Just watched a really self-satisfied white guy on stage say things like “we all want to be affluent, but we want guilt free affluence” while showing slides of poor black people around the world. His point about helping people deal with their worst issues in order to provide a springboard for self determination was fair enough, but the presentation had an icky feel to it. It was far more politically conservative than most of the people in the audience appeared willing to admit.

Whatever. WorldChanging is an interesting enough web site to check out every once in awhile. Want a cooler one? It’s less optimistic, but it’s smarter, more honest and less politically retrograde -check out Grain.org. I’m sure the Grain folks wouldn’t say these kinds of things about WorldChanging – but I’m not involved, so I can.