Blog Action Day

Blog Action Day is a non-profit awareness raising event, that gives voice on different global issues every year by uniting bloggers, podcasters and videocasters. In this event, the blogging community around the world share their supportive opinions, points of view, ideas on a particular global issue and engage in global discussion.

The first annual Blog Action Day gathered worldwide participants to discuss the environment on October 15th 2007. At that event, 20,603 bloggers participated, and several members of Technorati’s top 100 blogsites were among that list. A wide spectrum of opinions and ideas were exchanged through 23,327 blog posts on environmental issues.

On October 15th, 2008 Blog Action Day united 12,800 bloggers, who collectively wrote 14,053 blog posts on the theme of poverty. At that event the united bloggers donated $3,159(USD) to Blog Action Day's official BAD08 charity as well as other non-profit organizations such as Feeding America, Donors Choose, World Hunger Relief, and many others.

As the yearly event draws nearer, you can expect to see increased conversation about it on the blogosphere.

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• Join The Fight for Green Energy, Post on Repower America’s Wall

  
  TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas — Authority: 549
  In the month of October, we all witnessed the very impressive Blog Action Day where bloggers from all over the country and the world addressed the issue of climate change through their writings. Repower America has taken it a step further. Their website now has a wall for everyone to go and post their pictures, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Conflict >> friction >> heat

  
  Reiki Help Blog — Authority: 100
  We are a planet in conflict. Conflict creates friction. Friction creates heat. Heat=Climate change. Here’s the latest in the state of affairs. After my last post which was somewhat hopeful about climate change, the news has been less so, with a lot of equivocating. Not all is lost, yet, but certainly the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Some thoughts on Change

  
  Couch trip — Authority: 112
  Derrick Jensen, activist and author: “…Consumer culture and the capitalist mindset have taught us to substitute acts of personal consumption (or enlightenment) for organized political resistance. An Inconvenient Truth helped raise consciousness about global warming. But did you notice that all of the solutions ...
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• BeMoreEco Summary of International Day of Climate Action

  
  BeMoreEco — Authority: 110
  As News & Views has posted previously, last Saturday marked the first International Day of Climate Action. In celebration of this, the team have scored the web for the best pictures, events and features of the day. . Best Videos In the News In Every Corner of the Globe Best Pictures ...
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• Clayoquot Summer 1993 – Assembling the People’s History of the Protest

  
  Ephemeral Feasthouse — Authority: 104
  Clayoquot Summer People’s History Dossier Rainforest Dispatches podcast series With a litany of environmental-related events in Blog Action Day , Tck Tck Tck , 350 , Bridge to A Cool Planet – i’ve rustled up an overview of my recent climate change, activist-oriented media project. Listeners to “ ...
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• Blog Action 350: Global Warming Swindle Is it True?

  
  Newz Around Us — Authority: 426
  Some says it is a fake and there is a so called "Global Warming Swindle" that is ongoing. For me the biggest swindle is this documentary. The evidence is felt and it is happening. Whether it is caused by us or whether it is caused by increasing activity in the sun there is Climate Change and we should act on it ...
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• 350 & You: Day of Action

  
  Geoffrey Philp's Blog Spot — Authority: 423
  Blog Action Day has come and gone, but the real challenge of raising awareness about climate change and global warning has just begun. This blog will join thousands of other blogs for a Day of Action on October 24, 2009, to spread the word about 350 . But what is the significance of the number 350? ...
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• What Im Reading

  
  Thanks For Playing — Authority: 466
  Baseball, motherhood, apple pie, and technology: Why Netbooks are better than Smart Phones . This article nicely captures why I chose the Macbook Air, at an admittedly considerably higher cost than either a Netbook or a Smart Phone. (Shout out to Maggie McGary for the link) All the amazing posts from last weeks ...
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• My Interview Published In Asia Media Forum

  
  The 3rd world view — Authority: 125
  Lynette Lee Corporal at Asia Media Forum has published an article on Blog Action Day and quoted me from an interview which I submitted via email earlier. Here is the article: Battle for Climate Change Waged in Cyberpace Too Like veritable Davids to the status quos Goliaths, who contribute one way or another ...
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