Facebook and other social networking groups are the buzz at the moment. But am I the only one who feels a bit overwhelmed and a little bored with such websites?! I much prefer the face to face interaction. but every now and then I get connected to someone...
Here’s an inspirational story of a family making things happen for the world. My friend Suraj and his brother Sawan took the inspiration from their mother’s last moments and helped by their father built a water pump and borehole in a village in Kenya called...
Today’s Observer newspaper has reported how they have found child labour being used in a factory that supplies finished clothing items to clothes retailer Gap. Gap have immediately promised to look into this and have already taken the item in questions off their...
Something I feel passionately about is people and companies doing the “right” thing. Recently I have been hearing a lot about financial institutes and the underhand way in which more and more consumers are being drawn into spiralling debts. We all seem to...
October is Fair Trade Month in the USA. Other countries such as the UK have a Fair Trade fortnight every February. The idea of such events is to make more people aware of the impact they can make through their purchasing power. I have written at length before about...
A week ago, Anita Roddick passed away and left a massive void in the world of compassionate and go getting people. I had the privilege of hearing her talk twice in the last 12 months, and both times her commitment and passion for what she does shone through. She took...
