I don’t necessarily believe the world’s water problems can be solved by drilling 10B worth of wells (though $10 for one child seems like a reasonable first step) but otherwise am strongly in accord with the sentiment of the Advent Conspiracy. In a change this holiday season, my mom has proposed that she, her husband and the adult child diaspora would pool gift money to purchase ducks and goats this year. I’m totally into this idea (though, am trying not to fool myself into thinking goat herds are entirely a good idea). For the more micro-capitalist anti-credit-crunch minded looking for gifts, another great idea is Kiva gift certificates, particularly when given in conjunction with joining the team quasify (yes yes do!).
(-thanks LV)
[...] was thinking about this today when my mom sent out an email with our World Vision Christmas goat/duck/chicken donation plan details. The extended family pooled our money, making it mathematically ambiguous to say which [...]