There is no shortage of good reasons to support various causes like the one mentioned in Sokari's blog. And there is little excuse in this day and age with information overflow at your fingertips not to be able to contribute. Kiwanja's mobile phone game is filled with nuances that highlight how entrenched we are in the problems of this planet but also how we can work within to help.

Working for WildlifeDirect is opening my eyes to so much. Although this is not new, it is becoming more and more apparent to me that for those of us who have the luxury of choice, we must train ourselves to become ethical consumers. The problem does not start in the rural area, or in poverty stricken urban ghettoes like Goma in Eastern DR Congo, or in savanna landscapes - the problem starts at home.

One such example is mobile phones. We need them, we can't do without them and they have brought so much positive to life for so many and there are countless examples like what Kiwanja and others are doing to prove it. We can also do our bit by making informed choices about what we buy:

(More information and links available on Animals and Ethics.)