As the news profession increasingly (and justifiably) frets about its future, the blogosphere/Tweetdom/listserve conversation typically boils down to this question: How will we save newspapers? (Often, more specifically, it’s How [... ...
Clicking for a cause is nothing new. Online change-makers have been using Care2.com as their “free click to donate” source for quite some time. What is new is this: A [...]
Non-profits all over the world do some incredible work. From sheltering refugees to mediating community disputes, there is an unreal amount of value brought to our world by the social [...]
What do web 2.0 companies like Facebook and Twitter and base of the pyramid (BOP) enterprises have in common? Yes, both are awesome. That’s correct, but not what I was [...]
Sometimes, my friends and I joke that if the popular indie band, Animal Collective, tacked the term “sustainable” on to the front of their name, their mp3 sales would be [...]
When you walk into most of the small, locally-owned businesses in my hometown, you will find a framed one-dollar bill. The bill is fixed to a certificate handed out by [...]
This post is a collaboration between Mashable’s Summer of Social Good charitable fundraiser and Max Gladwell‘s “10 Ways” series. The post is being simultaneously published across more than 100 blogs. [...]
If you’re in a socially conscious start-up and are seeking innovative venues of funding or just a regular Joe looking to support your favorite charity, then you should definitely consider [...]
Summer is almost here. That means soon you’ll be able to participate in all the summer activities you love; including outdoor barbeques, sun bathing, leaving work early on Fridays, [...]
Facebook recently announced the winners of its 2009 Facebook Fund Competition recently renamed the fbFund REV. We’d like to take a moment to highlight one winner in particular that operates [...]
The much anticipated Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, led by Sonal Shah, was officially launched yesterday at the White House, despite the fact that the office has already [...]
What if there was a Website that would plant a tree for you just by signing up? It would be pretty easy to make an impact, huh? Socially conscious networks [...]
Do you enjoy gardening? How about virtual gardening with a real life environmental benefit? (Lil) Green Patch is a social gardening application on Facebook, MySpace and Bebo that is focused [...]
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