PledgeBank Everywhere
I’ll do it, but only if you’ll help

Pledge “ukhomebrewpledge”

"I will write to the company Fermentis asking them to market more of their yeasts to UK homebrewers but only if 10 other UK brewers and at least 1 homebrew shop owner in the UK will join me by approving the letter and co-signing it."

— Darren Wyn Rees, craft brewer from Aberdare

Deadline to sign up by: 4^th October 2005
20 people signed up (10 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “Organicmilk”

"I will stop buying regular milk and only buy organic milk for a month but only if 20 other people will do the same."

— Wes, Joe Bloggs

Deadline to sign up by: 8^th October 2005
20 people signed up

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “refuse”

"I will refuse to register for an ID card and will donate £10 to a legal defence fund but only if 10,000 other people will also make this same pledge."

— Phil Booth, NO2ID National Coordinator

Deadline to sign up by: 9^th October 2005
11,360 people signed up (1360 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “Tibetresponse”

"I will set up and run a new urgent action network for Tibet but only if 100 other people will sign up to receive regular email actions for Tibet."

— David Meanwell, working for Tibet

Deadline to sign up by: 9^th October 2005
118 people signed up (18 over target)

Pledge “uselinux”

"I will slowly transition into linux or unix and stop giving microsoft all of my money but only if 10 other computer users will do the same."

— Mike

Deadline to sign up by: 10^th October 2005
19 people signed up (9 over target)

Pledge “brixton”

"I will setup a mailing list to discuss simple improvements to reduce crack and heroin dealing in Brixton but only if 25 other local people, including 1 Police Officer and 1 Councillor, will signup to it."

— Richard, Resident of Brixton

Deadline to sign up by: 11^th October 2005
39 people signed up (14 over target)

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: SW9 (view map)

Pledge “boycottwalmart”

"I will never shop at Wal-Mart again. but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Laura, disgruntled american

Deadline to sign up by: 15^th October 2005
26 people signed up (16 over target)

Country: United States

Pledge “gridgirl”

"I will join www.worldcommunitygrid.org and donate my unused computer processing time to do research on philanthropic causes but only if 20 other people anywhere will do the same."

— Lynne Beaman

Deadline to sign up by: 15^th October 2005
24 people signed up (4 over target)

Pledge “SecureWebmail”

"I will start using Hushmail's free & secure (PGP) email service for all my web-based emailing but only if 10 other people worldwide will do the same."

— Luther Blisset, World citizen mindful of his privacy

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th October 2005
11 people signed up (1 over target)

Pledge “silent-for-a-day”

"I will spend one contiguous day (24 hours) in complete silence every month for the next six months but only if 5 other people will do the same AND will contribute to a project blog (per details herein)."

— danielo

Deadline to sign up by: 31^st October 2005
5 people signed up

Pledge “C-ScOT”

"I will donate £10 to www.C-ScOT.org (the Campaign for a Scottish Olympic Team) but only if 100 other people will do the same."

— Campaign Team, The Campaign for a Scottish Olympic Team

Deadline to sign up by: 31^st October 2005
111 people signed up (11 over target)

Pledge “ArchivesNOLA”

"I will donate $10 to Kyle & Rebecca's New Orleans archive reclamation project but only if 49 other people will do the same."

— Andrea Wiggins

Deadline to sign up by: 31^st October 2005
54 people signed up (5 over target)

Pledge “buysteak”

"I will buy a steak every time an animal rights activist threatens or harrasses any other person but only if 10 other people will buy meat when they do this too."

— David Quinn

Deadline to sign up by: 1^st November 2005
30 people signed up (20 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “webcharity”

"I will start a not for profit web agency for charities and good causes wanting to get on the web but only if 10 other web developers / designers / tecchie people will help me."

— Matthew Cook, Professional geek

Deadline to sign up by: 1^st November 2005
11 people signed up (1 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “Natural-Relief”

"I will donate my time & essential oils to help the people in New Orleans with mold removal & cleaning for 10 days. but only if 10 people will help me get to New Orleans to assist in the cleaning & healing efforts for 10 days."

— Melissa

Deadline to sign up by: 4^th November 2005
10 people signed up

Country: United States

Pledge “blogsaesneg”

"Bydda i'n cyfieithu ambell i gofnod ar fy mlog i Saesneg ond dim ond os bydd 5 o flogwyr Cymraeg eraill yn gwneud yr un peth."

