Coldplaying Charity Club

Hi all, I read a troubling article on the effect on Chris Martin's use of a private jet has on climate change. Apparently his hugely unnecessary flights across the Atlantic cause a massive carbon footprint and are effecting global warming. How does this tie in to his work with fair trade, Amnesty International and Oxfam? I'd love to know others' thoughts on this. Thanks Ross

The Coldplaying Charity Club Shop Visit the Coldplaying.com/CCC Store @ www.cafepress.com/ccc_shop Products Currently Available: Shop Proceeds: * All shop proceeds will benefit Oxfam Unwrapped - an online giving campaign that helps people living in poverty in 26 countries. It works through catalogues that contain items that people around the world need to change their lives for the better - including emergency relief, farming, health, education, small businesses and advocacy. Oxfam is a human rights organization based in Oxford, United Kingdom. Oxfam Unwrapped Separate thread with more details about this charity to come soon! ----------------…

Hey everyone, Sorry to come on here to try and sell something but please take a look at this ebay link to an amazing piece of Coldplay memorabilia on sale for a fantastic cause: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Signed-Coldplay-Double-Platinum-Disc_W0QQitemZ170319090939QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL?hash=item170319090939&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 Chris Martin donated this double platinum disc that the band were given for sales of Viva la Vida to the South Devon branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. It is signed by all the band, and a real collector’s item. As many of you will know, Chris is from So…

ONE AMAZING NIGHT... We're thrilled to announce that our now legendary Killers/Coldplay gig featuring Bono and Gary Barlow raised over £200,000 for War Child. This money will transform the lives of children living in some of the world's most dangerous places and protect them from the horrors of war. You can read more about the night here and as an exclusive gift for our email subscribers we've got an iconic image from the gig that you can download and use as a screensaver or desktop background. ...20 AMAZING SOUVENIRS... We're auctioning some amazing goodies from the gig in our ebay shop. There's signed T-shirts, CDs and box-sets as well as John Sq…

A while ago I posted when Simon M Harris and I collaborated on a couple of songs after both being featured on the CCC album. Well, we made another song, so if you're interested, visit my myspace page. It's the first one. http://www.myspace.com/ifiifi

Millions of mums in poor countries get low-quality health care, or are forced to go without it altogether. Every minute a woman with no medical care dies in pregnancy or childbirth – a mum who would have cared for her baby, carried on being a friend, a sister, a daughter, a wife – and a mum to her other kids. Oxfam are campaigning to raise awareness and funds to stem this tide – and they've been doing it with knitting. Over the last six months thousands of knitters have created 14,000 squares, each one representing a mum who is no longer alive to care for her baby. The next part of the campaign is the big stitch up: sewing the squares into blankets. Oxfam are lo…

I am not sure if this the appropriate forum to post this in. Anywho though, I recently called upon some of my fellow classmates to write letters to the new Obama administration and the American congress asking for approval of the newly proposed MONUC mandate allowing for desperately needed peacekeepers in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo. If you are not familiar with what I am talking about, Human Rights Watch has put out a video explaining the gross violence that has occurred in the region during the last few weeks - http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/features/drc1108/video.htm I thought I would just share a guide I wrote up on how to write to congr…

A woman named Comfort wants to take you on "a journey through chocolate heaven." Standing in a room with modern white furniture and below dimly lit spherical lights hanging from the ceiling, Ghanaian cocoa farmer Comfort Kumeah explained how she makes her chocolate, using constant hand motions to break through any misunderstandings her strong accent may cause. Surrounded by people dressed in business-casual attire, Kumeah stood out before saying a word, wearing a bright yellow top and pants adorned with African patterns. Kumeah is part of Kuapa Kokoo, a more than 20,000-person cocoa grower's cooperative based in Ghana, West Africa that, with the help of investors, s…

Come on in and check out some of the songs from the upcoming CD, and put in a friend request while you're there. (We'll take anybody,lol.) The page is under construction so bear with us, it can only get better! http://www.myspace.com/howweseetheworld Enjoy!:)

Somewhere on these forums I seen a link to a charity (maybe Oxfam) and nice jumpers they were selling online It wasnt the official Coldplay store HELP It would bevery much appreciated! ;)

Fill yourself up with the spirit of Christmas, by downloading a virtual advent calendar filled with simple opportunities to do someone a favour this festive season. For example today – Put the loose change in your pocket into a charity collection box... http://www.vinspired.com/festivefavours Posted on behalf of Vinspired.com

OK, so we're not making a mint off the first one, but it's still really special and amazing, and there are new artists on the forum, so what's the harm in making the next one?? I'll pay for the mastering, like I did last time. All I need is the artists to jump on and submit a song. Heck, we could make a whole series of them at no cost to anyone. Garreth, Zemy...let's do a new one!!! Who's in???

