19.20.21: "A multi-year, multimedia initiative to collect, organize and package information on population's effect regarding urban and business planning and its impact on consumers around the world."
Added 01202008

Camp Firebelly: "Intensive collaboration with an awesome nonprofit client to address a social justice issue, strategize + design the solution and see it all the way through to print."
Added 07012008

Creative For A Cause: "This site is a collaborative resource for educators of Visual Communications who wish to instruct their students on the importance of adopting a social and ethical approach to their work."
Added 06012008

everything is ok: "A kind of social design experiment in subversive positivism"
Added 06012009

Global Voices: "Seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify the global conversation online—shining light on places and people other media often ignore."
Added 02052008

The Feast Conference: "Gathers the world's greatest innovators from across industries and society to empower, inspire and engage each other in creating world-shaking change."
Added 07012009

Know Your Values: "Features videos in which prominent graphic designers talk about their motivations, aspirations, ideals and views."
Added 03082008

Making Public Policy: "Center for Urban Pedadagogy’s new series of fold-out posters uses innovative graphic design to explore and explain public policy. Making Policy Public is published twice a year, and each poster is the product of a commissioned collaboration between a designer and an advocate."
Added 06012008

Only Human: "A Community Where People Share Stories About Mistakes They've Made in Life and Their Advice to Others"
Added 01122008

Once Upon A School: "Dave Eggers' TED wish to 'find a way to directly engage with a public school in your area and that you'll then tell the story of how you got involved, so that within one year we have 1,000 examples of innovative public-private partnerships."
Added 03292008

Osocio: "Dedicated to social advertising and non-profit campaigns. It's the place where marketing and activism collide. Formerly known as the Houtlust Blog, Osocio is the central online hub for advertisers, ad agencies, grassroots, activists, social entrepreneurs, and good Samaritans from around the globe."
Added 07012009

Pangea Day: "Taps the power of film to strengthen tolerance and compassion while uniting millions of people to build a better future."
Added 02102008

The Polling Place Photo Project: "A nationwide experiment in citizen journalism that seeks to empower citizens to capture, post and share photographs of democracy in action."
Added 12312007

The Real Work Experience: "Aims to open design graduates' eyes to the opportunities of using their skills beyond the usual design roles and the possibility of working in the public sector. Concurrently, the programme aims to educate public sector bodies on the skills and value designers can bring to their organisations."
Added 11012008

Responsible Design 101: "Hopes to infuse environment, ethics and economics into design conversations and consideration. This site is just the tip of the melting iceberg—a springboard to learning more, sharing best practices and finding inspiration and innovation in and out of the design community."
Added 02012009

RSA Design Directions: "An innovative programme of awards of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. This RSA awards scheme frames a series of design briefs within a social context in order to explore the role design can play in response to key challenges in contemporary life."
Added 12012008

Social Impact at IDEO: "Enables design as a tool to address such global social issues as poverty, health, water, economic empowerment, environmental activism, and the need for basic services. Design for social impact seeks to incite transformational change in underserved, underrepresented, and disadvantaged communities."
Added 06012009

Things I have learned in my life so far: "What have you learned in your life so far? What is it that you are fairly sure about? What is it that you believe in by now?"
Added 02232008

Visualizing Information: "An Introduction to Information Design: "A booklet I wrote and designed to introduce advocacy organizations to basic principles and techniques of information design."
Added 03012008
   

AIGA Center for Sustainable Design: "Dedicated to providing designers with a wide range of information regarding sustainable business practice. Through case studies, interviews, resources and discourse, this site will encourage and support designers as they incorporate sustainable thinking into their professional lives."
Added 05132007

Architecture 2030: "Our goal is straightforward: to achieve a dramatic reduction in the global-warming-causing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the Building Sector by changing the way buildings and developments are planned, designed and constructed."
Added 02052008

Centre for Sustainable Design: "CSD Facilitates discussion and research on eco-design and broader sustainability considerations in product and service development."
Added 02092003

Design Can Change: "Design can change is simple. It works on the belief that our industry can make positive change by working together. Use this resource as a starting point to help bring our community together to encourage sustainable practices."
Added 06092007

