World Issues

Avaaz is an amazing site that I'm always blown away with in how they use real online coming together in a way that actually works. Your signature doesn't just dissapear into a database somewhere like many other, but they actually back it up with lobbying and action that creates change. Please consider reading the item below, and sign up to

Dear friends,

It's a new year, and there's something in the air.

Thousands of emails are pouring in to Avaaz -- filled with hope, excitement, determination. The world's facing a lot of challenges this year, but there's something different too - an optimism that if we all stick together, anything is possible.

It's time to chart our course for 2010. Click below to join the all-member poll to set the agenda for where Avaaz and global people power should go next, then view the results:

http://www.avaaz.org/people_power_in_2010

There is currently a public consultation going on by the European Union about a strategy for 2020 - a rare chance to input into this strategy is available online at the following address.