Hey everyone, I'm a big Oxfam supporter and a Coldplay fan. Just noticed that an online auction site called Charity Folks is auctioning off VIP tickets to each of the North American shows with the money going to Oxfam. Here is a direct link http://www.charityfolks.com/coldplay. :)

It was recommended to me that I should drop by here and post. I own a tshirt design/screenprint business. I offered to make some COLDPLAYING tshirts for the members so we could be recognized by other members. This was before I knew about CCC. I am offering my services to the forum and should be able to get members and forum moderators a better price than cafepress. I will also donate all proceeds to OXFAM. I am not posting this to step on any toes, but rather to keep printing costs down for all involved. Not sure who to send this to so I am posting it here. Thanks! Kelly

Some of us don't have money to donate or time to volunteer. That's why Stanford University has made it easy for everyone to help find cures for diseases simply by installing a small application on their home pc/mac that analyzes protein molecules and then sends back the results to Stanford. It's called Folding@home and more than 50,000 teams (600,000 users) have joined to help. I would like to officially invite Coldplaying Charity Club to join Isara's Folding@home Team so that we can work together to find cures for diseases. All you need to do is download a small file (it's completely safe) and install it (takes one minute). The application runs in the background, whi…

Hi CCC, On August 1st-2nd I will be attempting to break the world record for continuous karaoke singing (39+ hours), LIVE on the Internet, for charity. Right now we are accepting requests for songs and, fortunately, the song list has some Coldplay. So if you're interested in helping here's how. #1 - Register for Free #2 - View the Song List and Choose Two Songs #3 - Post Your Song Requests in the Official Topic Here's a funny video our students and volunteers made for the event. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC1lf0XsGdw Here are the available Coldplay songs: Til Kingdom Come Dont Panic Smile Upon Your Face A Rush Of Blood To The Head Yellow Tro…

I've noticed a bit of a deficit in this part of the forum lately, and I'd like to offer a hand if people are busy with school, work, life, etc. We need to revitalize this section. PM or email me...just drop me a line. You guys have created a great thing here, and I don't want to see it get buried...Any thoughts??

I have just created http://howweseetheworld.tk/ which automatically redirects to the cafepress page for it! :D

Save image, print, fit to page, once printed use scissors to cut vertical lines on bottom

Oxfam America is looking for supporters to help spread the word about our campaigns to create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice at every Coldplay show on the U.S. Viva La Vida tour...including the NYC contest show! For more info on how you can join our efforts, please visit: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/concerts Thanks, Oxfam America (double posted in the "live" section as well...hope this is OK!)

Celebrities are queuing up to become charity ambassadors, but do they make a difference? BONO DOES it. Madonna too. Likewise Scarlett Johansson, Annie Lennox, George Clooney and Nicole Kidman. David Beckham and Geri Hallliwell, famously, have also dabbled, while Brad and Angelina do it so much it's hard to see how they have time to squeeze any film-making at all into their busy schedules. "It" is charity work. Many of we normals also do it, of course, though our efforts are unlikely to see us rewarded with a title. Such honorifics - Global Ambassador is a common one - are reserved for celebrities and have become the ultimate accessory for the star with a conscience.…

both Simon Harris and I were musicians featured on the How We See the World album. I thought those of you who know about it might be interested in hearing two collaborations Simon and I have done. Both are currently on my myspace profile, which is... http://myspace.com/ifiifi. I am thankful for the CCC for providing me with the opportunity to make this music with Simon. Anyway, I just thought I'd share it with you since it involves two people from the How We See the World album. the songs are called "Sing With Me" and "Meaning of Life."

http://www.kiva.org/ What is Kiva ? Kiva lets you lend to a specific entrepreneur in the developing world - empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty. This isn't charity, it is A LOAN. As loans are repaid, you get your money back. Microfinance loans worldwide are generating repayment rates of 97% (UNCDF: Basic Facts About Microfinance). To date, Kiva.org’s repayment rate is ... 100% ! When Yunus Mohammed won the Nobel Prize last year with his Microfinance concept, I was immediately won over. I was looking into a way to contribute to the system, and one of my friends on the u2.com board - Jacquie - came up with this website. Just thought I'd share :-)

PM me the original song you have for "How We See The World Part 2" and then I will list the titles of the songs here.

Knitting is all the rage at the moment. You just have to do a little searching around on the Web to find all sorts of compulsive knitters, knitting clubs, trendy knitters, knitters who are into blogging, and knitting parents. There are even some self-styled guerrilla knitters (the campaigning type, not knitting primates). There's a whole army of knitters out there, and if you're one of them Oxfam needs you! We're searching for knitters to turn their knitting needles into lethal poverty fighting needles. Staff in our Leeds office have just started a new campaign to create a giant baby blanket, with each square knitted representing a mother who did not survive preg…