Supply us with your full name and details and you will get people to donate, someone collecting for charity has no reason to be anonymous.

ya, its real, small scale, trying to raise money, currently its a side project, but funds will go towards environmental projects in Mozambique.

Greed.

the tragedy of the commons is human greed, just a fancy phrase for it. the issue with the world today is self-interest can be fulfilled in the form of corporation, and therefore the interest of few can have massive effect on many. Im not so interested in the fate of humans, but i am interested in the fate of the natural world, the wild places that are left.

Thanks so much SD, I will pm you with updates and let you know how we are doing... our targets are Chinese Factory boats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_ship that allow hundreds of thousands of tons of shark, fish and other marine life to be caught killed and turned into a salable product right as sea. previously we have sabotaged these vessels by finding and repositioning the GPS locators that allow them to find their nets and long lines.  Short term goal is to raise money to help the Mozambique government fight this poaching, in a more legally binding way.

Hey, not trying to be fishy... i also accept paypal on my site ( the big donate button ) . like I said before, this is a side project, money im putting aside to help, I now live in California, but lived in east Africa for 4 years. I have connections there and plan on using the money for good. my website is shitty, i admit, but my intentions are good.

for crypto here is a total:  https://ripple.com/graph/#rh2MVx3eRCFuMXv5xqnf9b1N8wgqn2iuXJ, sd was my second bitcoin donation...

i understand that human greed is the fuel for the tragedy of the commons. It still wasnt good enough of an answer to get my money. It was too vague and not useful since there is no clear way to cause people to stop wanting to maximize self interest. If im going to send money to charity i want it to use my money in a way that will have a positive impact, if you spent it attempting to "convince" people to stop being greedy I would consider that a waste.

What you can do that would be useful is influence the creation of legal rules that create positive incentives to maintain the environment. As an example if you own property than you will be interested in practicing sustainable growing techniques like replanting trees when you cut down an existing tree. Not because you are altruistic but because this maintains the value of your property and clear cutting destroys the value of your property. Where as if land is owned by the state than there is not incentive for people to engage in such sustainable practices since the cost of their actions are born by the society at large instead of they the perpetrators of their actions.

Hopefully you can see how this applies to the sea and the devastation caused by fishing vessels. Something i see as the true ecological disaster people should be talking about as i it were as serious as they believe global warming is.

starting a .org is the least of your issues.

a charities involves a board of trustee's, director,  treasurer, secretary.
just to get a charity registration number for a international project such as what your site "portrays"

seriously join greenpeace as you.. a single person will just spend the money and none of it will get used helping the ecology of the waterlife of africa.

10k dollars is not much. thats only enough to cover flights to africa, a hotel room for a few weeks and a couple boat hires.

thats not charity. thats a free vacation.

now join greenpace if your heart is in the right place and do it right.

and just for laughs i thought i would dox ya..

seems your a graphics designer and you are one of the developers involved with ripple.... ha ha ha.. such a shame thats all lies as i know who the real developers are.

www.elilang.com

oops hang on you supposedly:

and by the way i see in 2009 when you went on vacation to Zanzibar.

need me to dig any deeper? or will you give up this failed attempt to grab free crypto coin

by joining greenpeace you can get the pennies from them to support your cause aswell as human foot soldiers that actually are in the african waters that know and deal with the issues involved. then add your donations fund ontop to help the cause and trust me, ud be more powerful then just having junk change to afford your own 2 week vacation

but i do agree people sitting in their comfortable homes in america (you) asking for money is not what i call charity.

i also agree that most charities waste their money. EG one guy buying a plane ticket booking a hotel room, boat hire, etc is not really itself helping the ecology.

but joining the teams of people already in africa who have contacts and knowledge of the area to get things changed is alot more powerful then just enjoying a few weeks of taking picture on a boat to add to your blog website.

now give up the charade. if your heart is truly motivated enough then you will see where your failings are and you would be part of the change that is needed when it comes to charities.. not becoming yet another money grabber just to cover your own expenses just to visit another country.

one hint.. mozambique government cannot change the laws of chinese fishermen that fish in international waters.. point your mind toward chinese governments to change how their fishermen work.. and i might start believing you know what your talking about and have atleast a half assed plan on how to effectively use the money. greenpeace are already in mozambique waters helping to uphold the regulations they helped develop to protect the waters... but to change things, talking to chinese government to change their laws is whats needed next then the chinese fishermen will change and leave mozambique waters alone.

here learn something
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGTMdIfz3o
(not one scene involves a guy standing at a mall with a donations form)

now id appreciate the moderators lock this thread and move it to off topic or even scam accusations