The 21st Century Citizen. How do we Get Involved Today?

For the past ten years my partner at qmedia solutions and I have been doing a lot of pro bono work for a number of not-for-profits and charities. We've really enjoyed it but we wanted to do more. First we wanted to tell stories about some of the amazing people who had inspired us. And so we started with TV storytelling and on October 26th Get Involved had it's World Premiere on TVO-- Ontario's premiere public broadcaster. So far we have produced 25 profiles of amazing innovators, social entrepreneurs and activists. Take a look at our stories. Tell us what you think. Tell us about people or organizations that inspire you. During our research we sensed a growing movement growing all around us-- people realizing their skills and their expertise can be used not only to bring them financial rewards but deeper connection and meaning in their lives. And so our next step was to concieve of a website that would transform the inspiration of the television profiles and help propell people into action and Getinvolved.ca was born. Join the conversation...

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

WORLD WATER DAY - March 22nd, 2009


WORLD WATER DAY The United Nations has declared March 22nd of each year as World Water Day, recognizing that access to clean water and sanitation is vital to human health, promotes gender equality, supports primary education and generates economic benefits, yet according to studies, 2.5 billion people have no place to go and nearly one billion don’t have access to safe water.
Our friends at Taking IT Global TIG are taking part in the WaterCan initiative, the National Toilet Seat Petition, uniting the voices of concerned Canadians from coast to coast.
This is how they put it:
“The Sanitation and Water Action Network Canada (SWAN), of which WaterCan is a member, has launched a National Toilet Seat Petition to make a stink about this ongoing crisis in the developing world! On World Water Day 2009 Parliament Hill will be filled with signed toilet seats calling on the government of Canada to make water and sanitation a foreign aid priority! Help us meet our goal by taking part in this campaign. Start a toilet seat petition and spread the word. Now is our chance to make an impact.”
I’ll say! For more information on how to create your own Toilet Seat Petition to send in, please click here: WATERCAN

Join the Call, Toilets for All!
Posted by Get Involved GANG at 12:47 AM
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