Thursday, October 7, 2010

Causes: The Trevor Project (@TrevorProject)


The Trevor Project is an American national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) youth that has been thrust into the limelight lately as a result of the four highly publicized teenage suicides linked to bullying as a result of their sexual orientation.

Tonnes of celebrities have spoken out and recorded videos regarding these issues, for example comedienne (and one of my faves) Kathy Griffin, "Glee" star Chris Colfer, actress Anne Hathaway and actor ("Harry Potter" star) Daniel Radcliffe have recorded videos in support of this cause. Ellen DeGeneres even dedicated a chunky segment of her daily talk-show to discuss the cause.

Follow The Trevor Project on Twitter by clicking here.
Check out The Trevor Project Tumblr by clicking here.
Take a browse of the official website by clicking here.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Causes: American Proverb

When all the trees have been cut down,
when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted,
when all the air is unsafe to breathe,
only then will you discover you cannot eat money.

- Author Unknown

This is good shit, believe in it. Not a real 'Cause' I know, but if you followed the message it gives, you'd be doing better than any current cause.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Causes: Greenpeace - Whaling


I reckon Greenpeace does some of the best activist work in the entire work. I'm proud to say that one of few good decisions my parents have made was to sign up and become a sponsor/member (IDK) of Greenpeace and give a monthly payment of like $30 or something fairly minimal like that. It's like $1 a day, and it's a great cause! I love Greenpeace, I could possibly even join them - 'cept not really, too much work & too little reward. People destroy the environment for money, and for people to deprive themselves of money out of "good will and respect for the world" is... always going to be a struggle.

I hate & wanna stab people that criticise their efforts, such as the fiasco with Japanese whaling! Japanese people, I love your singers & entertainers... but your fishermen are dicks! Leave the poor whales alone, they're precious and you've already destroyed so many their numbers have dwindled. It's cruel & unfortunate to think people will DESTROY the world purely to make money. One by one, animal by animal, resource by resource, we are surely destroying the world and it definitely doesn't have an infinite amount of anything with the massive world population we boast today.

If you want to help out (which you better fucking do since you read my blogs and hopefully get some sort of enjoyment out of it for free), head to http://action.greenpeace.org.nz/tokyo NOW and enter in your name, e-mail and city and click SEND to send a (already written) e-mail to the Japanese government asking/begging them to halt the injust act that is WHALING. 25,000 have done it - you can too.

If you're a New Zealander and wish to support Greenpeace, head over to http://www.greenpeace.org.nz.

If you're from elsewhere in the world, head to http://www.greenpeace.org/international/.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Causes: Raising Malawi

Raising Malawi is an amazing cause that has received a fair share of publicity lately as a result of Madonna's e-mail to many regarding the imprisonment of two men, Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga - the Malawi couple sentenced to 14 years hard labor for the "crime" of homosexuality. I'm not sure how or why I was e-mailed regarding this, but I signed the online petition which received over 30,000 signatures and as a result - the men were freed by order of Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika.

A good cause and I'm not completely sure if Madonna had founded the charity or was just involved, but she did good work and it's a great site. All money donated, Madonna promises she will match it dollar for dollar - amazing!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Causes: Drunk Driving

Obviously, I would never drink and drive and all you fuckwits that stupidly do deserve to be hit and die yourself. It's literally that stupid.

Click here to view some admittedly pretty traumatic pictures of the results of drunk driving. I almost wish I hadn't seen it, but I'd rather not live in ignorance.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Causes: NOH8 Campaign



Check out the NOH8 Campaign by going to http://www.noh8campaign.com/

Here's some of my favourite celebrities posing for the campaign! I'm not going to go on about it cause I know people will make a big deal about me posting this, but you can literally suck it - cause it's an amazing cause!

The "Causes" section of my blog is a new series of posts I have began, and you'll be able to follow them by clicking the the "Causes" when I have used it, and I will as I post more. There's numerous causes I support and I think it's about time I used my blog for a little good instead of complaining and moping, cause although I hate to admit it, life honestly has some good parts to it! Now that's enough of that, so please do follow and support my causes - they're their for interest, but they're also there because I believe in a cause. I'm not getting anything from it except my own satisfaction that I might help the cause reach out, so expect me and my charitable self to be posting a few causes for now often. Ta-ta!