Have you ever wanted to change something in the world but weren’t sure where to start? Perhaps you’d like to arrange a cleanup day in your neighborhood, but you don’t know anyone else who’d like to join in. Or maybe you’re looking for ways to encourage your peers to get involved with local nonprofits, but… Continue reading Idealist’s New Network Will Help Do-Gooders around the World Connect through Bottom-Up Leadership
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It’s Good This: Raising Awareness for Issues Facing Our Community, Environment and World
Today we are introducing It’s Good This – a new effort aiming to raise awareness of good things people are doing around the world. The blog’s mission is to highlight progress in critical issues like human rights, education, affordable internet and freedom of expression for all. Would you like to join in on the goodness?… Continue reading It’s Good This: Raising Awareness for Issues Facing Our Community, Environment and World
Streaming Tweets Through the Streets: The Social City Detector
Social media is present everywhere we go. Yet there is still a thin digital divide between our real life and our online world. Sure, we browse the internet on our computers, tablets and mobile phones anywhere we like, but it’s still through some computing device that negotiates our electronic interactions. Companies like Google and Apple… Continue reading Streaming Tweets Through the Streets: The Social City Detector
6 Iconic Songs That Helped Changed the World
What does it take for a song to inspire the world? It turns out when people come together to fight for a cause they believe in, change can happen. The ONE’s agit8 campaign has brought together tons of amazing artists to relive some of the greatest protest songs that have shaped history as we know… Continue reading 6 Iconic Songs That Helped Changed the World
8 Sacrifices You May Have to Make to Change the World
At the end of the day, every decision you make leads you along your life’s path and, when you finally arrive at its destination, hopefully you’ll have changed the world for the better. Hopefully every person you meet will be better off for having met you. But what we learn from the greats is that… Continue reading 8 Sacrifices You May Have to Make to Change the World
