Welcome to Generous…
Small Steps Taken Often by Many People Mean Big Changes for the Planet and All the People who Live Here.
At Generous we're building a global community of people who believe in changing the world for good … one step at a time.
Every action unknown to everyone else - from unplugging appliances to dumping bottled water, from sharing your car journey to buying Fair Trade -incrementally shifts history in favour of the planet and its people. The more of us who go Generous, the greater our impact.
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Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Generous is about imagining a different way of living, about innovating, trying new things, believing that things can be better, simpler, more beautiful. In many ways, Steve Jobs epitomised this Generous spirit. So we asked Generous member, Peter Barrett, to blog about his death here:
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Inspect A Gadget
It’s perhaps tempting to think that our Generous efforts are now ubiquitous. That we’ve made our mark. That all of us are now doing the simple, small things in terms of reducing our energy consumption that will make a cumulative difference to the planet we all share.
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'Generous' advertising?
As I write this, I’m also on Facebook. Go on – judge me, to your heart’s content (it’s not as though I’ll ever know)… you can even pretend that you never waste time on social media if you like; I won’t mind.
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- Stop Taking Plastic Bags From Shops
601 committed - Turn Off The Tap When Brushing Your Teeth
534 committed - Switch off and unplug appliances and chargers
414 committed - Give Your Unwanted / Unworn Clothes To Charity
372 committed - Shop locally
366 committed - Compost Your Leftovers
343 committed - Sign Up Online To Become An Organ Donor
331 committed - Switch To Energy Saving Lightbulbs
329 committed - Give Thanks Before A Meal
288 committed - Shower More, Bath Less
266 committed
Generous individuals
3,660
Generous actions
11,394
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It started in one of those ‘what if…’ conversations between friends. What if the world wasn’t loaded in favour of a small minority of its people? What if we could look after the planet as well as looking after ourselves? What if a bunch of people tried to exploit the power of new technology to live a little more generously? Read more...
