Free Rice

It all started with The Hunger Site and it seems there are more and more of those sites where you just have to click to help end world hunger or do some other good deed. FreeRice is another one of those but it adds an interesting twist: your clicks are based on a vocabulary game and they only count if you get the meaning of the words right. For every 3 correct answers, your vocab level goes up one and for every mistake it goes down one. The higher the level, the more difficult are the words you are given. The game is dead simple but very, very addictive and is also a great way to improve your vocabulary. So give it a go and see what level you can reach: the maximum is 50 and they reckon very few people go past 48.

Charitable Search Engine

A news letter I recently received from the RNLI pointed me to a new search engine, MagicTaxi. According to the home page, MagicTaxi gives 50% of its advertising revenue to charity. So if you want to donate while you search, point your browser their way.

WWF-UK Climate Change Campaign

WWF-UK are currently running a climate change campaign. This campaign includes a petition to Tony Blair, that you can sign online on the campaign page and is focused on precise, achievable aims. It is always fun to petition No 10 and this is for a good cause from a well respected charity so go ahead and add your name to the list, you know it makes sense.

Fairtrade Fashion Show

Fairtrade is not just about bananas, tea, chocolate and coffee any more. To demonstrate this, the Ealing Group is organising a fairtrade fashion show at St Paul’s Church, including 4 catwalk shows at 11.30, 1.00, 2.30 and 4pm. Tickets are £2 for adults and £1 for under 16’s at the door and each of them includes a raffle ticket.

There will also be 15 stalls with an amazing range of jewellery, clothes, accessories and homewares for sale. They are all from small companies who operate on ethical principles and who support workers in countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe!

Light refreshments will be on sale and there will be wine-tasting courtesy of the group’s main sponsors, the Co-op. All the proceeds will go towards the group’s work in promoting Fairtrade in Ealing.