Here are a couple of extra resources and important people Clare wanted to mention and acknowledge:

These include in alphabetical order, the other co-founders of Effective Altruism at UQ: Alexander Buckmaster, Benjamin Cottier, Chelsea Just, Jennifer Yu and Matti Wilks. Also Isabelle Barrass and Ryan Kidd. As well as staff member Michael Vincent.

Here are some other important links:

Beth Barnes’ TED talk (6 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtWINl3C_7s

1-minute video on Students for High Impact Charity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnN15MFDNnU

Official site for info on effective altruism: https://www.effectivealtruism.org/

The 80,000 Hours website (the organisation is called 80,000 Hours because that’s the estimated average number of hours people spend in their careers): https://80000hours.org/

Giving What We Can: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/

GiveWell (human-focused charity evaluator): https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities

Animal Charity Evaluators (animal-focused charity evaluator): https://animalcharityevaluators.org/donation-advice/recommended-charities/

The problems with PlayPumps: http://objectsindevelopment.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/10-problems-with-the-PlayPump.pdf

An example of a Giving Game in action, delivered by Catherine Low from Students for High Impact Charity: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWC1moz0aOb-Och6kCVbFGwcBqfV6guCf