Generation WE: The Movement
24 OctThink about the power of numbers and the fact that you and I, are the new largest generation and the most connected. We have been given more opportunities than any generation before us. We have the power and potential to let our voice be heard and ban together to save our world and better prepare it for the generations to come. What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind? Just by voicing our opinions and better educating ourselves with the political agendas at hand we can indeed start to steer society in a new direction and create a clear path for those to come.
This site is creating a movement that will be a place where people can unite and learn and be heard. There is a book entitled “Generation WE” which is available to download here:
Here is an excerpt from the book:
“This book is for our future. The most powerful force that can make our future better than our past is the youth binding together on the outcome, resolve and political will to achieve it no matter how they may differ on details of implementation. I’m not a member of Generation We, and I don’t inspire to lead it. My hope in writing this book is that it will inspire a handful of great leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., or Mahatma Gandhi to emerge and lead their peers. I do know solutions are out there, waiting to be mobilized by the creative, enterpreneurial spirit of our people. And I have fiath that with open, informed debate, Americans can use the system we inherited from the Founders to make the wisest long-term choices and get our country back on the track toward peace, prosperity and freedom. This I believe, is our American birthright. And if my book has a single message, it is simply this: Now is the time to reclaim it.”
Eric H. Greenberg
July 4, 2008
Check out the book if you can. Remember to ask yourself each day what am I leaving behind as my part to change the course of the world? What have I done to ensure our beautiful planet can continue to thrive and nourish the generations to come?
National Make a Difference Day, October 25 2008
24 Oct
Tomorrow, October 25 2008, is USA Weekend’s National make a Difference Day. Check out their site for ideas on how to organize an event, or find a list of events in your area. It can be anything- from a large community cleanup to walking your neighbors dog. Newman’s own, gives out 10,000 dollars to 10 charities that participate. Get out there and help!
As Dr. Seuss said in the Lorax, ” Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot. Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
Help the world by shopping! Your Brand Your Cause Our World.
24 Oct
Sounds silly right? Well now you can help a non profit just by shopping online for your favorite products and brands. I was recently at a conference where I found out about the Nonprofit Shopping Mall, where you can go online find what you need from stores like Target, Nordstrom and even Home Depot and shop as you normally would then go through the list of non profits and choose which one you would like a percentage of your purchase to.
If you are asking yourself how does this work? It is simple, you go online shop and the retailers listed on the site determine what percentage of each online sale may be earmarked to benefit your organization. This is such a smart and easy idea, why would you buy something when you can go through this site and buy the same thing while donating to a cause that you care about. If you like this idea make sure you sign up on their “tell your friends page“.
When companies like this have made it so easy to live your normal life and still be able to give back why would you not?
