Fwd: Giving It Away - Money Week

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> Thu, 18 May 2006 05:33:32 -0500

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> Thursday, May 18, 2006

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> Today's Daily Tip: Giving It Away - Money Week

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> Trying to decide what to do with your tax refund?

>

> The Bite:

> Here’s a suggestion: regularly donate to

> organizations that have

> proven results in helping our favorite girl, Gaia.

> (Um, Heather would

> like everyone to know that Jen wrote that line).

>

>

> The Benefits:

> - These organizations depend in large part on

> donations, and you can

> help make sure they’ll keep fighting the good fight.

> - Forbes magazine touts the “irrational act” of

> tithing as a great

> thing you can do for your own financial good. Why?

> It requires

> discipline that shows up in other parts of your

> life.

> - Tax-deductible. Get some of that money back next

> April.

>

>

> Personally Speaking

> Jen filmed a TV pilot on armchair activists due to

> her work with 20/20

> Vision, and she's still a huge fan (even though she

> still smarts a

> little at the fact that it wasn't her big break...).

>

>

> Wanna Try?

> Some of our favorites - share your own faves in the

> blog:

> - Environmental Defense - the most respected

> non-government

> organization for using the power of the market to

> effect change.

> (http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm)

> - 20/20 Vision - watchdog group supporting

> PowerShift (ending our

> dependence on oil). (http://www.2020vision.org/,

> http://www.power-shift.org/)

> - Environmental Working Group - a small group with a

> booming effect in

> creating powerful planetary public policy.

> (http://www.ewg.org/)

> - Red Feather - providing green-built homes (with

> lower operating

> costs) for Native Americans.

> (http://www.redfeather.org/)

> - Center for a New American Dream - leaders in

> educating on

> responsible consumption. (http://www.newdream.org/)

> - David Suzuki Foundation - our favorite Canadian

> charity for you

> Biters to the North. (http://www.davidsuzuki.org/)

> - Earth Justice - “because the Earth needs a good

> lawyer.”

> (http://www.earthjustice.org/)

> - Charity Navigator - evaluates charities for their

> efficiency and

> reach.

>

(http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/topten.list.htm)

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>

> Bang for the Bite Rating: 5 Apples (out of 5)

> Give what you can, and make a world of difference

> for the planet.

> Tomorrow we’ll get back to raking it in.

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>

> Cocktail Tip

> Bill & Melinda Gates have given away more money than

> any other couple

> in the world, with about $30 billion donated to

> date.

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