"Imagine a Venn diagram showing the intersection of web geeks and science geeks ...that's a pretty big intersection. Science Hack Day is for anyone with an interest in bringing science and technology together. If you're a coder, designer, scientist, hacker or just an enthusiastic person with good ideas, Science Hack Day is for you."

"Action for Happiness is a movement of people committed to building a happier society. We want to see a fundamentally different way of life where people care less about what they can get for themselves and more about the happiness of others."

"One thousand journals are traveling from hand to hand throughout the world. Those who find them will add their stories and drawings, and then pass the journal along in an ongoing collaborative art form."

"A new way of living, in which access is valued over ownership, experience is valued over material possessions, and 'mine' becomes 'ours' so everyone's needs are met without waste."

"Kickstarter is a new way to fund creative ideas and ambitious endeavors."

"That's when I tell them about the fundamental question of the web."

Est. 1994

a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating people about healthy, humane, eco-friendly living.

SMITH is the home of Six-Word Memoirs and a vibrant community of storytellers.

Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities.

In the winter of 2001, a group of neighbors and friends founded Tricycle Gardens (501(c)3) in historic Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia.

Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 [pdf]

from wired.

Change.org raises awareness about important causes and empowers people to take action with leading nonprofits.

350.org is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis--the solutions that science and justice demand. Our mission is to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis—to create a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet.

a wide variety of digital, mobile and participatory media projects are allowing groups of engaged users to grapple with important issues.

EveryBlock is a new way to keep track of what’s happening on your block, in your neighborhood and all over your city.

Noded.biz is about creating and working in web powered Node teams.

Ember is the best way to share your design inspiration with the world - from webpages to screenshots, design to illustration, Ember is built for creatives looking to build an online design scrapbook.

Welcome to the Foothills Group

an open web community

Refresh is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in their areas. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards.

for people who want to live well and do good.

Print maps, draw on them, scan them back in, and help OpenStreetMap improve its coverage of local points of interests and street detail.

the free wiki world map.

share your reading experience.

building innovative tools to help people.

8:30PM Saturday 28 March 2009.

serving the needs of the international interaction design community.

getting the message out everywhere, together.