Collecting donations for 2020. I’ll start with the regular stuff: I regularly donate $120/year to the EFF, $120/year to the FSF, CHF 250/year to Digitale Gesellschaft, and €180/year to the FSFE.
It makes me sad that I have to support charities in the USA in order to help them prevent the USA from adversely affecting the legal situation in Switzerland. Grrr!
As for political associations in Switzerland: we are members of Mieterverband (for tenants) and VCS Verkehrs-Club der Schweiz (for sustainable mobility, unlike the Touring-Club, which is pro-cars).
I donated…
And I pay double subscription for the local leftist weekly newspaper, WOZ, CHF 530 in total.
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Happy new year, Alex!
– Enzo 2020-01-02 16:39 UTC
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Thanks. 🙂
– Alex Schroeder 2020-01-02 18:44 UTC
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I applaud your charitable donations. But I have to warn you about WWF. The WWF was founded by trophy hunters. In the US, if you buy a WWF t-shirt they ship it exclusively using FedEx (the same company that ships hunting trophies, slave dolphins, and shark fins). FedEx also supports the NRA and US republicans, the party who is quite destructive to the environment. The shirts are also composed of unsustainable cotton.
That’s just off the top of my head. WWF often does things contrary to their own mission. So if the environment and wildlife conservation is your motivation, there are many other charitable organizations that are true to their cause. Extinction Rebellion is probably a good one.
– Gavin 2020-01-17 16:48 UTC
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Yeah, I keep thinking about the WWF. Ugh.
– Alex Schroeder 2020-01-17 20:36 UTC
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No WWF this year.
– Alex 2020-12-23 12:32 UTC