volunteer

Vcashpoint is encouraging 16-25 year olds in England to apply for a £2,500 grant to up their own youth volunteering project to make a real difference to their community. Deadline for applications ends on the 18th July 2008. Please see website for further details.

A bunch of young people are getting off their asses and onto their bikes this summer, all in the name of sustainability. Members of the Otesha Project will be cycling to festivals, schools and other places around the UK to convince people to actually do something about our lifestyles. They'll be armed with 20 bicycles, 1 improv play and 1 big call to action. Going to be in the UK this summer? You should go and see 'em, or maybe even come along for the ride!

Does this guy ever stop? I mean before we were talking about with eco/green recording studio, and now he’s launching a great initiative over his home website to help all those Jack J fans make a difference in our world. The new initiative is title quite fittingly, All At Once.

A scheme has been set up where graduates can pay off their student loan by volunteering to do work for charities. Now that's a good idea.

Thanks to the effort of many people, natural building enthusiasts and people who are just curious can participate in the Natual building Colloquium from October 19-28, 2007 in Kerrville, Texas. Located in the beautiful Hill Country, colloquium participants will benefit from slideshows and lectures on various contruction systems as well as participate in some hands-on building. All of the structures will be built on the grounds of the Kerrville Folk Festival so the thousands of next year's 18-day festival attendees will be exposed to the beauty and simplicity of permaculture.

Check your area for opportunities to join The Ocean Conservancy for it's Coastal Cleanup. In Charleston, this is the 19th year for a beach and river sweep, which will remove many tons of garbage from our waterways. Get out and go green!