3things is a movement for global goodness. We believe if each of us take small positive steps, together we can make some big changes.
So whether you've got 3 minutes, 3 weeks or more, you can do 3things to change the world...
An initiative of Oxfam Australia.
Zac Phillips wants you to help him raise money for charity simply by watching his YouTube clips, AND he wants you to help him decide where to donate it!
The Aussie YouTuber says, "I have decided to donate all the advertisement revenue that I get from my YouTube videos to a charity. Recently I got my first cheque for $159 and I'm going to match that with my own money. I know it's not much but it is infinitely more than nothing.
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We’ve compiled a list of some of our favourite apps that can help you locate your local farmers, plus a few other choices that might help you kickstart your own small-scale 'farm'. By purchasing direct from the local farmer, you’re helping to take responsibility for where your produce comes from and contribute to the great community that helps make and keep food sustainable.
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Being shamed by an old photo on Facebook has taken on new meaning with the You'll Never Wear That Again app.
Developed by creative agency DBB for the homeless charity Stockholm Stadsmission, the app requests permission to access your tagged Facebook photos and trawls through each photo, giving you around 10 seconds to decide if you would wear the outfit again.
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It's hardly surprising to hear that big businesses often dodge tax bills, but the impact that "creative accounting" can have on the world's poor is something most of us don't often think about.
Publish What You Pay is a campaign calling for mining and oil and gas companies to be open with the public about their profits and tax bills, to keep them from ripping off the world's most vulnerable people.
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Matt Damon’s new movie Promised Land is about the contamination of 11 families’ water wells in the small town of Dimock, Pennsylvannia, from a controversial method of mining gas called fracking.
It's not just happening in the US though, fracking is headed straight for Australian soil.
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Remember your first ever mobile phone?
Chances are it was a big old brick of a thing that brought you hours of joy playing Snake, back in the days before Angry Birds.
Do you know where that phone is now?
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The ten winners of the BackMeUp anti-cyberbullying competition have created a 30 second commercial at their film making workshop in Sydney. Two of the winners – Paige and Eloise from South Australia said “It is surreal the way we have got along with each other during this amazing journey no-matter what our experience of film and acting is or where we are from or how old we are we are all entirely supportive of everyone’s decisions, ideas and inputs.”
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My smartphone: the symbol and the cornerstone of my connection to my latte-drinking, politics-talking , inner-city community. So what does that have to do with Gorrilas and Cannibals in Africa? Good question.
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Got an idea set to change the world for the greater good but just haven't quite got around to it yet? I know, watching Being Lara Bingle is taking up my time too. But come along now, its time to get cracking and we will tell you just how. From crowdfunding websites to courses, the time is now.
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Fluoro lights. Big red hands. Curtis Stone cut outs. Irritating Petula Clark hits reborn as jingles, designed to enter your subconscious and never leave. Hoards of irate, basket bumping consumers. Unwieldy trolleys. A trip to the supermarket is terrifying enough before you factor in the additional complication of sifting through the sensory overload of a mountain of brands yelling 'buy me!' to try to find ones that are ethical. No longer! Check out the apps making shopping with a conscience a breeze, all from your back pocket.
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