Earth Day 2009 in Video
Online videos are really big this Earth Day. Here are some bloggers and environmental groups who have created some great videos…
Greenpeace has an inspring video, Inspiring Action on Earth Day.
The EPA has had many home produced videos submitted to it’s Earth Day Video Project.
Here’s the Earthday Video Mashup from CTN Green.
Practical tips for saving money with your car and preventing CO2 emissions from Ideal Bite: Under Pressure
Treehuger posts New Definition of Waste Explored in a Webseries (Video).
Mashable posts 5 Inspirational Earth Day Videos.
This one I just think is cool… she makes cheeseboards out of old bottles. I have a kiln that was given to me, by a really nice lady. How long has it been sitting in my garage, not fired once? I actually was excited about accepting it for the express purpose of learning how to work with fused glass, not ceramics. This would be a great project for me to start with!
Communities Helping Families Through Kids Cafe
Kids Cafe is a program that provides after school meals for children from low-income families. It’s a partnership between local food banks and area partners. Feeding America, the organization that helps many local/regional food banks, provides the basic framework for locals to start their own Kids Cafes. Here’s a great video from Austin via Texans Against Hunger.
Blogging for the uninsured: getting health care access for everyone
One of the causes that I follow and blog about occasionally is the issue of health care access. Recently on my personal blog I posted my four reasons for healthcare reform.
Zane Safrit is a fellow blogger that often writes about health care. (Here’s a link to many of his healthcare posts.)
Via Zane’s Twitter stream I found this link to a New York Times article. It reports that Millions With Chronic Disease Get Little to No Treatment because they are among the nation’s growing ranks of uninsured.
I also recently discovered another passionate blogger who’s right in the heart of helping the uninsured. Brenda Hook works at Good Samaritan Clinic in Fort Smith, Arkansas and writes about providing health care for the uninsured on The Samaritan’s Blog.
I’m really excited about learning more from Brenda. While I know about the health care problem and have had some limited experience with it, she has a lot of direct experience. Take yesterday’s post for example. She explains why most unemployed people do not have COBRA. I have gone through a layoff where the COBRA was totally unaffordable. Thankfully it was a short period of unemployment and I didn’t get sick. But I imagine the thousands of families, especially those with chronic conditions, who go unemployed for months, what a stress that would be.
I’ve never been to North Carolina, but am proud to support these schools
Last fall my company (Step by Step Fundraising) offered a grant program to fund educational projects at K-12 schools. Over 300 schools applied and with the help of Liz, Jim and my friend Meredith we narrowed it down to finalists then 3 winners and 5 honorable mentions. You can see the whole list here.
Coincidentally two of the schools that were awarded come from North Carolina. Four of the honorable mentions come from California. I didn’t even realize this until typing up the list on the final winners announcement. With the state of the California economy I don’t suppose it’s surprising. But we got applications from just about very state in the union.
In North Carolina, “Oklahoma or Arizona, what does it matter” all children should get access to a quality education!
Cause Blogger Questions of the Week
Questions are great for spurring discussion, learning and new ideas. Here are some thought provoking questions from nonprofit/fundraising bloggers:
Vinay Bhagat of Connection Cafe (Convio) asks: Are Nonprofit Email Newsletters Really A Waste of Time?
Miriam Kagan of Generation Y Give asks: The Economy and Opera: a tragic end or new beginning?
Sandy Rees asks: What stops fundraising success?
Beth Kanter asks: What is your Facebook Profile Photo Style?
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