Supporters

The idea behind the ColaLife campaign is more than 20 years old but got nowhere until there was a mechanism to promote it and people started supporting it.

The list of supporters is growing by the day. Here is a selection (last updated 7/9/08):

Latest supporters

Pro bono legal advice - special thanks to Abbie Rumbold and Erica Crump.

Thanks to Kenneth Gee for generously providing ‘in your face’ printed T-Shirts and Sweat Shirts.
They are here: Kenneth Gee Overall Manufacturing Co., 138 Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 5EZ. 020 8546 2056.

The team at theWorkshop in Sheffield are in the process of building the biggest AidPod in the world! The time lapse sequence will be published when they’ve finished! Thanks guys.

Banner Ad carriers

We are very grateful to the bloggers who have supported the campaign. Here is a list of those who carry one of our Banner Ads:

La Vida - Los Watcheros - thanks to Mary D. Haroutyounyan
www.lgeoresearch.com - thanks to Liz Azyan
osocio.org - Osocio is dedicated to social advertising and non-profit campaigns. It’s the place where marketing and activism collide. Thanks to Marc.
Africa Gathering - Thanks to Edward
Lessons in Balance - Thanks to Barbara Uechi

Global Links Initiative - thanks to Robin, Libby, Fan Li & crew

designslices.com is the first!
designcollector.ru - thanks to Arseny Vesnin.
Kona Yoga - thanks to Barbara Uechi.
Laid off 101 - thanks to Brandan.
thriving too - thanks to Tessy Britton.
Inhabitat.com - thanks to Jill Fehrenbacher and Jason Sahler!
ecomonkey - thanks to Rachel Lalchan
Watfordgap’s Travels - thanks to Paul Webster
Thorts
Paul Tate’s Blog - thanks Paul
Anamorphosis*
Design Weak
simonberry.net

Organisations

The BBC have provided two broadcast opportunities for the campaign: first on the Radio 4 iPM programme and secondly on Weekend World Today (World Service).

Moo, the company I have used to produce the amazing ColaLife Business Cards, have agreed to provide a substantial discount on future orders. Thanks Moo.

Inhabitat.com carried a story by Kate Andrews on 29/7/08 which led to a huge surge in growth of the campaign. Thanks guys!

Trovus Revelations have supported ColaLife from the very early days so that we know exactly who visits the ColaLife website and why. Thank you Trovus!

The Treehugger.com carried the CocaLife story on 30/7/08 and this gave another boost to the Campaign. Thanks to everyone at treehugger.com

WorldChanging.com published Hesseltje S. van Goor’s article on 6/8/08. Thanks to everyone at WorldChanging.com

El Mercurio, one of the leading national daily newspapers in Chile, was the first newspaper to cover the ColaLife campaign and effectively launched the campaign in South America. You can see the coverage here.

Nick Booth, at podnosh, doesn’t stop. He has made every conceivable link between the ColaLife and his network. Thanks Nick.

Simon Cohen and Ellie Stoneley of global tolerance gave crucial helpful advice in the preparation for the first meeting with Coca-Cola.

Optimist World provided early publicity for the campaign at optimistworld.com

When I am not running this campaign I am Chief Executive of ruralnet|uk. And although this campaign is not a campaign of ruralnet|uk, my work colleagues are an on-going source of ideas and inspiration.

Individuals

Thanks to everyone who has joined our Facebook group. As soon as this group was established doors started to open.

Kate Andrews joined as Administrator of the Facebook Group and has used her contacts and writing skills to take the campaign to a whole new level, dramatically increasing the visibility of the campaign outside Facebook. Kate blogs here.

David Wilcox has provided encouragement and advice from the start and produced most of the video for the campaign so far. David blogs at SocialReporter.com

It’s thanks to Dave Briggs that the campaign has a website! Thanks Dave. Dave blogs at davepress.net.

Ian Crawford’s portfolio is here and has been helping promote the ColaLife campaign outside of facebook and been asking challenging questions!

Eddie Mair | Rupert Allman | George South | Jennifer Tracey
These guys from the BBC’s Radio 4 iPM team produced an amazing feature on the campaign when it was in its early stages. Jennifer Tracey then did a follow-up interview at the 2gether08 Festival which David Wilcox filmed. You can see the video here.

More to come . . .

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