Got the coolest catalog yesterday, although simultaneously one of the most unusual. I think a number of folks on my gift list will be getting something from this fine organization. It’s cool, it’s about giving, yada yada yada. Read about them.
I’m a big fan of direct-action charities. I don’t give to the Sierra Club because they are a bunch of paid lobbyists. I give what I can to the Nature Conservancy, though, because they do one thing – buy land. If you want to save nature, the best thing to do is buy land and stop others from messing it up. That’s what NC does. Heifer International doesn’t give people food, they give them the means to eat. The old adage about teaching a man to fish applies so well here. And, the gifts range in price from $10 to $5000. For five grand, you give a village or two an entire menagerie, but for those of us with more modest means, a flock of chickens is affordable, or a share in a goat. That just sounds silly, but it’s a good thing.
In the midst of the consumerism which most of us indulge in, we could stand to help others, right? The USA is a very affluent country, overall.
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