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June 07 Easy ways to keep informed |
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| | | | Oguntê is a social innovation and leadership development company |
| A bit of news from www.ogunte.com | June 2007 |
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Coaching opportunity for Creative People
Cultural Leadership Programme Servane from Ogunte is a guest coach on the Arts Council Cultural Leadership Programme, running in various cities in the UK. The programme starts now and runs until March 08. Click HERE for more info and to book your free place. Conditions apply. |
OGUNTE will be... At the Young Enterprise - Haringey Social Entrepreneurs Industry Masterclass. Haringey Civic Centre N22 8LE 14th June 2007 9.00am - 1230pm |
Did you know... OGUNTE is an official ambassador for the national Girls! Make Your Mark campaign |
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|  How neutral can you be? We liked the Cheatneutral.com stunt by Christian Hunt and Alex Randall, who work for an environmental charity in Machynlleth, Mid Wales. The principle is that you can "offset" your infidelity by supporting "monogamy-boosting offset projects", or someone who will stay faithful for you, with someone else!
It's a joke, of course, and a bitter one, as it underlines the unsustainable side of the carbon offsetting principle.
We welcome that stunt because we encourage people to think of who they really are and what they really need, rather than to be hyper-consumers and buy this modern type of indulgence. More in depth and neutral explanation of the Carbon-offset process on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_offset |
|  Consume less, feel happy! What people do, here and there, to consume less and still feel happy: They refuse to buy a NEW bag labelled "this is not a plastic bag", because it is JUST ANOTHER bag and they already have plenty of them at home. In Holland and France (you read well, France), big supermarket s simply don't provide bags. That's it. Problem solved. If it worked there, it can work anywhere. In Germany and Ireland, consumers have also legally returned trolleys full of packaging to the shops, or bought the goods, leaving the plastic and cardboard in the store! As a result, it also decreased the quantity of domestic litter. Over with the tagged bin! This is called authentic solution-focused living and the same way we once learned to brush our teeth because it was good for us, we can also simplify our lives and be true to ourselves in 1, 2, 3, steps. |
| Asking Better Questions To make your life simpler, start with asking different questions! - Will that thing make me a better person? - If I didn't know it existed, could I still be happy? - Will my world collapse if I don't have it? - What can I easily do instead that won't have a negative impact on other communities? More questions, brainstorming ideas and why they do work on our blog http://ogunte.blogspot.com |
| You have an idea: stay awake, keep informed  If it's technology that drives you, get the rss feed from http://www.technologyreview.com up-to-date and fascinating news and forums about technological discoveries, trends, insights and subsequent philosophical debates where you can have a say!
When you are done, get yourself started with the Be Cause Awards: the Social Networking website Bebo has sealed an alliance with UnLtd to promote and support social entrepreneurs. Create a page on Bebo and visit becauseuk.bebo.com to compete The best 5 social ideas of the month get a £1000 grant to start up. |
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