An active citizen is a person who understands the obligation and undertakes the responsibility to improve community conditions, build healthier communities, and address social problems.
He or she understands and believes in the democratic ideals of participation and the need to incorporate the voice, perspective, and contributions of every member of the community.
http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/?pid=10&c=79

What do you need to be an active citizen? Do you need to be informed? Do you need to be trained? Do you need to know how to participate? Do you need to know where to participate? In this section find interesting links that will help you search for useful documents, projects and organisations that can be tools for promoting your active participation in society.
http://europa.eu/youth/active_citizenship/index_eu_en.html

Why we need more active citizens
The Citizens Handbook is meant to encourage the emergence of more active citizens – people motivated by an interest in public issues, and a desire to make a difference beyond their own private lives. Active citizens are a great untapped resource, and citizenship is a quality to be nurtured.
http://vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/0_1_Intro.html

Active Citizenship
The Concept of Active Citizenship
There is no universally accepted definition of Active Citizenship and no standard model of what an active citizen is. But there is general agreement that it refers to the involvement of individuals in public life and affairs.
http://www.faceitproject.org/active_citizenship.htm

Active citizens understand that the media is as flawed as any other human institution. Media providers are businesses first (publicly-funded corporations such as the BBC to a lesser extent) and speakers of truth second.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/07/162_40602.html

ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP IN A LEARNING CONTEXT
Democracy in Europe is not a foregone conclusion. To assure that it flourishes, democracy requires active citizens who participate in civil society, community and political life and hold governments accountable for their actions. To develop active citizens individuals need to learn a certain set of values, attitudes combined with knowledge and skills.
http://active-citizenship.jrc.it/

Are you happy from our politicians?
Are you happy from our governments?
Are you happy from our beaurocracy?
Are you happy from the direction of our system?
Where are we going?
How we can change direction?
What was our role for the war in Iraq?
What is our role for the war in Aphganistan
Have we voice? Do anyone listen to us?
Do you trust more the citizens or politicians?
What about world citizens?
What about our democracy?
What about the corporations? Did the bought everything or there are some citizens for sale yet?
OPEN YOUR MOUTH CITIZEN, YOU ARE THE BOSS!

Antonios Symeonakis
Adelade

Dear Antonios,

Politicians are elected to work for their employers - the Australian people. But someone else is writing their cheques: to the tune of millions of dollars. Will you join us in calling for an end to corporate and third-party political donations?

www.getup.org.au/campaign/TheBucksStopHere

Developers given unfettered access to public land; mining companies' rights trumping traditional owners'; childcare services next to poker machines - we may get to vote every few years, but can we match the influence of large corporate donors?

Who's going to change it? The political parties addicted to big dollar corporate sponsorship? This change has to come from those who have a legitimate say over how the country is run: the Australian people. And we need to seize this rare opportunity, while the issue is in the headlines.

Sign our petition calling for a ban on corporate and third-party political donations, and a $1000 cap on individual donations:

www.getup.org.au/campaign/TheBucksStopHere

Why would corporations donate to political parties if doing so garnered no favours? Whichever way you look at it, big dollar political donations are a form of bribery and should have no place in our democracy.

The only ones who should be able to donate to political parties are individual Australians wanting to engage in the democratic processes that govern their lives. Small donations towards a political cause can be incredibly empowering, and don't have an undue influence on public policy.

Let's bring power back to the people, and disinfect our democracy. Click below to kick-start an end to undue corporate influence on politics:

It might seem like an ambitious ask, but many democracies flourish around the world without any corporate or third-party donations. All we need in Australia is for those outside of the political system to demand change - that's you.

It all begins with your signature on this petition to kick-start a people's movement for an end to undue influence on our democracy. It's time we restored faith in our political system, and create a system of governance we would be proud to teach our children about.

The GetUp team

Every time an australian citizens, allow the beaurocrats to ignore or victimize them, they encourage beaurocrats to ignore Australian citizen's rights.
Active citizens undertake their responsibilities and fight for their and our rights.

Talking to yourself Antonios?.

Why have you got two accounts?.