Since taking a sabbatical from 11-aside football on Sundays I’ve been looking for something to fill the void, something to occupy those extra 6 hours on my weekend. And I think I’ve found it. Feed and Read. Cake and books. Best sunday ever, basically.
30 reasons is a month long email poster campaign that aims to encourage people to vote for Obama. This is one of my favourite amongst the lot, although there are *so* many great ones. Well done 30 reasons for helping re-elect President Obama. What a relief that is.
Our oceans are filled with plastic. Plastic that comes from the products we buy, carrier bags we dispose of and materials we discard.
Companies, both big and small have the choice to act and be proactive about the role they play in polluting the seas. Sadly few do.
Insert method: a lovely little soap American soap company.
This lovely video made by Everynone has just won the Grand Prize the 2012 Vimeo awards. And you can see why.
Go on, get involved.
I’ve met some fiercely loyal supporters of football clubs. Ones that have tattoos of, have named children after, and would do just about anything for their club. Intense. And emosh.
This begs the question: what would you do for your club? Would you give some blood? (I would)
What do you do when your government won’t address the pressing issue of urban air quality? You fly kites. Kites that are kitted out to measure air pollution. This is precisely what Float Beijing does.
Kite flying is a very traditional activity amongst the Chinese and serves as the perfect medium to get residents involved in something quite worthwhile. Float aims to empower residents and equip them with the knowledge and skills to fly kites and collect data on air quality levels.
This is such a lovely little film about Grafica Fidalga in Brazil.
More people need to do things that they love – or find joy in what they’re already doing.
This week sees the launch of London’s first ever Good and Green Guide – a carefully curated guide book that helps visitors and residents of London navigate their way around in a sustainable fashion. It’s timely for London as millions of visitors will be coming into town for the upcoming Olympic games and they’ll be able to experience an alternative way of spending their time and money here.
This weekend Spots of Time are taking volunteers on a journey to some of East London’s care homes for a day of pampering – anything from playing cards, to having a cup to tea to painting nails.
It might just be the biggest mass volunteering event in the UK care homes .. ever! Exciting stuff. If you’d like to get involved, sign up here.
See you there!