Funding Clean Energy

According to this article, the World Bank is establishing a couple of investment funds intended to help developing economies adapt to climate change with clean energy and other green technology. Anything that encourages sustainability is a step in the right direction. This one lowers the economic fence, which should make for a lot of progress -- among the commonest arguments against sustainable business practices is that they're too expensive.

Funding Clean Energy

According to this article, the World Bank is establishing a couple of investment funds intended to help developing economies adapt to climate change with clean energy and other green technology. Anything that encourages sustainability is a step in the right direction. This one lowers the economic fence, which should make for a lot of progress -- among the commonest arguments against sustainable business practices is that they're too expensive.

Funding Clean Energy

According to this article, the World Bank is establishing a couple of investment funds intended to help developing economies adapt to climate change with clean energy and other green technology. Anything that encourages sustainability is a step in the right direction. This one lowers the economic fence, which should make for a lot of progress -- among the commonest arguments against sustainable business practices is that they're too expensive.

Funding Clean Energy

According to this article, the World Bank is establishing a couple of investment funds intended to help developing economies adapt to climate change with clean energy and other green technology. Anything that encourages sustainability is a step in the right direction. This one lowers the economic fence, which should make for a lot of progress -- among the commonest arguments against sustainable business practices is that they're too expensive.

Another use for the one-sentence pitch

For each book you write, you should have a one-sentence pitch. Not only is this useful for hooking an editor ... it's good for selling the book to ordinary customers.

Another use for the one-sentence pitch

For each book you write, you should have a one-sentence pitch. Not only is this useful for hooking an editor ... it's good for selling the book to ordinary customers.

Another use for the one-sentence pitch

For each book you write, you should have a one-sentence pitch. Not only is this useful for hooking an editor ... it's good for selling the book to ordinary customers.

Another use for the one-sentence pitch

For each book you write, you should have a one-sentence pitch. Not only is this useful for hooking an editor ... it's good for selling the book to ordinary customers.

Vixy & Tony lyrical icons

Ooo ... LJ icons featuring lyrics by Vixy & Tony. I nabbed both of the "Strange Messenger" ones.

Vixy & Tony lyrical icons

Ooo ... LJ icons featuring lyrics by Vixy & Tony. I nabbed both of the "Strange Messenger" ones.

Vixy & Tony lyrical icons

Ooo ... LJ icons featuring lyrics by Vixy & Tony. I nabbed both of the "Strange Messenger" ones.

Vixy & Tony lyrical icons

Ooo ... LJ icons featuring lyrics by Vixy & Tony. I nabbed both of the "Strange Messenger" ones.

Weeds and Climate Change

This article about the role of weeds in changing climates has some good news, some bad news, and some just plain weird news.

I hadn't thought of mulberries as weed trees, really. They're edible. *laugh* But then people forget dandelion was brought over as a vegetable.

Weeds and Climate Change

This article about the role of weeds in changing climates has some good news, some bad news, and some just plain weird news.

I hadn't thought of mulberries as weed trees, really. They're edible. *laugh* But then people forget dandelion was brought over as a vegetable.

Weeds and Climate Change

This article about the role of weeds in changing climates has some good news, some bad news, and some just plain weird news.

I hadn't thought of mulberries as weed trees, really. They're edible. *laugh* But then people forget dandelion was brought over as a vegetable.

Weeds and Climate Change

This article about the role of weeds in changing climates has some good news, some bad news, and some just plain weird news.

I hadn't thought of mulberries as weed trees, really. They're edible. *laugh* But then people forget dandelion was brought over as a vegetable.

LiveJournal interests suggestion meme

Find some new interests using this tool that identifies your uncommon interests and finds new possibilities based on people who share them. A fancier version allows you to tinker with the threshold to get increasingly rare interests, if the first attempt calls up only obvious ones.

Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in
1. firefly score: 19
2. neil gaiman score: 19
3. sexuality score: 18
4. magick score: 18
5. fanfiction score: 17
6. slash score: 17
7. sci-fi score: 17
8. tarot score: 17
9. polyamory score: 16
10. bisexuality score: 15
11. witchcraft score: 15
12. folklore score: 14
13. star trek score: 13
14. shakespeare score: 13
15. genderqueer score: 12
16. shamanism score: 12
17. anthropology score: 12
18. androgyny score: 12
19. douglas adams score: 12
20. buffy the vampire slayer score: 11

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LiveJournal interests suggestion meme

Find some new interests using this tool that identifies your uncommon interests and finds new possibilities based on people who share them. A fancier version allows you to tinker with the threshold to get increasingly rare interests, if the first attempt calls up only obvious ones.

Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in
1. firefly score: 19
2. neil gaiman score: 19
3. sexuality score: 18
4. magick score: 18
5. fanfiction score: 17
6. slash score: 17
7. sci-fi score: 17
8. tarot score: 17
9. polyamory score: 16
10. bisexuality score: 15
11. witchcraft score: 15
12. folklore score: 14
13. star trek score: 13
14. shakespeare score: 13
15. genderqueer score: 12
16. shamanism score: 12
17. anthropology score: 12
18. androgyny score: 12
19. douglas adams score: 12
20. buffy the vampire slayer score: 11

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LiveJournal interests suggestion meme

Find some new interests using this tool that identifies your uncommon interests and finds new possibilities based on people who share them. A fancier version allows you to tinker with the threshold to get increasingly rare interests, if the first attempt calls up only obvious ones.

Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in
1. firefly score: 19
2. neil gaiman score: 19
3. sexuality score: 18
4. magick score: 18
5. fanfiction score: 17
6. slash score: 17
7. sci-fi score: 17
8. tarot score: 17
9. polyamory score: 16
10. bisexuality score: 15
11. witchcraft score: 15
12. folklore score: 14
13. star trek score: 13
14. shakespeare score: 13
15. genderqueer score: 12
16. shamanism score: 12
17. anthropology score: 12
18. androgyny score: 12
19. douglas adams score: 12
20. buffy the vampire slayer score: 11

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LiveJournal interests suggestion meme

Find some new interests using this tool that identifies your uncommon interests and finds new possibilities based on people who share them. A fancier version allows you to tinker with the threshold to get increasingly rare interests, if the first attempt calls up only obvious ones.

Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in
1. firefly score: 19
2. neil gaiman score: 19
3. sexuality score: 18
4. magick score: 18
5. fanfiction score: 17
6. slash score: 17
7. sci-fi score: 17
8. tarot score: 17
9. polyamory score: 16
10. bisexuality score: 15
11. witchcraft score: 15
12. folklore score: 14
13. star trek score: 13
14. shakespeare score: 13
15. genderqueer score: 12
16. shamanism score: 12
17. anthropology score: 12
18. androgyny score: 12
19. douglas adams score: 12
20. buffy the vampire slayer score: 11

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Poem: "twenty-eight characteristics of god" by Alan Sondheim

Alan Sondheim is one of my poet-friends. Much of his work is highly experimental; his specialty is cyberspace theory. This one is among the best descriptions I have found for the level of Divinity that lies beyond human comprehension. Most deities are comprehensible -- they have personalities and features, they interact with us, we worship them. But in many pantheons there is One who is beyond the rest, who does not touch upon this plane at all. In Celtic lore this aspect is called simply "Ur Mawreth," The Highest. And yet it is human nature to try and describe the indescribable, and poetry is an ideal tool for that task. The following poem is reprinted with permission from the Cybermind list, for your enjoyment.

twenty-eight characteristics of god
by Alan Sondheim

01 god does not breathe nor does god have any necessity to breathe
02 god runs on pure internal energy and needs no energy source
03 god is always organized and coherent and cannot be disorganized
04 god can will to breathe or need energy or organize or disorganize
05 god does not feel thirst or hunger or sexual desire or arousal
06 god does not feel anything but may will to feel anything
07 god is neither recipient nor originator of any communication
08 god neither demands reciprocity nor engages in dialog
09 god may will to receive or give or engage
10 god neither speaks nor hears and neither sees or shows
11 god does not think but may will to think or speak or see
12 god has no location on any grid of space or time
13 there is no segment or boundary of god
14 there are no parameters and defining characteristics of god
15 god may will to contract or expand any where and when
16 god may will to will
17 god has no necessity to divide or coalesce
18 god may will to divide or coalesce
19 god has no movement and no beginning and ending
20 god is unthinkable but may will to be thinkable
21 god is that object which is subject and that subject which is object
22 god is plagiarism
23 god may will to originate and may will to move and end
24 for god all languages and words and thoughts are jumble
25 god may will to comprehend all languages and words
26 god may will to see all and touch all and hear all and taste all
27 god may will not to will and may will never to will again
28 god does not run on anything

