Pass the Rose
Give the Microphone Away
The internet has enough people pointing cameras at themselves.
First shared on Facebook on 2026-09-21. Added to the journal on 23 September 2026; wording has been lightly edited for clarity. This is a dated note, not a live notice of service availability.
The internet has enough people pointing cameras at themselves.
Every week, we're going to turn ours around.
Pass the Rose will seek out a person, project or community doing useful, difficult or gloriously stubborn work for people, animals or the planet. No paid praise. No invented partnership. No corporate confetti cannon.
Just attention pointed in a better direction.
On 22 September, World Rhino Day, and we recognised somebody whose conservation work takes place above the ground as well as on it.
There is a small rebellion in celebrating somebody else without asking what it does for your own profile.
We rather like that rebellion.
If you know someone doing extraordinary work quietly, tell us about them.
World Rhino Day:
I'll leave you with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh: “Get up, stand up.”
Sometimes standing up means stepping aside and letting somebody else's work be seen.
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