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-=== Embedded Giving ===
+=== Embedded Giving; do the red thing. ===
 When human-aid and business meet, sandals are swapped for suits.
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-Examles:
+=== Examles: ===
   * [[http://www.joinred.com|red campagne]] Bono's plan to shop for a better world.
   * Procter & Gamble join with Unicef to link every pamper to a tetanus injection for an African Child.
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+  * [[http://www.earthwater.ca|Eart Water]] why donate money to the UNHCR directly if you can start a company in between?
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+=== Examples covered by a dense financial fogg: ===
+  * the //Love Ring// from the Belgian PeaceUnited brand.
+  * Hanna Andersson childrens clothes.
+  * Baneys' //Have a Green Holliday// catalogue.
+=== Some opinions: ===
+Jon Lidén of the RED Campagne:\\
+//The only thing we care about is getting more money to save more lives in Africa. We don't join debates about consumerism. Sorry, there are people dying here!//
+Jack Siegel is working an a system of regulations:\\
+//In the Whole Foods store I was almost forced to donate to a breast-cancer fund. The cashier was so aggressive that I refused. When she sneeringly asked why I didn't donate, I filed a complaint.//
+Johan van de Gronden of WWF-Nentherlands:\\
+//We have to be very careful about going into these kind of ventures. It could ruin our good name. We look for long term solutions, so don't push the biocotton T-shirt, but try to reduce the water-usage of Pakistans cotton industry by two-thirds.//