Poem: "twenty-eight characteristics of god" by Alan Sondheim

Alan Sondheim is one of my poet-friends. Much of his work is highly experimental; his specialty is cyberspace theory. This one is among the best descriptions I have found for the level of Divinity that lies beyond human comprehension. Most deities are comprehensible -- they have personalities and features, they interact with us, we worship them. But in many pantheons there is One who is beyond the rest, who does not touch upon this plane at all. In Celtic lore this aspect is called simply "Ur Mawreth," The Highest. And yet it is human nature to try and describe the indescribable, and poetry is an ideal tool for that task. The following poem is reprinted with permission from the Cybermind list, for your enjoyment.

twenty-eight characteristics of god
by Alan Sondheim

01 god does not breathe nor does god have any necessity to breathe
02 god runs on pure internal energy and needs no energy source
03 god is always organized and coherent and cannot be disorganized
04 god can will to breathe or need energy or organize or disorganize
05 god does not feel thirst or hunger or sexual desire or arousal
06 god does not feel anything but may will to feel anything
07 god is neither recipient nor originator of any communication
08 god neither demands reciprocity nor engages in dialog
09 god may will to receive or give or engage
10 god neither speaks nor hears and neither sees or shows
11 god does not think but may will to think or speak or see
12 god has no location on any grid of space or time
13 there is no segment or boundary of god
14 there are no parameters and defining characteristics of god
15 god may will to contract or expand any where and when
16 god may will to will
17 god has no necessity to divide or coalesce
18 god may will to divide or coalesce
19 god has no movement and no beginning and ending
20 god is unthinkable but may will to be thinkable
21 god is that object which is subject and that subject which is object
22 god is plagiarism
23 god may will to originate and may will to move and end
24 for god all languages and words and thoughts are jumble
25 god may will to comprehend all languages and words
26 god may will to see all and touch all and hear all and taste all
27 god may will not to will and may will never to will again
28 god does not run on anything

Poem: "twenty-eight characteristics of god" by Alan Sondheim

Alan Sondheim is one of my poet-friends. Much of his work is highly experimental; his specialty is cyberspace theory. This one is among the best descriptions I have found for the level of Divinity that lies beyond human comprehension. Most deities are comprehensible -- they have personalities and features, they interact with us, we worship them. But in many pantheons there is One who is beyond the rest, who does not touch upon this plane at all. In Celtic lore this aspect is called simply "Ur Mawreth," The Highest. And yet it is human nature to try and describe the indescribable, and poetry is an ideal tool for that task. The following poem is reprinted with permission from the Cybermind list, for your enjoyment.

twenty-eight characteristics of god
by Alan Sondheim

01 god does not breathe nor does god have any necessity to breathe
02 god runs on pure internal energy and needs no energy source
03 god is always organized and coherent and cannot be disorganized
04 god can will to breathe or need energy or organize or disorganize
05 god does not feel thirst or hunger or sexual desire or arousal
06 god does not feel anything but may will to feel anything
07 god is neither recipient nor originator of any communication
08 god neither demands reciprocity nor engages in dialog
09 god may will to receive or give or engage
10 god neither speaks nor hears and neither sees or shows
11 god does not think but may will to think or speak or see
12 god has no location on any grid of space or time
13 there is no segment or boundary of god
14 there are no parameters and defining characteristics of god
15 god may will to contract or expand any where and when
16 god may will to will
17 god has no necessity to divide or coalesce
18 god may will to divide or coalesce
19 god has no movement and no beginning and ending
20 god is unthinkable but may will to be thinkable
21 god is that object which is subject and that subject which is object
22 god is plagiarism
23 god may will to originate and may will to move and end
24 for god all languages and words and thoughts are jumble
25 god may will to comprehend all languages and words
26 god may will to see all and touch all and hear all and taste all
27 god may will not to will and may will never to will again
28 god does not run on anything

Poem: "twenty-eight characteristics of god" by Alan Sondheim

Alan Sondheim is one of my poet-friends. Much of his work is highly experimental; his specialty is cyberspace theory. This one is among the best descriptions I have found for the level of Divinity that lies beyond human comprehension. Most deities are comprehensible -- they have personalities and features, they interact with us, we worship them. But in many pantheons there is One who is beyond the rest, who does not touch upon this plane at all. In Celtic lore this aspect is called simply "Ur Mawreth," The Highest. And yet it is human nature to try and describe the indescribable, and poetry is an ideal tool for that task. The following poem is reprinted with permission from the Cybermind list, for your enjoyment.

