Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Do Something activist site

Teens, and parents or teachers of teens, may be interested in this activist website: Do Something aims to be "using the power of online to get teens to do stuff offline." It features many different causes to choose from. (Link courtesy of haikujaguar.)
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ysabetwordsmith

Yay!

ysabetwordsmith

July 16 2009, 18:12:45 UTC 11 years ago

Networking win! I hope they enjoy it.
asakiyume

Re: Yay!

asakiyume

July 16 2009, 19:27:45 UTC 11 years ago

I showed it to my younger daughter, and she had actually heard of it and was interested. Then I was thinking of my younger son (not yet a teenager): he and I did a little cookie stand to raise money for Yele Haiti (my son's choice of destination country), and it was cool to see on the projects page a guy who was talking about making hay, etc. .... I'm being a little incoherent: what I mean is, I liked the small scale of some of the projects, which reminded me of my son's own, small, project.
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Yay!

ysabetwordsmith

July 16 2009, 20:45:01 UTC 11 years ago

Some organizations include both small and large projects. Change.org is another good one, though it mainly focuses on online petitions. Bloggers Unite aims to get people all talking about the same topic at the same time. Reduce Footprints offers weekly challenges on small practical changes:
http://reducefootprints.blogspot.com/