roasters, the same coffee and you'll probably get a different taste of 10 different coffees because they're gonna do it their own way."
Sustainability is Broad, Care is Specific and More Precise
"That's why I don't really like using the word sustainability, because it can be overused, and not really understood. That's why we talk more about caring.  If you start from the first part of the process, and care about the person, the family that grew the coffee, and give them the attention they need, and then they care about they're doing and then you care about the cooperative that's helping them and then you know, you care about the trader that we're working with, you know, got good relations, you just care each step of the way and then you can kind of drill down from there."


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www.saltspringcoffee.com
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Happy New Year and a brief message about what's on for Seasons 6, 7 and 8.


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In today’s episode of ‘Glo Says Let's Talk Local’ podcast - Season 5 - What ART thou? Where ART thou? (A weekly Business, Entrepreneur and Arts Podcast) Gloria speaks to some Docents (Esther, Fides and Ginley) today who lead guided tours on a voluntary basis in a Museum or an Art Gallery. If you ever find yourself staring quizzically at something in a museum and wondering, ‘What Art Thou?!' Go ask a Docent.  They will be happy to help you.
Episode Highlights
02:40 – Esther says she worked as a Docent in a Creative Art Gallery in Singapore where they specialized in Printmaking and Fine Art Prints and it was quite helpful to learn how they created that art.04:40 – Gloria asks all the three guests about why they wanted to be a Docent.06:50 – Ginley says that in Denver they have a preschool program, early elementary program and then a middle and high school program.17:00 – Esther describes her favourite artists or artworks in an Art Gallery.19:15 – Fides says that she loves ‘Van Gogh’ and ‘Matisse’ and would love them on her wall.21:00 – All the speakers give their opinion about the firing of Docents in Chicago.24:00 – Gloria asks about any current art shows they would recommend to the public to see.Some Key Points 
Fides shares that at the Vancouver Art Gallery, it’s not only about giving kids information but also engaging them so they would think critically by using the Visual Thinking Strategy, which is student centred.Esther says that she had an idea but had no understanding of how much preparation goes into being a Docent in addition to the training, which is extensive, especially if you have no art background.Quotes:
“I appreciate that you guys have a lot of training and passion for this position.” – Gloria“I would recommend coming to Denver to see the new Martin Building.” – GinleyResources:
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