WCID Wednesday: Pink goes good with green

Plus: Bust parking myths, buy (or sell) directly from farms, protect journalism (again)

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Quinn Emmett
November 20, 2024

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Happy Wednesday, Shit Givers.

First things first:

💚🩷 My wife’s new movie, WICKED, premieres this week. She’s the co-writer and executive producer and I’m so proud I could scream. I’ve seen the film twice, and I can say without question that it’s the story we all need right now. Early fans rated it 99% on Rotten Tomatoes. Hell yeah. Take the whole family.

  • Product updates: We added some helper text to candidate location search. We’re still working on making this even better but we’re at the whim of various API’s for the moment. More to come.

PS — It’s the giving time of year. Make a verified profile now to favorite actions for later when you want to avoid your family but give back to other people!

Let’s go.

— Quinn

  • Learn: Millions of people die every year from diarrheal diseases. Good news: this crisis is 100% solvable with simple prevention and treatment solutions. Learn more now with Defeat DD (go)

  • Learn: Sure, you’ve heard a lot about deforestation, but, like, where is it, mostly? Use interactive charts and maps from Global Forest Watch to get an understanding of tree cover loss globally. (go)

  • Learn: You and your city council may think there can never be enough parking to go around, but there’s a real good chance that’s not true. Get the Guide to Busting Parking Myths from our friends at Strong Towns (go)

  • Donate: The Palestine Children's Relief Fund is dedicated to providing immediate relief to the humanitarian crisis by providing essential food and medical supplies, but also to supporting long-term rebuilding and trauma responses efforts. (go)

  • Be Heard: Call your reps and insist they vote for the PRESS Act, which would prevent the government from compelling journalists to disclose their sources or records, except in extreme cases. (go)

  • Volunteer: #BreakFreeFromPlastic is a global movement of 12,000+ orgs and people working to achieve a plastic-free future. Join up. (go)

  • Invest: Global Canopy isn’t some VC or carbon offset company. They do the nitty-gritty real work, providing financial institutions and corporations with data to tackle hidden sustainability risks. (go)

  • Buy: Use GrownBy to search farms near you (and know that 98% of your purchase goes back to the farm). A bit of a farmer, yourself? See how this cooperatively-owned, farmer-designed app can empower you to make more in your store by cutting out the middleman. (go)

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  • Donate to disaster relief. (go)

  • Be Heard about journalism (there’s clearly a theme these days) (go)

  • Organize for family planning and maternal health (go)

  • Organize to help connect kids to nature. (go)

  • Be Heard: The Food Date Labeling Act hasn’t been revisited since 2023, but a bazillion consumers like you and me are still led astray by a lack of standards. Let’s fix that. (go)

  • Get Help or Donate: Insurance is a shitshow in the US and only probably going to get worse, so The HealthWell Foundation helps patients afford critical medical treatments when health insurance coverage is not enough. (go)

That’s it for today.

We’ve got some big BIG updates coming down the pipe, so thank you for your attention and patience. And of course, thank you as always for giving a shit.

— Quinn

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