Just a reminder that tonight is our meet-up!
Come on out to meet the people who make this site what it is and to meet others who want to make this World a better place. Whether you want to come and talk about your art or talk politics come on out. We are meeting at the Red Room (near College and Spadina), check out the Good Meets page for more info.
Remember, you can get a special button just for showing up.
A new website, Favorville, is all about people helping people. It’s international yet dedicated to the local. It’s easy to help people, all you have to do is register and tag what things you are good at and what favors you can provide. The site is international in its reach but also thrives on communities helping each other in the real world. A really neat idea!
It’s a fantastic social experiment because it connects people who can help each other out. Need a favor? Can help someone help? Be sure to check out Favorville.
A small NGO founded by a couple to help a slum in India has now become a profitable venture. It all starts with discarded plastic bags that are found in a dump.
From the high Commission of India, London:
“It may sound hard to believe, but handbags for sale in some of London’s fashionable boutiques started out as used plastic bags scavenged from the rubbish tips of Delhi. They are the product of a cottage industry run out of the living rooms of a handful of houses in a Delhi slum. The plastic bags are ferreted out by the rag-pickers, the poorest of Delhi’s poor, who make their living hunting for scraps in the rubbish of their richer neighbours.”
Truly a fantastic demonstration of a small amount of capital being used to make big chances in impoverished communities.
Thanks, Justin!
Disappointed with the Canadian election? Well, don’t despair, ThingsAreGood.com is having an informal meet-up in Toronto. The meet-up is chance to meet other people who want to make the world better in all sorts of crazy ways!
It’s this Thursday at 8pm and on at the Red Room, for more info check our Good Meets section.
Look for people wearing buttons like the one to the left, and if you show up you too can have a stylish ThingsAreGood button!
Hope to see you there!
The new site (www.jubao.gov.cn) is run by the party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Supervision.
The Web site offers Chinese villagers and others a way to lodge complaints directly, bypassing local authorities who are sometimes criticized for retaliating against petitioners or refusing to take action on complaints.
China has the world’s second-largest population of Internet users after the United States, with more than 100 million people online.
China also has a huge problem with peasants getting screwed over by middle management while higher levels of government turn a blind eye. This certainly won’t solve the problem, but it could be a good start.