Most of us want to do more for the world, but you know how it is - things crop up, you get busy...

In this section you'll find seven very good reasons why we think you should get involved with us.

We consider everyone who contributes an activist - from young campaigners overseas fighting for their rights, to the artists who designed our website banners, to our MySpace friends who leave supportive comments - every voice is a voice for change.

And if you don't believe that you can make a difference, just look here and here and here. And if you still don't believe us, read why Salamina, an ActionAid activist from South Africa, thinks that we can make a difference in her community.

Climate change

Climate change. For so long it’s been the monster in the basement, now its knocking on the door and threatening to burn down the whole house.

In many countries where ActionAid works, changes in the weather are already affecting people's lives with devastating effects. It is people in poor countries who are suffering the effects of climate change the most, even though they have contributed to it the least.

ActionAid works hard to reduce people's vulnerability to natural disasters by helping them adapt to new weather patterns and reduce risk with early warning systems (you can find out more about this here). We are also part of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition, the UK’s largest group of people dedicated to action on climate change.

The film below was made by Bollocks to Poverty’s friend Leo. It explains in really simple terms (and with cool animation) the science behind runaway climate change, what it will bring and what we can do about it – pretty much everything you need to know!

Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip from Leo Murray on Vimeo.

What can I do?

I've got time for a quickie : Watch The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See

I want to get more stuck in: Sign up to reduce your carbon footprint by 10% in 2010

What else can I do to help? Switch to green energy

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Clean power V dirty coal: some facts

•   One billion people are hungry. Temperature rises of 2 to 3 oC will mean an extra 200 million people could face hunger.

•   If we carry on pumping greenhouse gases (like CO2) into the atmosphere, there’s a 50% chance the global temperatures will rise by 5 oC or more in the coming decades.

•   One coal power station pumps out the same amount of CO2 in a year as 30 developing countries combined.

•   The UK is the windiest country in Europe. We could power ourselves several times over using renewable energy.

•   If we covered just 3% of the Sahara desert with solar panels we could generate all the electricity the world needs.

•   Kenya has the highest number of solar panels, per person, in the world.

•   The Philippines already generates 27% of its electricity from geothermal energy.