I've written several posts over at Effectivism recently about Occupy Wall Street: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Let me know if there's any other aspect(s) you think I should be covering, or anything I missed!

I've been posting to Effectivism again lately. Recent posts:

• How to buy a greener book - the environmental impact of shopping at a local bookstore or online; Amazon Prime and other express delivery; Kindles and e-readers.
  
• Staying off mailing lists: anonymous online donations - how to stop getting bombarded with dead trees following every ( Read more... )

Has anyone ever joined Team In Training or any of the other athletic groups that does fundraising for leukemia/MS/AIDS etc. and coaches you in both race prep and fundraising? I'm thinking of training for a half-marathon or maaaybe another triathlon (though I'm fairly scared of open water swimming after my first one), and the idea of training with ( Read more... )