Counting Down 10 Actions You Can Take....No 8

No......8.....Shopping 4 Effect

You don't need to feel guilty about spending your ca$h. Just don't spend it on products that were manufactured in a sweatshop in a developing country. Do your research find out were products are made and who made them. Choose fair trade if its on offer. Make sure your office or school offers fair trade coffee or tea.

Check out this post I wrote a while ago. It lists all the fair trade Chocolate I could find in Australia http://idreamichoose.blogspot.com/2009/03/fair-trade-chocolate-shopping-guide.html

Also check out http://www.fairtrade.com.au/

Counting Down 10 Actions You Can Take....No 9

No 9...........Shout!

Use your voice to shout out for justice. Speak out Passionately to call for an end to EXTREME POVERTY! Talk to your friends and family. Be like a contagious diseased swine flu for social justice. Tell them why its important they care, and tell them what they can do.

Word of mouth is one of the most effective ways to change people's mindsets and change culture!

GET LOUD! (Except Zarna;))

Counting down...10 Actions You Can Take....No 10

Each week as well as "Fri Night Extreme Person" and Counting Down "The Ten Most Exciting Stories", I will Be "Counting down...10 Actions You Can Take".

Most of these actions are really simple, but they are practical ways that you can engage yourself and those around you in the issues of global extreme poverty. Perhaps one of these ideas may spark an idea of a way that you can make amazing difference by doing something incredibly simple.

Number..........(drum role)..........10..........Engage in the issues

• Check out websites




• Research more about the Millennium Development Goals




• Read Books




• Talk to people

Find out about poverty and stay informed on the issues. One way to make the journey more exciting is to share what you've learned by spreading the word.

start discovering more now by checking out the following links.

• http://www.thea21campaign.org/index.php/en/home/home-page




• http://www.compassion.com/default.htm




• http://www.gapminder.org/




• http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/




• http://www.peaceoneday.org/home.aspx




• http://www.theoaktree.org/Public/Home.aspx?Page=8O8V+/n0bhU=&opt=Dw6h7M4vfx3M/sPOXxjQEQ==