— Nic Dafis, blogiwr Cymraeg

Deadline to sign up by: 5^th November 2005
6 people signed up (1 over target)

Pledge “smilers”

"I will smile and say hello to three people per day for a week but only if 20 other people will do the same."

— Chris

Deadline to sign up by: 10^th November 2005
21 people signed up (1 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “translate2ukr”

"I will translate PledgeBank into my language (Ukrainian) but only if 20 other people will do the same."

— Devrand, maidan.org.ua

Deadline to sign up by: 15^th November 2005
27 people signed up (7 over target)

Country: Ukraine

Pledge “AdventOurFather”

"I will Use the Lord's prayer daily to structure my prayer during Celtic Advent but only if 10 other people worldwide will do the same."

— Andii Bowsher

Deadline to sign up by: 16^th November 2005
18 people signed up (8 over target)

Pledge “usefirefox”

"I will use the Firefox web browser but only if 100 other people will do the same."

— RobotII, a fed up Internet Explorer user

Deadline to sign up by: 17^th November 2005
124 people signed up (24 over target)

Pledge “postcode”

"I will enter the location (coordinates from my GPS) and postcode of every place I visit (house, pub, shop..) to freethepostcode.org for a week but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Steve Coast, known agitator

Deadline to sign up by: 20^th November 2005
12 people signed up (2 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “bradys”

"I will write an application to get Brady's Clock Tower listed and lobby for the building to be returned to use by the Brixton community but only if 20 people, including one local historian and one photographer, will help me."

— Lynn, Central Brixton resident

Deadline to sign up by: 20^th November 2005
56 people signed up (36 over target)

Country: United Kingdom
Place: Brixton (near Charing Cross, East Dulwich, Dulwich) (view map)

Pledge “airfarespledge”

"I will donate my time to assist and volunteer to help CERMT in Massage Therapy. but only if 20 people will help two determined Massage Therapists pay for Airfares to get to New Oreleans."

— Fiona and Cara, Massage Therapists

Deadline to sign up by: 20^th November 2005
23 people signed up (3 over target)

Pledge “learningexchange”

"I will start a free web service that matches teachers and learners but only if 4 other local people will join me at a dinner to talk about the idea and consider helping out."

— Forest Gregg, resident of Oxford

Deadline to sign up by: 21^st November 2005
4 people signed up

Country: United Kingdom
Place: Oxford (view map)

Pledge “UnderwearDrive”

"I will Donate $100 worth of new underwear to Hurricane Katrina Victims but only if 100 other people across America will donate one box of new underwear containing all of the following - one package each of men's or women's underpants, men's t-shirts (or a women's bras) and a package of socks."

— Richard Fehr, Hurricane Katrina Volunteer

Deadline to sign up by: 24^th November 2005
100 people signed up

Country: United States

Pledge “BloodDonation”

"I will give blood before thanksgiving (usa) arrives but only if 19 people will do the same."

— Brian, USA resident

Deadline to sign up by: 25^th November 2005
19 people signed up

Country: United States

Pledge “charitypractices”

"I will email the HQ of at least four charities that employ chuggers asking people in the street or house-to-house for bank mandates, to enquire if the charity follows the good practice recommended by the Home Office in its statement of November 2003 about declaration of fundraisers’ expenses, but only if 5 other people will do the same."

— Philip Cowen, Charity Check

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th November 2005
6 people signed up (1 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “sparechange”

"I will put my spare change into a jar for a month and then donate it to any charity but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— sofi, Concerned about world

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th November 2005
10 people signed up

Pledge “prescriptions”

"I will write to Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Will, Cancer patient

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th November 2005
10 people signed up

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “ConsultingAndy”

"I will write to Home Office Minister Andy Burnham expressing my principled objections to the ID card scheme but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Garry Smith, (aka Curious Hamster)

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th November 2005
11 people signed up (1 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “scientificreport”

"I will donate £10 to fund the publication of the first of three ground-breaking scientific reports making the case against animal experimentation but only if 100 other people will also do so."

— Chris Anderson, Animal Aid

Deadline to sign up by: 1^st December 2005
112 people signed up (12 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “signedm92”

"I will write to my MP, asking them to sign EDM 92 calling for an independent enquiry into the efficacy of animal experimentation but only if 200 other people will do the same."

— Chris Anderson, Animal Aid

Deadline to sign up by: 1^st December 2005
213 people signed up (13 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “ukperl”

"I will found a UK professional institute for Perl practitioners but only if 10 other people will join it."

