Comments on: A Simple Way To Make A Difference

By: Mus_

Mus_ — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:57:36 +0000

bloggers in Indonesia collects coins (coin money) from other bloggers. 1 coin is about Rp.500.
And for your information, currency for $1 is about Rp.11.000. So, how many dollar Rp.500 is?

You will find the link here.
http://coinachance.wordpress.com/

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By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:52:51 +0000

I’m a badly jetlagged brit sitting in an LA airport hotel at 3am reading your blog and rehydrating myself with some vitamin enhanced ‘fitness’ water – I was in a Target store getting some basics earlier and went to get some water… I saw Ethos – it was $1.79 and the packaging said it donated 5c.

Had it been marketed as a great water that also makes a donation to charity – I wouldn’t have an issue, but it was the fact that the brands ‘Ethos’ and ‘charitable nature’ were clearly so central to it’s branding that left a bitter taste in my mouth. Giving anything is better than giving nothing – but when you asking consumers to make a choice on the basis of your ‘ethical credentials’ then you better be prepared to open the books and show the big picture.

G’night

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:17:51 +0000

I think this kind of bottled water donation thing is great, but if you work through the math it means that Starbucks are making like $385,000,000 through the sales of Ethos, and only donating $10m back.

I’m not saying they shouldn’t make money, but if they’re twisting my arm to buy it based on my charitable nature then they should be a bit more honest – or donate more!!

Volvic did the same thing – spent $6m on an ad campaign to donate $200,000 to charity……something smells a bit odd here! Big corporate abusing our good nature????

My advise…..don’t get suckered, look behind the facts a bit.

Great blog though Brad – really enjoy your creativity.

By: spatulahandle

spatulahandle — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:56:12 +0000

I got tagged to write a 6 word memoir, now I am tagging you.
http://spatulahandle.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/im-iti-got-tagged/

spatulahandles last blog post..I’m it…I got tagged!

By: Clayton Bell

Clayton Bell — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:48:11 +0000

OK, so what I’m getting from this post…Brad Ruggles hates people getting clean water.

OK, I think I got it…

Clayton Bells last blog post..Prayer urgently needed!

By: spatulahandle

spatulahandle — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:02:33 +0000

When I worked in a daycare I had all of the kids make cards for Christmas, Valentines Day, Easter, Independence Day and Halloween for the soldiers in Iraq. The kids had a blast making them and the soldiers enjoyed receiving them. I sent them to my cousin who was there, he said that our cards were strung from one end of the camp to the other...and brought smiles to everyone there. spatulahandles last blog post..Have a Little Faith!

By: Lisa Ruggles

Lisa Ruggles — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:17:00 +0000

LOL….. so much for the no-brainer part

By: jud

jud — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:06:59 +0000

Get the kind of bottles that are made from non-leaching plastic if you are going to do the re-fill and go thing like I do. It’s the same kind of plastic that most of the big water cooler bottles are made of. You don’t want the kind of plastic that leaches the cancer causing junk into your water.

That way you can grow to be very old and die of nothing.

-Jud