Blacken Your Website Campaign...Here we come

Can you see the banner above? It's Blackle, a site that I encountered last week. It is touted as the energy saving way to use Google search engine. I don't know how much energy you would save by visiting a site with a black versus a white background, but it wouldn't hurt to try. To echo this "Blacken Your Website" campaign, I also changed my blog's background color to black. Let's make this a movement and make our internet browsing experience greener.

You can always help...even you are at home

I received an email from Mike Bright and he wanted me to promote his website called "helpfromhome.org." I am very delighted to do so because his initiative is exactly what I have been intended to do for this blog: To promote ways to do good deeds in a small way (preferably) from home without costing us much time or money (if any)! Helpfromhome.org has a very comprehensive list of things that you can do at your home to help others. I applaud Mike for putting all the resources together because there are A LOT of things you can do to make this world and yourself better. I look forward to further explore and promote his site.

Socially Responsible Business...Just(be)means!

This week has been a stressful period for me. Next week would be worse. Anyway, I came across a website called Justmeans.com and it is a business that help businesses to become more socially responsible in their practices. Obviously it is not the kind of service for individuals like you and me, unless you own a business. And the membership fees are pretty impressive too. But I think it would be worth it if you have a sizable business and have no idea where to start implementing social responsible practices. I have written about socially responsible investing before and it would be ideal for small businesses and big corporations to start upholding socially responsible principles for their business sake. More and more people are aware of the social and environmental impacts of business and by greening their business, the businesses would ensure a good image among their customers and a sustainable growth of their bottom line.

Tuesday's Good Deed: Growing a Good Tree

It has been a while since I last updated this blog and I have a good reason. I had been gone for the last few days to Houston to volunteer at a Zen Center. One lesson that I learned from my stay at the center was when one of the masters said that the good deeds that we do often don't display their positive effects immediately; it may take days, weeks, months, or even years to observe the full impact of our actions. Therefore, we should always remind ourselves that whatever we set out to do, especially our plan to help people, we need to evaluate our actions from the long-term perspective.

Speaking of good sites, I found this website, GoodTree.com, a while ago through search engine. It is designed like a webpage that you would see on My Yahoo and iGoogle, but its content is geared toward good causes. You can customize the page to your preference once you sign up. Also, they have a search bar that generates donation for your favorite charities every time you do a search on it. Go and check out the site yourself.