http://www.antfarm.ca/blog blogging social change Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:56:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My latest and greatest online discovery is Ask Metafilter, a subsection of Metafilter, which is an excellent online community blog. Anyone asks, and anyone answers. One of today's questions is "Help me promote an environmentally conscious, socially responsible small business." The responses refer to models from around the world, including: Green ... http://www.antfarm.ca/blog/?p=114 The first people who took jobs at Google Inc. are a lucky bunch. Thanks to soaring stock options, 100 of the company’s first 300 employees quit their jobs and went on to all sorts of other things. Olana Kahn became chief operating officer of Kiva.org, a San Francisco non-profit that provides ... http://www.antfarm.ca/blog/?p=111 "Help, so that no one has to come here for food." That's the line in a new ad campaign, pasted on the underside of garbage pails in Portugal. Reminds me of a campaign run by UNICEF, where they painted pails so the mouths of children formed the garbage pail openings. Effective. http://www.antfarm.ca/blog/?p=110 Three posts in one day? Wow. Don't get too excited, this is an anomaly -- the Internet has turned up a bevvy of post-worthy material today. Inside the CBC blogger Tod Maffin has posted a short e-book called "How to Pitch the Media." It's blunt, short, and by all of my ... http://www.antfarm.ca/blog/?p=108 Youth for Human Rights International should get an award for sheer volume of ads for this "campaign" (in parenthesis because I'm not sure if it's actually running anywhere). The group partnered with Church of Scientology International to create 30 public service announcements to "educate and inspire the world." There's also ... http://www.antfarm.ca/blog/?p=107 With slightly more than a month before the Homeless World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa, teams from around the world are preparing to take their shot at international fame. Ringo Starr is an official endorser, and organizers say the event changes lives. Some stats from the Homeless World Cup's Social ... http://www.antfarm.ca/blog/?p=106 The American Obesity Task Force has a new spot with a simple message: "What you don't know can hurt you." Apparently, obesity puts you at a higher risk for heart disease -- and having a fat person assault you in your driveway. Enjoy. http://www.antfarm.ca/blog/?p=105 From slashdot:  "Google.org, the charitable branch of Google, has hired on Dr. Larry Brilliant to create a strategy for making a 'social impact.' According to the article: 'The network will focus its charitable endeavors on global poverty, energy, and the environment.' Brilliant outlines his goal: 'In 10 years, I'd like ... http://www.antfarm.ca/blog/?p=103 French anti-AIDS agency AIDES has launched a new campaign. This one features hot young men and women having sex with ... well ... bugs. We couldn't find the ads on the AIDES website, but the two variants are available here and here. As always, they're to the point, impactful, a ... http://www.antfarm.ca/blog/?p=102 Can't keep your kids from watching sex and violence? Feel helpless? A suggestion: try the remote. Or the "off" switch. That's the thrust of a new campaign from PauseParentPlay. The ads feature taglines like ""Suburban Mom Wipes Out Army of Bloodthirsty Ninja Assassins...with eject button on DVD player," and directs readers ... http://www.antfarm.ca/blog/?p=101