The Design Studio for Social Intervention: "DS4SI is a space for artists, activists, academics and other social interventionists to reframe, reimagine, and reinvigorate the possibilities of the non-profit sector."
Added 01012009

EcoGeek: "Publishes up to ten stories daily about innovations that are saving the planet."
Added 03082008

Ecolect: "Our mission is simple: to be the largest, freely accessible sustainable materials library in the world."
Added 12092007

Ecological Guide to Paper: "Celery Design Collaborative developed this Guide to help clients weigh economic and ecological considerations in design."
Added 04212004

Finding Species: "Pioneers new ways to communicate about biodiversity, bridging gap between scientists, conservationists, and the public. Finding Species does scientifically accurate and beautiful photo-documentation of species for print and web field guides, educational exhibits, and conservation campaigns."
Added 12312007

FLOWmarket: "Designed to inspire consumers to think, live and consume more holistic."
Added 03222008

Foresight Design Initiative: "Seeks to improve and sustain the quality of life in the urban environment through intelligent design, without sacrificing the needs of future generations."
Added 05302005

GreenGiants: "Sustainable environments begin with sustainable communities. By helping people. And by helping the planet. Sustainability for the earth and the people that live in it. That's the difference between just being 'green' and being a GreenGiant."
Added 02102008

Green Design Education Initiative: "Strategic partnership comprised of the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) and Metropolis Magazine. The magazine and these prominent US-based international associations have pooled their resources to gather, share and disseminate information about green design."
Added 02032003

Green Options: "A community dedicated to environmental resources, education, and discussion."
Added 02082008

Green Patriot Posters: "Posters for energy independence and the fight against climate change"
Added 08012008

The Green Printer blog: "Educates consumers about how easy and cost-effective it is to switch to green printing without sacrificing quality and the environment."
Added 02032008

Greener Gadgets Conference: "Showcase revolutionary design and tech innovations that will shape the future of the consumer electronics and change your world... for the better."
Added 01232008

o2: "An international network of designers. We challenge you in sustainable design. This site shows the way to the most interesting sources, ideas and people."
Added 01242003

renourish: "A resource for the graphic design industry. When green design is usually discussed, most people think of buildings, products or even cars, but what about packaging? Shouldn't magazines, business cards, brochures and websites be green? At renourish, we're helping to start the conversation on green graphic design by providing defintions, tips, and links to sustainable resources designers can use to make their work a little greener."
Added 06092007

River Project: "With the Danube River Project, German artist Andreas Müller-Pohle has focused on Europe's most important river, which he has portrayed above and below the water line, using photography, video and sound recording complemented by scientific analyses of water samples taken from the river. After completion of the Danube project, the focus will be on specific city/river environments and river deltas outside Europe. This site is intended to serve as an interface between those projects and the public."
Added 03012009

The Story of Stuff: "A 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world."
Added 12172007

Superfund365: "An online data visualization application with an accompanying RSS-feed and email alert system. Each day for a year, starting on September 1, 2007, Superfund365 will visit one toxic site currently active in the Superfund program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."
Added 08012008

The Virtual Water project: "Based on the data gathered by Hoeckstra et al. in their study 'Water Footprint of Nations' German designer Timm Kekeritz created this double-sided poster. One side visualizes the water footprint of selected nations, emphasizing the im- and export of virtual water. The other side shows the virtual water content of selected foods and commodities."
Added 06102008
   

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60 Unite For Children: “60 artists and designers from the whole wide world gather together through a book dedicated to UNICEF's actions. The totality of the profit concerning the book's sell will be given to UNICEF.”
Added 11042007

The Amazing Project: "Highlights worthwhile projects from amazing people doing amazing things to improve the world and connects them to volunteers (like you)."
Added 01262008

Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsiblity: "ADPSR has a sixteen year history of educating design professionals and the public about critical social and environmental issues. Although established with a disarmament focus, during the last nine years ADPSR has expanded its concerns to include the protection of the natural and built environment, and the promotion of ecologically and socially responsible development"
Added 02092003

Article 25: "Takes on post disaster reconstruction and development."
Added 06012008

