Kiva - loans that change lives
Monday, June 9th, 2008I received an email from an old colleague today about www.kiva.org a website where loans can be made to people in the developing world. Referred to as a “micro-lending”, it’s a truly amazing site and a great alternative to blind giving.
I’ll quote from their “about us” page:
Kiva’s mission is to connect people [...]
Personal fundraising - we should be doing this
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Christopher Locke, author of Gonzo Marketing and The Cluetrain Manifesto, sent out a message from his RageBoy/Gradient Entropy Reversals blog/list over the weekend to this personal fundraising page on Barack Obama’s campaign site.
It’s so simple, I’m astonished that this hasn’t been done here. An individual can create a page to raise money and then [...]
Free Our Bills! (TheyWorkForYou.com)
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008TheyWorkForYou is a great resource for seeing how your local MP has been representing you in Parliament. When I last dropped in on their site they were promoting their Free Our Bills! campaign.
Quite sensibly they have been encouraging Parliament to publish proceedings in a way that can be better understood by computers. This might sound [...]
Human fertilisation, embryology and the kitchen sink.
Monday, May 12th, 2008I notice this evening an article on the gay news site Pink News about how the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill benefit lesbians,
Good to see because there is way too much discussion about Frankenstein children, saviour siblings and animal embryos. It’s really important to see that the bill has an impact across society, not just [...]
Fourth Option for Council Housing Petition
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007This petition on the PM’s website calls on the government to provide the “Fourth Option”:
Petition to: provide the Fourth Option of direct investment in council housing as an alternative to privatisation by stock transfer, PFI or ALMO, to enable local authorities to respect the choice of their tenants and bring all homes up to at [...]
Top 100 Labour Bloggers
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006Just noticed that this humble site appears at number 51 in the top 100 Labour bloggers: What’s new pussycat?: Top 100 Labour Bloggers
To be honest, I think this is a sign that lefty blogging is in a dire state, rather than any indication of the quality or popularity of this site. I also think that [...]