Sunday, August 22, 2010

Achieving World Peace Via Micro-Volunteering - by Sylvain Henry

Most people on earth want world peace but few of us have enough time to do anything to make it happen. I would like to propose a way all of us can do something about it without interfering with our daily routines and obligations. I would like to introduce the concept of micro-volunteering, and doing so for a cause or a changemaker of your choice. Right at this minute, after reading this, you might have enough time to try any (or all!) of the following for a minute or two of your time, whenever you do have time:

1-5 minute suggestions:

-Donate an idea or constructive suggestions to your favorite cause
-Write a blog about your favorite change maker or cause
-Add links to your favorite cause websites
-Print posters to help your favorite causes
-Post these posters them in a densely populated area
-Feeding the birds or squirrels in your area with snacks in your pack

5-10 minute suggestions:

-Post posters of your favorite causes in a densely populated area
-Help another person find work in their location and field of interest
-Allow a less fortunate person to shower at your home
-Invite a less fortunate person to share a meal with you somewhere
-Try micro-lending starting with people you know and trust

15-30 minute suggestions:

-Micro-visits: Visit or call a friend in need
-Micro-coffeechat: Organize a practical coffeechat with friends and barter
-Write your own blog on peace
-Write an email to your president or prime minister regarding your cause



If you are interested in trying this out, please let me know so I can keep track of any and all successes related to this idea. Perhaps one day we can erect a National Peace Memorial in your honour. Perhaps this might be a very simple and fast way to help solve a number of global problems.

Peace, Prosperity, Truth
Prayer for Changemakers
sylvain.henry @ gmail.com
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PS My friends and I will pray that at least 100 people will try this new idea.

8 comments:

  1. This is how we live here at the Kids Orchard as members of WWOOFusa.org

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  2. Great & simple ideas Sylvain!
    For each suggestions above, do we have to exercise all points there, or we could do just some of them?

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  3. You can exercise any of the above or as many as you want. You may even help me by suggesting other ideas we can suggest.

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  4. If in any case people don't have sufficient money to print poster (since quite expensive), how about, using Twitter & Facebook, post it as our updated status?

    In my city, very rarely birds or squirrels are found nearby, usually we found many abandon/unwanted cats on streets/public places, how about feeding them? And if we're capable enough, we can adopt them in our homes:)

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  5. this is great, and count that I am already trying my best in order to achieve this great goal, as I see it as my life vacation, through knowledge and practice, from my own studies to all other aspects of life...

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  6. We must begin now. I have some ideas I would like to test.

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  7. Another thing to be considered: how about empowering the senior citizens who already retired? I've been wondering what are they doing in their spare time? I'm sure, they could volunteer -even a small & simple deed- is worth highly:)

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  8. That is a great idea. We need a way to contact them.

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