This is a non-exhaustive list of things that some of us like:
MAKING THE WORLD BETTER
www.ecomodo.com/pages/index.aspx?id=circle1471 - Ecomodo: increasing sharing of objects and skills – join our Borough Common church and friends group
www.freecycle.org/group/UK/London - Freecycle: free things!
http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/FreeBuyersGuides.aspx - particularly relevant is the buyers guide at Ethical Consumer
www.bookcrossing.com – a fun way to share books
www.brightsparksonline.com - a social enterprise in Islington that can take your broken electronics
www.ted.com/talks/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic.html - about enormous floating plastic islands of waste in the pacific
www.folkstreams.net/film,102 – grandma’s bottles – a cool short film
http://www.praythedevilbacktohell.com/ - an inspiring film about women activists in Liberia
http://www.indiegogo.com/accessenergy our much missed Sam moved to Kenya last year to help set up a business that promotes sustainable energy and local development - what a legend
ORGANISATIONS THAT WE SUPPORT
http://www.housingjustice.org.uk/ is a charity working with people emerging from homelessness - they have a mentoring program that Ali, Sam and Shona are involved in
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/ - they do wonderful work offering care and support to people with cancer - lucie works for them
http://www.contact-the-elderly.org.uk/ - do great work running tea parties for isolated older people – we have run a couple of parties in Southwark, with more to come.
http://www.robes.org.uk/ - homeless shelter hosted by lots of churches in south london
SPIRITUAL GROWTH
www.quaker.org.uk The Quakers have for years been at the forefront of positive social change and open minded spirituality
http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/ The Enneagram is a tool for understanding different personality types/motivations - we used it at church once
http://www.alternativeworship.org/index.html is an online portal for alternative churches and groups - we are listed in london and, by beginning with a B, have a clear alphabetical advantage over other groups
http://simon.hildrew.net/ is where simon puts some of his thoughts/reflections
http://shanghaicommon.tumblr.com/ there is now a common in shanghai, meeting every sunday night in the old french concession - if you are in the people’s republic then get in touch on shanghai@boroughcommon.com
CREATIVITY
http://takeitandrun.wordpress.com is a collaborative creative project that lots of people at the common got involved in
http://alistairmusic.com/ is Ali’s music site
http://www.ififoundafrozentimewarpidputitinthemicrowaveatyourhouse.co.uk/ is where to find Sam R’s drawings
www.penpaperpause.com is richard’s sketch/poetry site
http://gretchenjacobsen.blogspot.com/ is gretchen’s pencil work
