Here’s an interesting concept I just read about on Londonist - Choose What You Read.
This initiative is being encouraged by a not for profit organisation, and they loan books out and only ask that people return them when they’re done, so they can be read again by someone else. They encourage readers to add their [...]
Did you know that you could adopt a book? I never heard of this concept, until recently. This scheme I have heard about is offered by the British Library.
The British Library’s Adopt a Book scheme is the ideal way to give a family member, friend or corporate client a unique gift, while helping to protect [...]
It’s amazing what you can do with cans!
Canstruction is the most unique food charity in the world. A foundation of the Society for Design Administration (SDA), Canstruction is a design/build competition held in cities throughout North America. Teams of architects, engineers, and students mentored by these professionals, compete to design and build giant structures [...]
From Mumbaiwallah:
The United Nations Foundation is to support the “Say NO to Violence against Women†campaign by the UN Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM by donate $1 for each of the first 100,000 signatures to the online campaign. The donations will be passed to the UNIFEM-managed UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women.
The “Say [...]
I frequently post articles and links related to the environment. Here’s an initiative which I just heard about.
Twenty teams have been selected by the US Department of Energy and these teams, which are selected from colleges and universities worldwide, have competed in what is called the 2007 BP Solar Decathlon. This is a solar competition [...]
Brighton is set to become the first city in Britain to ban stores from giving out plastic bags to their customers. This initiative is being put forward to encourage the use of eco-friendly reusable bags; thus safeguarding the environment.
According to this article, annually, an estimated 17.5 billion plastics bags are given away nationally by supermarkets [...]
I just realised that today is Blog Action Day.
On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking towards a [...]
After being discontinued due to declining sales back in 2003, today the Wispa, first launched back in the 80s, has been relaunched after several campaigns and petitions from Wispa chocolate lovers. Goes to show that in many occasions, consumers can get their way if they voice their opinions.
More here. There is also more info and [...]
Here’s an interesting project, which I discovered after reading an article on The Guardian.
The goal of this project is that of providing children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves.
One of the initiatives of this project is the Give 1 Get 1 Program, where in return for spending $399 (£197), [...]
According to an article I was reading this afternoon on The Business Week website, Wal-Mart has launched an initiative, in partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which is a non profit organisation whose aim is to create a relationship between shareholders and corporations regarding the implications for shareholder value and commercial operations presented by [...]
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