Isn't that awful - I was waiting for someone else to say something first. I've been back to clicking at the Hunger Site and the others for a few months now, and I recently found another site - http://www.wearewhatwedo.org/ - and inevitably the title of this thread made me think of it. It's a whole bunch of 'little' things we can all do to make the world a nicer place to live in.

As a group I'm not so sure because we're spread out quite a bit. I think that part of what makes the current scary stuff so depressing compared to the misery of a world war is the way people respond to it. It takes something of the size of September 11th to make people pull together, to really understand we're supposed to be on the same side. I recently watched a period episode of Dr Who set during the present Queen's coronation and it ended with a massive street party which weren't uncommon then, and people seemed to be more supportive during those wars than they are now. Perhaps that's just rose-tinted specs... I do think that sense of community is often what's missing in making the world a better place. I don't know how to go about creating that in the 'real world', in my own neighbourhood, but I know how to appreciate the community we've built here and I know it makes every individual stronger to be a part of it.

Sorry, that drifted into my usual outloud musings, rather than really going anywhere. Don't have much to offer on what we can do as a group, oth than maybe try to take what we've learned from being part of this online community into the 'real world' with us and try to rebuild community links somehow.

Kerri.