Starbucks Challenge stats to date: 89 challenges, 69 individual blogs, 8 countries, 19 states plus Washington DC — and climbing!

Top 11 reasons to challenge (or to challenge again!):

• You want attention. Lotsa people are tracking the Starbucks Challenge del.icio.us feed. Participate, and we’ll add you — and you’ll get lots more visitors to your blog from all over the world — including the CSR department of Starbucks.
• You wanna meet friends for drinks after work, but you’re trying to cut down on your happy hour appletini excesses.
• You want cool friends. I personally have met — physically met — 2 very fun SoCal green people through the Challenge — and keep up a correspondence with many more. Another cool blogger will be down in LA from NoCal this weekend, and we’re going to a Bill Maher taping together. Thought blogging was for loners?
• You’ve always wanted to be part of an international movement, but you’re afraid to protest the WTO.
• You wanna end global poverty, but don’t know where to start. Start with the Starbucks Challenge. Revolutions begin with baby steps.
• You want a valid excuse to feed your Starbucks habit, which you’re a little (or a lot) ashamed of.
• You want big corporations to actually DO stuff instead of just SAYING they’ll do stuff.
• You wanna think globally but act locally. The kind of coffee you buy really does change people’s lives.
• You want green creds. Years from now, people will be talking about the Starbucks Challenge that revolutionized the way we think of global trade policies ;) Take the challenge now, and you’ll be able to say “Been there, done that.”
• You really need a break from the office. Chances are, your closest Starbucks is just downstairs or around the block. Stretch your legs, drink some coffee — an excellent source of anti-oxidants.
• You want good coffee and don’t wanna pay for it. The award date — Halloween — is fast approaching! Win yummy coffee or tea!

And notice there’s a handy “email post” link at the bottom of this post. I’m trying to get as many different states on the list as possible, so if you know anyone from, say, Alabama or Utah, please consider sending it on :)

[States participating so far: Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachussets, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.]

**Update, 10/26/05: Stats update — We’re at 102 blogs now!

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