How can we care about animals and not about the environment?

TreeHugger have a post detailing a recent survey that shows that Brits care more about animal welfare than climate change. Which, when you think about it, makes no sense. Animals will suffer (as will humans) from the effects of climate change, so those Brits who care so much about animals (and good on them) should make sure they focus their energies and ideas on the biggest threat to animals – climate change.

Greedy or needy – make a wish either way!

Here’s a really great take on fund raising for worthwhile causes. It’s a website/community called Greedy Or Needy – where users make a wish (which is labelled as needy if it is considered a good deed, or greedy if it is a bit more of a selfish wish), the community then votes (1 to 5 stars) and at the end of each week, the top wishes (both greedy and needy) are granted up to $100 each.

What I like about this concept is that it’s fun and it plays on the human natural tendency to want to do good AND be a bit selfish all in one place.