Here is something that is worthwhile signing if you are British. Here’s brief preamble from the site to put you in the picture: “People in Britain use an average of 300 plastic bags every year. Each bag lasts up to 400 years, spending the vast majority of that time in a landfill site or strewn across the British countryside. People are becoming increasingly aware that we need to reduce our use of plastic bags. In Ireland, a tax of 15cents per bag resulted in a 90% drop in plastic bag usage, and raised 3.5 million Euros which was spent on environmental projects…” Makes sense, yes? Click the link to sign the petition for a tax on plastic bags in Britain: Plastic Bag Petition.

Now here’s something else on this site: Free Burma. Apparently… “International bloggers are preparing an action to support the peaceful revolution in Burma. We want to set a sign for freedom and show our sympathy for these people who are fighting their cruel regime without weapons. These Bloggers are planning to refrain from posting to their blogs on October 4 and just put up one Banner then, underlined with the words „Free Burma!“.”

Ok, so sympathy aside (of which I have heaps) what I want to know is, is this worthwhile? I mean, who really cares what bloggers think (apart from their mates)? Does the military junta in Myanmar care what bloggers think? Really? If I put banner up and don’t blog for a day, will it really make a difference? At all? Or will I just be showing off my little bourgeois heart on my little liberal sleeve? Somebody give me a better idea of why I should do this. Please.