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NeighborGoods
http://neighborgoods.netNeighborGoods is a safe community where you can save money and resources by sharing stuff with your friends. Need a ladder? Borrow it from your neighbor. Have a bike collecting dust in your closet? Lend it out and make a new friend.
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Weather Underground
http://www.wunderground.comWeather Underground is committed to delivering the most reliable, accurate weather information possible. Our state-of-the-art technology monitors conditions and forecasts for locations across the world, so you'll always find the weather information that you need.
University of the People (UoPeople)
http://www.uopeople.orgUniversity of the People (UoPeople) is the world’s first tuition-free, non-profit, accredited online University dedicated to opening access to higher education globally. Based on the principles of e-learning and peer-to-peer learning, coupled with open-source technology and open educational resources, UoPeople is designed to provide access to higher education for all qualified high school graduates, despite financial, geographic or societal constraints.
Kick Starter
http://www.kickstarter.comKickstarter is the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Every week, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields.
ChangeMakers
http://www.changemakers.comAshoka Changemakers® provides the tools and resources to empower everyone to contribute to a better world. Our community's mission is to grow new ideas through transparency and collaboration, a process of Open Growth. No matter where you are starting, or where you are going, Changemakers makes it easier to share an idea, track progress, communicate with supporters, and invest in global change.
Meetup
http://www.meetup.comMeetup is the world's largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 2,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities.
Grist
http://www.grist.orgGrist has been dishing out environmental news and commentary with a wry twist since 1999 -- which, to be frank, was way before most people cared about such things. Now that green is in every headline and on every store shelf (bamboo hair gel, anyone?), Grist is the one site you can count on to help you make sense of it all.
Environmental Defense Fund
http://www.edf.orgEnvironmental Defense Fund’s mission is to preserve the natural systems on which all life depends. Guided by science and economics, we find practical and lasting solutions to the most serious environmental problems.
Conservation International
http://www.conservation.orgPeople depend on nature for many things. A stable climate. Clean air. Fresh water. Abundant food. Cultural resources. And the incalculable additional benefits the world’s biodiversity provides. Conservation International (CI) works to ensure a healthy and productive planet for us all.
Donors Choose
http://www.donorschoose.orgDonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on DonorsChoose.org. Requests range from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology class. Then, you can browse project requests and give any amount to the one that inspires you. Once a project reaches its funding goal, we deliver the materials to the school.
Razoo
http://www.razoo.com/Razoo is a venture-funded social enterprise committed to creating a more generous world through social fundraising. Razoo offers individuals and organizations an easy-to-use fundraising platform for the lowest transaction cost in the industry (2.9%) and no start-up or subscription fees. Razoo is also the industry leader in online fundraising competitions, or “Community Giving Days” which use the power of friendly competition to inspire giving. With dual headquarters in Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA, Razoo uses technology to help make giving simple, social and fun.