LinOSX TechnoMash » Social Responsibility http://blog.linosx.com Musings, Rants, and Raves on all things Geek. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Poverty and Blog Action Day 2008 http://blog.linosx.com/2008/10/15/poverty-and-blog-action-day-2008/ http://blog.linosx.com/2008/10/15/poverty-and-blog-action-day-2008/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:24:07 +0000 Pankaj http://blog.linosx.com/?p=398 During the weekend, Arun gave a presentation at BarCamp Delhi on Blog Action Day. This year’s Blog Action Day (today – October 15th, 2008) is about poverty. How can each of us do something to help ease the pain and suffering that so many people around the world endure as part of their daily lives.

Click here to see a list of 88 ideas that each of us can easily implement in our daily lives. It doesn’t take much but it goes a long way to ease a lot of suffering.

Here’s a few of the ideas posted on the BlogActionDay site

88 Ways to Take Action Against Poverty Right Now

1. Eat meatless meals 2x a week. Donate that grocery money to a local food bank. – TarotByArwen
2. Be homeless for a day/night. – Lex
3. Stop putting off adopting a child through an organization like Compassion International (or adopt another one). – Lex
4. Make a loan on Kiva, or buy a couple gift certificates and give them away to friends. – Lex
5. Get a group together to go door-to-door collecting canned foods for your local soup kitchen/shelter. – Lex

This is Arun’s presentation and you can find him on twitter.

Blog Action Day 2008
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: bcd5 barcampdelhi)
]]> http://blog.linosx.com/2008/10/15/poverty-and-blog-action-day-2008/feed/ 8