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Entries from January 2007

Avaaz.org in the German Media

January 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Here is an article about Avaaz.org published in Jetzt.de, the youth magazine of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, a major German newspaper:
http://jetzt.sueddeutsche.de/texte/anzeigen/356958
I don't really read much German, so here is the Google Translated version of the article:
 For ten days the campaign Website Avaaz stands in the net. Avaaz means on Urdu (also on Farsi and Hindi!) „Voice [...]

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Report on Climate Change

January 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Over the weekend the Observer obtained a leaked copy of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report.
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1995472,00.html
The New York Times obtained another:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/20/world/20climate.html
Thanks to Iain for the links.  The research is pretty sobering stuff.  It is time to take some action to slow down and reverse climate change.  After all, Step 1 is realizing that [...]

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The 59 Smartest Orgs Online

January 18th, 2007 · No Comments

http://www.squidoo.com/org20
Avaaz.org co-founder, MoveOn.org, is on the list.  I hope we can get Avaaz.org on the list next year! 
 

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Avaaz.org on Flickr

January 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I just set up a Flickr account for Avaaz.  Right now, we just have some logos graphics for bloggers and webmasters to use for their sites and some mock-ups of the print ad we want to run for our first campaign.  More photos to come!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/avaaz/

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First Avaaz Campaign Member Comments

January 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Here is a PDF file with a sampling of member comments on the 1st Avaaz.org campaign, which opposes Bush's plan to increase American troops in Iraq.
The comments have been edited for spelling and to protect the privacy of the individuals who wrote to Avaaz. 
Click below to download the PDF:
Comments taken down for the [...]

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