twenty-eight characteristics of god
by Alan Sondheim

01 god does not breathe nor does god have any necessity to breathe
02 god runs on pure internal energy and needs no energy source
03 god is always organized and coherent and cannot be disorganized
04 god can will to breathe or need energy or organize or disorganize
05 god does not feel thirst or hunger or sexual desire or arousal
06 god does not feel anything but may will to feel anything
07 god is neither recipient nor originator of any communication
08 god neither demands reciprocity nor engages in dialog
09 god may will to receive or give or engage
10 god neither speaks nor hears and neither sees or shows
11 god does not think but may will to think or speak or see
12 god has no location on any grid of space or time
13 there is no segment or boundary of god
14 there are no parameters and defining characteristics of god
15 god may will to contract or expand any where and when
16 god may will to will
17 god has no necessity to divide or coalesce
18 god may will to divide or coalesce
19 god has no movement and no beginning and ending
20 god is unthinkable but may will to be thinkable
21 god is that object which is subject and that subject which is object
22 god is plagiarism
23 god may will to originate and may will to move and end
24 for god all languages and words and thoughts are jumble
25 god may will to comprehend all languages and words
26 god may will to see all and touch all and hear all and taste all
27 god may will not to will and may will never to will again
28 god does not run on anything

Scrapbooking for Wizards

Several folks wanted to know more about the Grey School of Wizardry. One thing we do is make "teaser" pages based on popular classes. These contain a brief description of the class, an activity, and a recommended resource. They're intended as handouts for events and other promotional purposes, to give people an idea of what we teach. Here is one from my class "Rootskeeping 101: Scrapbooking for Wizards."

Rootskeeping 101:
Scrapbooking for Wizards

Lifeways (Pink Magick) Level One, 3 Credits
Taught by Elizabeth Barrette (Grey), Professor of Lifeways
http://www.greyschool.info

A scrapbook is a binder whose pages contain some combination of photographs, text, embellishments, and other memorabilia. The combination of images and written commentary, and the presence of additional decorations, distinguish a scrapbook from an ordinary photo album. Scrapbooks can:

• capture a little slice of history and preserve it securely.
• record trips, hobbies, magical or spiritual explorations, etc.
• track family genealogy.
• present materials in a beautiful way.
• provide a creative outlet.

Sound like fun? It is! Don’t worry if your budget is tight; you can start scrapbooking with just a few things:

• some photographs or memorabilia such as newspaper articles.
• scrapbook paper in various colors and designs, acid- and lignin-free.
• ordinary scissors with a straight edge.
• adhesive such as liquid glue, glue sticks and pens, or sticky squares.
• acid-free pens, stickers, or other embellishments for decoration.
• an album to hold finished pages.
• a story to tell!

Make a Simple Scrapbook Page:
Choose a photograph from a special occasion, such as a birthday. Choose a plain color of scrapbook paper that looks good behind the picture. Using photo-safe adhesive, attach the picture to the paper. Label the photo: when and where it was taken, who appears in it, what’s happening, etc. Add some stickers or other decorations. Presto, your first scrapbook page!

Recommended Resources:

Michele Gerbrandt’s Scrapbook Basics: The Complete Guide to Preserving Your Memories by Michele Gerbrandt. F&W Publications, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, 2002. Full color; shopping list, organization tips, instructions on making your first page.

Scraplink Website at: http://www.scraplink.com/

Scrapbooking for Wizards

Several folks wanted to know more about the Grey School of Wizardry. One thing we do is make "teaser" pages based on popular classes. These contain a brief description of the class, an activity, and a recommended resource. They're intended as handouts for events and other promotional purposes, to give people an idea of what we teach. Here is one from my class "Rootskeeping 101: Scrapbooking for Wizards."

Rootskeeping 101:
Scrapbooking for Wizards

Lifeways (Pink Magick) Level One, 3 Credits
Taught by Elizabeth Barrette (Grey), Professor of Lifeways
http://www.greyschool.info

A scrapbook is a binder whose pages contain some combination of photographs, text, embellishments, and other memorabilia. The combination of images and written commentary, and the presence of additional decorations, distinguish a scrapbook from an ordinary photo album. Scrapbooks can:

• capture a little slice of history and preserve it securely.
• record trips, hobbies, magical or spiritual explorations, etc.
• track family genealogy.
• present materials in a beautiful way.
• provide a creative outlet.

Sound like fun? It is! Don’t worry if your budget is tight; you can start scrapbooking with just a few things:

• some photographs or memorabilia such as newspaper articles.
• scrapbook paper in various colors and designs, acid- and lignin-free.
• ordinary scissors with a straight edge.
• adhesive such as liquid glue, glue sticks and pens, or sticky squares.
• acid-free pens, stickers, or other embellishments for decoration.
• an album to hold finished pages.
• a story to tell!

