Posts written by Jo Poole

Hello. I’m Jo Poole. My interest in economics is as my interest with many other aspects of how the world works…. more as a citizen than researcher or boffin.
Workwise – I am The Dress Doctor, offering an innovative service applying traditional skills to sorting out people’s clothing. There is also some dabbling in with Regency Interiors, and soft furnishings in general.
I serve on the clerking team for the Quakers & Business Group.

Paid internship with the Bretton Woods Project, working on global financial institutions.

September 21, 2010 – 10:23 am

The Bretton Woods Project, an NGO that works on the global financial institutions, is looking to recruit a (paid) intern in London for 6 months or longer. It would focus on their work on the World Bank related to environment (climate, energy, infrastructure, etc), social impacts and human rights. More details here. There is also [...]

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Engagement with the political process via West London Citizens.

September 20, 2010 – 10:28 pm

Friends, At Yearly Meeting this year we looked at our engagement with the political process.  The following is taken from the epistle: We have reflected on our engagement with the political process in its widest sense. We have a ministry of listening and mediation. Our own daily decisions about the way we live are part [...]

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Statement of Business Principles

January 12, 2010 – 7:24 pm

This is as drafted by the Quakers & Business Group.   It is availiable to download from our website in French, German, Portugese, Mandarin, Russian and Spanish.  It is also being translated into Urdu. The Quakers and Business Group Statement of Business Principles 1. Truth and Integrity One name for the Society of Friends called Quakers [...]

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