CommentChallenge08
I have been reading about Comment Challenge 08. In fact I heard about it while listening to Dave Noble’s excellent podcast, Booruch, . It’s a bit late to get started on this, since it’s been running since 1st May, but I am going to have a go, and follow my own time frame, commencing on 25th May. The idea is to encourage us to become better bloggers, by focusing a bit more on what we actually post and the kinds of comments we write. There’s some excellent material on Sue Waters blog, and also on a dedicated wikispace:
http://commentchallenge.wikispaces.com . There are plenty of ideas, here are some:
1. Set up a plan for tracking your comments–use CoComment or another tool.
2. Comment at a blog where you’ve never left a comment before.
3. Find three new bloggers and leave comments for them.
4.Comment on a blog post you don’t agree with.
5.Respond to another commenter on a post.
6.Find three bloggers that are not related to your normal niche and leave comments.
Make Poverty History
Together with other European countries, the UK has been part of a push to have some of the poorest nations on the planet sign up to grossly unfair trade deals by the end of the year. The Trade Justice Movement is calling on the UK Government to use its full influence to stop unfair deals going ahead, to listen to the serious concerns of poor countries and work with those countries to develop new deals that will help deliver trade justice.
Rich countries are blocking a global trade system that would help make poverty history. This injustice will only be changed if enough citizens across the world call on rich country governments to change their trade policies, for example at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
We need to stop people’s lives being destroyed because of unfair trade laws - People need to take action with the member organisations of the Trade Justice Movement, the coalition continuing the campaign for trade justice.
great posting and welcome to the challenge!
Hi Mr McDougall(sorry i couldnt post on the appropriate article but my computer would not let me comment on the food one). I was amazed that the population of the world is going to rise by 3 billion (50%) by 2050. That means in 48 years time we will have more people emitting more CO2. I am one of the few who does not believe in global warming or climate change after a program I have watched in the last year on channel 4 called The Great Global Warming Swindle because of the fact it displayed. Even so these facts and figures astound me! Ewan M.