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Free rice.

In recent days I read news about the exploding global food crisis all over. It seems the whole world is starving besides us rich westerners.

Even worse: Much of it is our fault, not only IMF, WTO or World Bank policies that favor the industrialized nations but even more directly: Our green cars and alternative fuels are one of the most acute reasons why the food prices skyrocketed recently so that people in the “majority of the world”, the Americas, Africa, Asia who usually get by with almost nothing, now really starve.

Much of this mess is also due to us rich people messing up the climate via consuming way too many resources and producing far more co2 than hundreds of poor in the developing world. The ensuing climate change leads directly to poor crops due to draughts or floods depending where you are.

So now that we created this mess, what we’re gonna do about it?

• Whine about the slow economy at home?
• Go on buying cool stuff?
• Ignore it altogether?

I can’t: Writing for a global audience made me even more aware of global problems and my advantageus position in one of the countries where people do not starve.


Also I’m not powerless, far from it, as a blogger with readers all over the world, a social media power user on several platforms and SEO expert I can make a huge impact on the way the people think, what they know and how they react to it. I’m an influencer. It’s time to use this influence for more than petty financial benefits.

Let’s fix the world. One link at a time.

So I want to join me and tell how we, the bloggers, social media users, SEO experts can help the world during the current crisis. Add your ideas in the comments below:

• Drop in links to charities that fight the hunger outbreak
• If you’re from India or China add information how we can help local people without the interference of governments or organizations based in the west
• Ways of limiting our wasteful lifestyle

To start out helping to spread the world I added this NYT article to breaking news at Mixx so that people finally realize that these news of hunger, riots and desperation are really breaking people’s lives.

Also the first thing that comes to mind is the Free Rice project a wonderfully playful way of to support the United Nations World Food Program.

As a philosopher once said: You can’t be happy if everybody around you is miserable.

If you represent a charity tackling the current global food crisis contact me via email, mail to onreact at onreact.com - I will consider supporting your campaign for free (free of charge). Also take note that there are several SEO companies offering discounts for non-profit SEO projects.

If you’re from the countries that are affected tell us how bad the situation is. If you’re like me a well-fed westerner whose problem is rather obesity than hunger, act now, support us.