A fish or a fishing pole?

Ripple.org

"Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, feed him for a lifetime."
Ripple.org and the Grameen Foundation do just that - together they help a poor borrower finance enough money to start their own business and lift themselves out of poverty.

With every click, sponsors of The Ripple donate $0.10 to help those in need start a new business, and with it, a new life. Loans of as little as $100 help change and save lives. Today is a great day to take action.

Every click helps.

Spring cleaning - for America

cannecy.free.fr/waste/

So unless you've been living under the biggest and dumbest rock in the world, you know about the environmental catastrophe occurring in the Gulf. Today I'm posting up so that you are able to do (if nothing else) a tiny part in helping clean this beautiful country of ours.

Not only do the sponsors for The Cannecy help pay for clean-up efforts in the good ol' U.S. of A. but they provide links to other sites to demonstrate how you can reduce your personal waste. It is said that every American contributes to nearly 1 million lbs. of material waste per year. At first that sounds completely ludicrous, but if you think about it it's not far from the truth for such a consumer oriented and materialistic society. Step it up and do your part.



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Dogs rule.

www.theanimalrescuesite.com

So I got sort of bummed out today. I was reading the blog of a highly respected marketing guru and stumbled across an archived article about why he hates dogs. As soon as I saw the article title, he lost a few points in my book. While I agree that everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion, I began to notice that his reasons continued to revolve around reasons why (whether he knows it or not) he actually hates dog-owners. Okay - he gets maybe one point back.

Because of this I'm counter-blogging against him and writing for the Animal Rescue Site. In partnership with Petfinder.com, everyone who clicks on the main page button can help the 8 million unwanted dogs that are brought to shelters every year. My dog Lou was one of these pound pups, so I've got to give something back to my bud who's given me thousands of smiles and laughs over the years.

Seriously, Seth Godin - how could you not want to give her a scratch behind the ears? :)



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HelpThirst - Addicting games series Vol. 4

www.helpthirst.com

I saw a commercial the other day that mentioned that there was something like 385 million-trillion gallons of water on this earth (I'll give you a moment to grasp that number because it took me a moment too). With that much aqua it's hard to imagine that close to a billion people don't have access to clean drinking water.

HelpThirst.com rocks. It's a game where YOU donate a free cup of drinking water for every correct answer. Don't let the beginning levels fool you - it gets tricky. And as a bonus, it's a brain training and memory game that improves your short-term memory recall. This means your actions last Saturday night were not in vain.



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Raise cash for Global Education

www.e-inclusionsite.org

Education may be one of the values that we Americans take for granted. As kids, and often as adults, we fail to see the impact and importance of a rounded education. It's built into our society. Unfortunately, this is not the case across the globe.

I work for one of the world leaders in international education and am fortunate enough to see the value of education on a global scale. The Global E-inclusion Movement works with click sponsors to help raise funding for education projects for poor areas of the world.

Every click helps.