Comments on: Green philanthropy (Day 139)…

By: Susan Bowers

Susan Bowers — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:20:30 +0000

Kiva rocks! (Yes, I heard about it on an Oprah rerun…) It is a brilliant organization and contributing makes you feel good because reinvesting your money helps others in a wonderful financial assistance circle. It is really something that keeps on giving. Highly recommended!

By: That warm fuzzy feeling « Ockham’s Razor

That warm fuzzy feeling « Ockham’s Razor — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:44:56 +0000

[...] 22nd, 2007 by ClareSnow Shawn at Kowai and Vanessa at Green as a Thistle were talking about their philanthropy, so I thought I’d join in. And thank you Shawn for adding [...]

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:24:41 +0000

Great to hear of this commitment to green philanthropy. In response to your invitation for suggestions, an Australian/US development organisation that I have been very enthusiastic about for a while now is BODHI. They emphasise really simple, low overhead, but incredibly useful/worthwhile stuff, such as the Revolving Sheep Bank for nomadic Tibetans, providing bicycles to Thai children who live too far away from school to walk, etc. They (intentionally) run on the smell of an oily rag, but always appreciate support – any support. Check them out if you will: http://www.bodhi.net.au/index.html
Bryan

By: Marisa

Marisa — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:47:53 +0000

This is a great idea Vanessa and is the first I have heard of Kiva. I was truly moved by this site and will be loaning soon!

By: JulieT

JulieT — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:51:33 +0000

I just clicked your link to check out Mr. Pascual’s profile, and it turns out he’s already fully funded! I’m sure your link had a lot to do with that.

By: limesarah

limesarah — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:35:09 +0000

I donate to Kiva regularly as well! Another organization I’d highly recommend is Heifer International (http://www.heifer.org/). They give livestock to people living in poor areas around the world, along with training on how to raise them. Part of the agreement is that each person who receives a Heifer animal must give at least one of its offspring to someone else in their community, and they promote sustainable farming techniques and women’s rights/education. Anything you donate to them is actually just a lump amount that gets used wherever it’s most needed, but in their catalogue you can “buy a goat (cow, sheep, llama…)” for someone by donating about the amount a goat would cost. My grandfather got me and my siblings a trio of llamas for Christmas last year

By: pat farquharson

pat farquharson — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:58:44 +0000

Thanks vanessa- great site- will add my help.