The year 2011 will be the 10th anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers 2001.  United Nations Volunteers (UNV) would like to hear your suggestions and opinions, as volunteers and interested parties, on how IYV+10 could be marked in 2011.    Read article

A Masters student at Macquarie University in Australia is exploring the impact the Internet has on volunteerism.  This survey seeks feedback about your experiences with online and/or offline volunteering.  Visit site

In years past, celebrities worked with charities as basic spokespeople, simply showing up to sound studios to record public service announcements, or giving large donations to disaster relief agencies by signing checks from their living rooms.  Read article

Coinciding with the UN Climate Change talks in Bali, 3-14 December 2007, a global call to action on 8 December has been set up to urge world leaders to immediately act on climate change issues. Find out related events in your country.   Read article

To encourage Chinese-speaking people to help save the environment, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in China has translated Climate Crisis Solutions into Mandarin, a practical guide on helping avert environmental crisis at home, on the job, and in local communities.

The guide is part of Live Earth, a monumental music event across seven continent to "trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis". It encourages people to change their lifestyles and behaviour -- drive smaller cars, recycle newspapers, plant trees, use solar energy among others.

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Make history! Volunteer for Christian Aid's 11-week, 1,000-mile march for climate justice, from Northern Ireland to London on 14 July 2007. The organization is urging the government to cut the country's carbon emission by 5 per cent.  Read article