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Campaigns
Help Al survive for charity
My good friend Al Kitching writes a damn fine film review blog. He’s also doing something silly for charity: I’m being dropped into an “as yet undisclosed wilderness location” for five days of survival and adventure. The event will contain fundamental (with the emphasis on the mental) aspects of survival which “will challenge participants from … Keep reading
The Conservatives’ ‘Honest Food’ campaign
Yesterday morning, the Conservative Party launched a new campaign for ‘honest food’ – which is all about labelling food with its country of origin. They do have a rather nice video: I don’t usually drift into party political stuff on this blog, and I’m not really going to start now. For some reason though, this … Keep reading
An open transition
Another Saturday evening post about how the internet can have a positive effect on the way democracy and government operates. This one is straight from the US. An Open Transition is a site set up by a coalition of folk including Lawrence Lessig, Mozilla and the Participatory Culture Foundation. It states: President-elect Obama has made … Keep reading
ColaLife.org
Simon Berry’s ColaLife campaign is a truly wonderful thing, a real example of using the groundswell to develop an idea into a campaign and then, hopefully, into action. I was always at a bit of a loss, wanting to help out more than just joining the Facebook group, but not knowing really what I could … Keep reading