Make a Simple Scrapbook Page:
Choose a photograph from a special occasion, such as a birthday. Choose a plain color of scrapbook paper that looks good behind the picture. Using photo-safe adhesive, attach the picture to the paper. Label the photo: when and where it was taken, who appears in it, what’s happening, etc. Add some stickers or other decorations. Presto, your first scrapbook page!

Recommended Resources:

Michele Gerbrandt’s Scrapbook Basics: The Complete Guide to Preserving Your Memories by Michele Gerbrandt. F&W Publications, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, 2002. Full color; shopping list, organization tips, instructions on making your first page.

Scraplink Website at: http://www.scraplink.com/

Scrapbooking for Wizards

Several folks wanted to know more about the Grey School of Wizardry. One thing we do is make "teaser" pages based on popular classes. These contain a brief description of the class, an activity, and a recommended resource. They're intended as handouts for events and other promotional purposes, to give people an idea of what we teach. Here is one from my class "Rootskeeping 101: Scrapbooking for Wizards."

Rootskeeping 101:
Scrapbooking for Wizards

Lifeways (Pink Magick) Level One, 3 Credits
Taught by Elizabeth Barrette (Grey), Professor of Lifeways
http://www.greyschool.info

A scrapbook is a binder whose pages contain some combination of photographs, text, embellishments, and other memorabilia. The combination of images and written commentary, and the presence of additional decorations, distinguish a scrapbook from an ordinary photo album. Scrapbooks can:

• capture a little slice of history and preserve it securely.
• record trips, hobbies, magical or spiritual explorations, etc.
• track family genealogy.
• present materials in a beautiful way.
• provide a creative outlet.

Sound like fun? It is! Don’t worry if your budget is tight; you can start scrapbooking with just a few things:

• some photographs or memorabilia such as newspaper articles.
• scrapbook paper in various colors and designs, acid- and lignin-free.
• ordinary scissors with a straight edge.
• adhesive such as liquid glue, glue sticks and pens, or sticky squares.
• acid-free pens, stickers, or other embellishments for decoration.
• an album to hold finished pages.
• a story to tell!

Make a Simple Scrapbook Page:
Choose a photograph from a special occasion, such as a birthday. Choose a plain color of scrapbook paper that looks good behind the picture. Using photo-safe adhesive, attach the picture to the paper. Label the photo: when and where it was taken, who appears in it, what’s happening, etc. Add some stickers or other decorations. Presto, your first scrapbook page!

Recommended Resources:

Michele Gerbrandt’s Scrapbook Basics: The Complete Guide to Preserving Your Memories by Michele Gerbrandt. F&W Publications, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, 2002. Full color; shopping list, organization tips, instructions on making your first page.

Scraplink Website at: http://www.scraplink.com/

Scrapbooking for Wizards

Several folks wanted to know more about the Grey School of Wizardry. One thing we do is make "teaser" pages based on popular classes. These contain a brief description of the class, an activity, and a recommended resource. They're intended as handouts for events and other promotional purposes, to give people an idea of what we teach. Here is one from my class "Rootskeeping 101: Scrapbooking for Wizards."

Rootskeeping 101:
Scrapbooking for Wizards

Lifeways (Pink Magick) Level One, 3 Credits
Taught by Elizabeth Barrette (Grey), Professor of Lifeways
http://www.greyschool.info

A scrapbook is a binder whose pages contain some combination of photographs, text, embellishments, and other memorabilia. The combination of images and written commentary, and the presence of additional decorations, distinguish a scrapbook from an ordinary photo album. Scrapbooks can:

• capture a little slice of history and preserve it securely.
• record trips, hobbies, magical or spiritual explorations, etc.
• track family genealogy.
• present materials in a beautiful way.
• provide a creative outlet.

Sound like fun? It is! Don’t worry if your budget is tight; you can start scrapbooking with just a few things:

• some photographs or memorabilia such as newspaper articles.
• scrapbook paper in various colors and designs, acid- and lignin-free.
• ordinary scissors with a straight edge.
• adhesive such as liquid glue, glue sticks and pens, or sticky squares.
• acid-free pens, stickers, or other embellishments for decoration.
• an album to hold finished pages.
• a story to tell!

