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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
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
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