Architects For Peace: "A humanitarian, not for profit professional organisation for architects, urban designers, engineers, planners, landscape architects and environmentalists, seeking urban development based on social justice, solidarity, respect and peace."
Added 03082008

Architecture for Humanity: "A volunteer non-profit organization founded for the promotion of architectural and design solutions to global, social and humanitarian problems."
Added 05212002

Bloggers Unite: "An initiative designed to harness the power of the blogosphere to make the world a better place."
Added 01052008

DESIGN 21: Social Design Network: "Mission is to inspire social activism through design. We connect people who want to explore ways design can positively impact our many worlds, and who want to create change here, now."
Added 02032008

Design Altruism Project
Added 12112007

Design for the World: "An international humanitarian organisation whose objective is to match the skills and commitment of volunteer designers with the needs expressed by disadvantaged populations and the organisations that serve them worldwide. Design for the World unites graphic designers, industrial designers and interior and architectural designers around one common idea: voluntary design for people in need."
Added 11202002

The Designers Accord: "A coalition of design and innovation firms focused on working together to create positive environmental and social impact."
Added 01232008

Designers Without Borders: "Founded in Kampala, Uganda in 2001 in response to the need for assistance at the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts. DWB continues to deliver technology, instruction, and design consulting to schools and select non-profits in Africa."
Added 12112007

Designgive: "For designers, by designers. We are here to give artists like us opportunities to create, to promote themselves and to better society by contributing designs for apparel that can be purchased on our site. A portion of the proceeds from each item sold will go to a charity of the buyer’s choosing. A cause for design, plain and simple."
Added 12282007

Dutch Design in Development: "A matchmaking platform between professional Dutch designers and on the other hand exporting companies (and design academies) in developing countries."
Added 02062008

Earth Architecture: "Focuses on architecture constructed of mud brick (adobe), rammed earth (pisé), compressed earth block or other methods of earthen construction and serves as a database for the discussion and dissemination of events, resources, and images of earth architecture in the context of contemporary architecture culture."
Added 01262008

Future House Now: "Dedicated to exploring ideas about better living in modernist family homes that are affordable, efficient, healthy, environmentally responsible and available today."
Added 01262008

Groundswell Blog: "Dedicated to clever and innovative trends of art and design in activism."
Added 02032008

InSTEDD: "An innovation lab for technologies designed to improve early disease detection and rapid disaster response."
Added 02052008

Lets Evo: "An innovation platform focused on Ideas that surround design, collaborative strategies and technologies that help shape our surroundings."
Added 02052008

One Laptop per Child: "The mission of OLPC is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child."
Added 01052008

The Open Architecture Network: "An online, open source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design."
Added 12112007

OrangeTree Project: "We are a group of designers who felt a need to give back to our community. Our goal is to serve others by doing what we do best: creating fresh, inspiring design."
Added 12282007

Peace 100 Ideas: "An act of peace, no matter how small, is capable of inspiring hope, illuminating potential, and laying the groundwork for a reconciled world."
Added 02022008

Project H Design: "A charitable organization that supports, inspires, and delivers life-improving humanitarian product design solutions. We champion industrial design as a tool to address social issues, a vehicle for global life improvement, and a catalyst for individual and community empowerment."
Added 11012008

Replate: "An open-source food-activism project in which you may already by participating. To place unwanted leftovers, typically in a doggie bag, on top of the nearest trash can so they don't go to waste."
Added 11112007

SocialDesignSite.com: "A non-profit organisation that aims to foster a discourse on social design through our international online platform and the organization of and participation in projects, exhibitions, conferences, lectures, etc."
Added 04182008

Worldstudio Foundation: "A not-for-profit organization whose primary goals are to stimulate, coalesce and channel social activism in the design and fine arts industries; to encourage discussion of the fields' ethical assumptions; to promote professional practices sensitive to ecological and humane issues; and to expand the global consciousness of individual artists, architects, designers, and the businesses they serve."
Added 09192001

Worldways Social Marketing: "Community of socially responsible professionals committed to making the world better. Our versatile and unique approach to social marketing has helped millions of people. Seriously."
Added 01052008