People who can’t afford to give money to charity this holiday season can learn about other ways to do good at a new Web site, the Give List.

“Times are tight. We know, we know,” the site says. “We’ve all seen the scary headlines. Too many of the scary headlines. And we’re all feeling the pressure in other ways, too. But, still, we want to contribute what we can to making the world the better place.”

The site is collecting ideas from people who are offering them on their blogs and social-networking services like Twitter and Delicious – -all tagged in a way that they can be picked up.

Among the suggestions so far:

• Participate in the Whole Foods Wooden Nickel program, which gives money to charities when shoppers bring in and use their own shopping bags.

• Ask people who are attending an event you’ve organized to donate to a food drive.

• If you crochet or knit, and have extra yarn, make gloves or scarves and donate them to a nonprofit group that works with at-risk people.

• Write to people in the nonprofit world and let them know how much you appreciate their work.

• Write a blog post about a charity you care about and include a link to its
  Web site.

The site was created by Allison Fine, a senior fellow at Demos, a New York think thank, and author of A. Fine Blog, and Marnie Webb, co-chief executive of TechSoup, a group that offers technology equipment and guidance to nonprofit groups.

What are your ideas for giving to causes without spending money? Click on the comment link below. Or if you are more technologically advanced, tag your blog post or Delicious bookmark “GiveList” or mark your Tweeter entry “#givelist.”