A month or two ago, I thought that I would investigate the idea of becoming a member of 1% For the Planet.  I think they have a cool thing going on.

So I sent them an email and got a reply back with details on how to join.  Apparently, the minimum membership fee is $200 per year.  This is for companies with annual revenues of $0-$200 000.

I thought that $200 was quite steep, so I expressed this and asked if there was another, less expensive, bracket for individuals.  I never heard anything back…  That’s a shame because I would have joined had there been a more reasonable membership fee.  I think these folks could perhaps make their movement much bigger by offering memberships for individuals.

It’s all good though because later I thought that 1% is chinsy anyways.  I decided that I will be giving 5% of my EP, album and live performance profits to environmental non-profit groups.  For 2009, I will be giving this 5% to Ecojustice.