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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
Real democracy
Fed up with the slant of mainstream media on the ‘news’? Check out Democracy Now, a daily independent news service broadcast across the US and internationally. The ‘War and Peace Report’ is hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. It offers audiences access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the US corporate-sponsored media, including independent and international journalists, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists and academics. The report is broadcast at 9am each day in Sydney on 2RSR - Radio Skid Row 89.9 FM. Visit www.democracynow.org for details of how to tune in in other Australian states.
Community that cares
Feeling low on energy but still want to save the world? Now you can do it with just a few clicks on the net. With over 7 million members, Care2.com is the first and largest online community for people who ‘Care2 make the world greener’ through their everyday web usage. Care2.com provides a wide range of resources for learning about the environment and offers free e-cards, e-mail, web search and news services. Simply by using Care2.com’s free services, you generate donations, paid by advertising sponsors, to environmental causes. Care2.com donates 5 per cent of its website revenues to environmental causes. Visit www.care2.com
Music with a message
He may be dead but John Lennon’s spirit lives on. His wife Yoko Ono has given the recording rights for ‘Imagine’ and Lennon’s entire solo songbook to Amnesty International, in order to inspire younger generations to stand up for human rights. Make Some Noise: The Amnesty Campaign to Save Darfur features a number of international artists performing covers of Lennon’s songs. They include Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavigne, The Cure, Black Eyed Peas, Green Day, U2, Eskimo Joe, Lenny Kravitz, Aerosmith, Duran Duran, Snow Patrol, Regina Spektor and more. Tracks are be available as digital downloads, ringtones and a compilation album. All of the money raised through the sale of Make Some Noise will be channelled directly back into AI’s global research and campaigning work. Visit www.amnesty.org/noise .
Click to feed the animals!
The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on the purple box ‘fund food for animals’ for free. This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors and advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned or neglected animals in exchange for advertising. Get clicking – and pass it on! www.theanimalrescuesite.com
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