Make a Simple Scrapbook Page:
Choose a photograph from a special occasion, such as a birthday. Choose a plain color of scrapbook paper that looks good behind the picture. Using photo-safe adhesive, attach the picture to the paper. Label the photo: when and where it was taken, who appears in it, what’s happening, etc. Add some stickers or other decorations. Presto, your first scrapbook page!

Recommended Resources:

Michele Gerbrandt’s Scrapbook Basics: The Complete Guide to Preserving Your Memories by Michele Gerbrandt. F&W Publications, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, 2002. Full color; shopping list, organization tips, instructions on making your first page.

Scraplink Website at: http://www.scraplink.com/

Volunteers and Taxation

Energize, Inc. is a useful organization that promotes volunteer efforts. They pointed out an interesting discrepancy between mileage tax deductions for employees vs. volunteers.

Volunteers Should Not Be Second-Class Taxpayers
The IRS has just acknowledged the soaring cost of gas by raising the tax deduction for mileage to 58.5 cents per mile - but the rate for driving by volunteers remains at 14 cents, as it has for 10 years. Susan examines this unfair treatment of volunteers in the US and other countries and urges a write-in campaign to make some much-needed changes. Get involved!

The article helpfully compares tax codes across several countries and how they affect volunteers. Volunteerism is an important issue in strengthening community bonds, and especially, in taking care of things so the government does not have to butt in!

For those of you wishing to do something about this, the page contains a sample letter that you can customize and send to your representatives, asking them to credit volunteer mileage equally.

Volunteers and Taxation

Energize, Inc. is a useful organization that promotes volunteer efforts. They pointed out an interesting discrepancy between mileage tax deductions for employees vs. volunteers.

Volunteers Should Not Be Second-Class Taxpayers
The IRS has just acknowledged the soaring cost of gas by raising the tax deduction for mileage to 58.5 cents per mile - but the rate for driving by volunteers remains at 14 cents, as it has for 10 years. Susan examines this unfair treatment of volunteers in the US and other countries and urges a write-in campaign to make some much-needed changes. Get involved!

The article helpfully compares tax codes across several countries and how they affect volunteers. Volunteerism is an important issue in strengthening community bonds, and especially, in taking care of things so the government does not have to butt in!

For those of you wishing to do something about this, the page contains a sample letter that you can customize and send to your representatives, asking them to credit volunteer mileage equally.

Volunteers and Taxation

Energize, Inc. is a useful organization that promotes volunteer efforts. They pointed out an interesting discrepancy between mileage tax deductions for employees vs. volunteers.

Volunteers Should Not Be Second-Class Taxpayers
The IRS has just acknowledged the soaring cost of gas by raising the tax deduction for mileage to 58.5 cents per mile - but the rate for driving by volunteers remains at 14 cents, as it has for 10 years. Susan examines this unfair treatment of volunteers in the US and other countries and urges a write-in campaign to make some much-needed changes. Get involved!

The article helpfully compares tax codes across several countries and how they affect volunteers. Volunteerism is an important issue in strengthening community bonds, and especially, in taking care of things so the government does not have to butt in!

For those of you wishing to do something about this, the page contains a sample letter that you can customize and send to your representatives, asking them to credit volunteer mileage equally.

Volunteers and Taxation

Energize, Inc. is a useful organization that promotes volunteer efforts. They pointed out an interesting discrepancy between mileage tax deductions for employees vs. volunteers.

Volunteers Should Not Be Second-Class Taxpayers
The IRS has just acknowledged the soaring cost of gas by raising the tax deduction for mileage to 58.5 cents per mile - but the rate for driving by volunteers remains at 14 cents, as it has for 10 years. Susan examines this unfair treatment of volunteers in the US and other countries and urges a write-in campaign to make some much-needed changes. Get involved!

The article helpfully compares tax codes across several countries and how they affect volunteers. Volunteerism is an important issue in strengthening community bonds, and especially, in taking care of things so the government does not have to butt in!

For those of you wishing to do something about this, the page contains a sample letter that you can customize and send to your representatives, asking them to credit volunteer mileage equally.

Favorite 4th of July recipes?

I've got a thread going over on cheap_cookin collecting people's favorite 4th of July recipes. Mine is melon salad.

Favorite 4th of July recipes?

I've got a thread going over on cheap_cookin collecting people's favorite 4th of July recipes. Mine is melon salad.

Favorite 4th of July recipes?

I've got a thread going over on cheap_cookin collecting people's favorite 4th of July recipes. Mine is melon salad.

Favorite 4th of July recipes?

I've got a thread going over on cheap_cookin collecting people's favorite 4th of July recipes. Mine is melon salad.