fundraising

Are you sick of the same old cookie and pizza dough fundraisers? Instead of selling people the same old tacky junk, here's some ideas to help you hold a more environmentally friendly fundraiser. With these ideas you will not only be raising money for your organization you will be raising the public's awareness to environmental issues.

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.

List of "green" fundraisers;  articles.

If you can't figure out what to get the eco-activist who has everything this holiday season, the International Rhino Foundation has the answer - rare, endangered rhino poop. That's right, they're auctioning off rhino poop. I'm not making this up...

We’ve compiled a list of twelve well-known environmental organizations that do the best job in handling their fundraising and supporting their causes. After all, when you put your money into something, you want it to pay off, and when it comes to the environment, you want to make sure that your personal beliefs and causes are being adequately supported.

In Bali, this December, the world’s leaders and diplomats will meet once more…this time to determine the mandate for what will be the next and most dangerous step in furthering international climate action. Bush and his Big Oil soaked negotiators want to replace binding international targets with airy promises and voluntary, aspirational goals. It would be folly to let him do it when he has so little time in office. We have one response. We are sending a Youth Delegation of Conscience to the Bali negotiations.