— Smylers, Perl Hacker

Deadline to sign up by: 1^st December 2005
13 people signed up (3 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “COKEFREELIFE”

"I will not drink coca-cola or any other soft drinks FOR LIFE but only if 20 people worldwide will do the same."

— arfa, trying to make everyone diet-conscious

Deadline to sign up by: 1^st December 2005
25 people signed up (5 over target)

Pledge “universalcharger”

"I will continue to tell wireless companies why it is environmentally unsound to continue to create phones with different chargers. I will explain that if they require the makers of the phones to use a universal charger it will use our resources better and it will be less damaging for our environment since we won't have thousands of obsolete charges thrown in the landfills each year. but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Debbie, resident of Ventura California

Deadline to sign up by: 1^st December 2005
13 people signed up (3 over target)

Pledge “eatlessmeat”

"I will reduce the amount of meat i eat to help lessen climate change but only if 20 other people worldwide will do the same."

— Duncan John Money

Deadline to sign up by: 1^st December 2005
24 people signed up (4 over target)

Pledge “christmaswork”

"I will work on Christmas day in a shelter helping those less fortunate than I but only if 20 other people will give a donation of £5 each to Shelter to help support them in their work."

— Reg Nolan

Deadline to sign up by: 10^th December 2005
24 people signed up (4 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “translate2Ger”

"I will help translate Pledgebank into German but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Jan Schmidt, interested in political social software

Deadline to sign up by: 15^th December 2005
12 people signed up (2 over target)

Country: Germany

Pledge “gvlunch”

"I will hold an informal talk about PledgeBank toward the end of the lunchbreak but only if 6 other Global Voices attendees will comes along."

— Tom Steinberg, mySociety Director

Deadline to sign up by: 18^th December 2005
8 people signed up (2 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “JerrySpringer”

"I will tell the manager of both my local Sainsburys and Woolworths, in person, and in a civilised manner what I think of the decision to bow to complaints from Christian fundamentalists concerning the sale of the Jerry Springer DVD (re: http://tinyurl.co.uk/qjel) but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Dean Wilson

Deadline to sign up by: 20^th December 2005
47 people signed up (37 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “equalmarriage”

"I will start a campaign for equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in the UK but only if 20 other people will agree to be involved in it."

— Anna Langley

Deadline to sign up by: 21^st December 2005
28 people signed up (8 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “rights”

"I will create a standing order of 5 pounds per month to support an organisation that will campaign for digital rights in the UK but only if 1,000 other people will do the same."

— Danny O'Brien

Deadline to sign up by: 25^th December 2005
1,038 people signed up (38 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “EmployersCoffee”

"I will lobby my Employer to switch to using Fairtrade coffee. but only if 20 other people will do the same."

— Andy, from Edinburgh

Deadline to sign up by: 25^th December 2005
20 people signed up

Pledge “lubadus”

"I will help translate Pledgebank into Estonian but only if 10 other people will too."

— Silver Meikar, kodanik

Deadline to sign up by: 25^th December 2005
11 people signed up (1 over target)

Country: Estonia

Pledge “dvd-boycott”

"I will boycott Sainsburys and Woolworths for 6 months due to their banning of DVDs due to religious pressure. but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Steve Chaloner

Deadline to sign up by: 25^th December 2005
129 people signed up (119 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “card-money”

"I will make a donation to charity equal to the cost of sending Christmas cards (purchase and postage) but only if 5 other people will do the same."

— Steve Chaloner

Deadline to sign up by: 25^th December 2005
6 people signed up (1 over target)

Pledge “savingprojectwhy”

"I will get two people to donate one-rupee-a-day (8 dollars a year) each day for the 500 kids of project why but only if 10 others will do the same."

— anouradha bakshi, makingadifference

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th December 2005
11 people signed up (1 over target)

Pledge “WearFakeFur”

"I will not buy any goods made in China as a protest against their cruel treatment of animals, particularly for the fur trade but only if 20 other local people will do the same."

— Daisy, Northants resident

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th December 2005
21 people signed up (1 over target)

Pledge “donacilibron”

"Mi promesas sendi lernolibron de Esperanto al kiu ajn petos ĝin el lando ekonomie ne evoluinta sed nur se 10 aliaj Esperantistoj promesas fari same."

— Renato Corsetti, Prezidanto de UEA

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th December 2005
13 people signed up (3 over target)

Pledge “treeplanting”

"I will have 10 trees planted to offset my total carbon dioxide emissions for 2005 but only if 99 other people will do the same."

— Simon Holledge

Deadline to sign up by: 31^st December 2005
110 people signed up (11 over target)