The idea for Bloggers for a Better World partially came to light as a result of Shimon Peres mentioning in his LeWeb3 speech that we should all accept responsibility for our planet. One step further and we arrive at the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam, literally ‘repairing the world’. However, to repair something, you need to know what’s broken and that is one of the reasons why so many LeWeb3 attendees enjoyed Professor Hans Rosling’s myth-busting presentation on the health of the world. I highly recommend that you watch it.

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In the closing moments of LeWeb3, Yossi Vardi joined Loïc Le Meur on stage to announce the Bloggers for A Better World initiative. They explained the concept as follows: once a week or every ten posts, whichever is more often, all participating bloggers must write about a social cause. Loïc added that he would post [...]

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