The Bite:
Yep - no fancy finger work necessary. Give your index a little rub and go to one of the web's many no-cost donation sites, where just by clicking, you raise money for good causes.
Can you save the world with the click of your mouse?
12.23.2008
Submitted by tmeronek on Tue, 12/23/2008 - 1:03am.
Click to Donate
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The Benefits:
- Digit-al goodwill. These websites are supported by ads; when you click, sponsor dollars go to rain forest conservation, AIDS research, animal welfare, and books for kids, among other things.
- Nail-ing boredom. Still waiting for Perez Hilton to update his blog? Fuel spare minutes into saving the planet.
- It's freakin' free.
Personally Speaking:
Many of us have had slow office jobs or internships where we spent half our time IM-ing friends and reading blogs - especially during the holidays. Think of the rain forest we coulda saved if we'd known about this tip back then...
Wanna Try:
- Add these sites to your web browser's bookmarks, and try making a habit of clicking once a day.
Click to Donate
- CharityUSA - family of donation sites including the Rainforest Site and the Breast Cancer Site.
- Care2 Click2Donate - click to conserve land, help kids, and stop violence against women. Log in to track your clicks over time.
- TheNonProfits - links to over 50 different click-to-donate sites.
Others
- Care2 Email - help different social justice and eco-charities with your free, donation-linked email account.
- Free Rice - game that brushes up your vocab - each answer you get right, you'll donate 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program.
- GoodSearch - search engine powered by Yahoo; it donates 50% of revenues to charities that users like you choose.
Cocktail Fact
Two recent studies found that people with longer ring fingers than index fingers tend to be better athletes.
Bang For The Bite
Most of these sites donate just a few cents per click, but if 10,000 Biters click on the Rainforest Site each day, in a year we'll save about 722 football fields' worth of rainforest.
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