TOPIC: CREATIVITY (74)
WOW TALKS
http://www.wowtalks.tvWOW TALKS is a growing community of dreamers & doers from different disciples and cultures. Dreamers & doers are individuals who are fully committed to pursuing their dreams, making their living doing what they love. Our goal is to spread this message online and through our live events. Join us if you want to be inspired, or if you want to inspire others.
Do The Green Thing
http://dothegreenthing.comWe are a public service for the planet founded in 2007 by Andy Hobsbawm and Naresh Ramchandani, two friends with backgrounds in online and offline communications. Our motto is Creativity vs Climate Change. Our product is a feed of beautiful, subversive and delightful inspiration made by great creative talent from around the world. Our aim is to inspire as many people as possible to live in a less selfish, less consumptive, more imaginative and more sustainable way.
Brain Pickings
http://www.brainpickings.orgBrain Pickings is the brain child of Maria Popova, an interestingness hunter-gatherer and curious mind at large, who also writes for Wired UK and The Atlantic, among others, and is an MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow. She gets occasional help from a handful of guest contributors.
chashama
http://www.chashama.orgchashama supports communities by transforming temporarily vacant properties into spaces where artists can flourish. By recycling and repurposing buildings in transition, we invest in neighborhoods, foster local talent, and sustain a vast range of creativity, commerce and culture.
Traces of Hope
http://tracesofhope.comTraces of Hope is an online game developed by the British Red Cross as part of Civilians and Conflict Month in October 2008. The personal story and basis for the game is rooted in tragic events that have happened to real people in any number of conflicts around the world.
The Acoustic Guitar Project
http://theacousticguitarproject.comThe Acoustic Guitar Project was created to help musicians reconnect to the original moment that inspired them to be singer-songwriters.
Musicians participating in The Acoustic Guitar Project are given one week to create an original song using only the guitar and recording device provided. There’s no editing on the computer, and they have to get it all in one live take.
Lemonopoly
http://lemonopoly.orgLemonopoly is a game about our local lemon trade. We trade real, local lemons that grow in backyards, urban farms and on public fruit trees.
Real world economic takeover...in a game.
Storytellers For Good
http://storytellersforgood.comStorytellers for Good is a team of passionate journalists and photographers who seek to use their skills to inspire optimism and change. We aim to tell and promote stories of people and organizations making a positive difference.
Way
http://www.makeourway.comWay is a game where two players on separate screens have to solve a puzzle together, nonverbally. Both lack a common language yet are joined by a shared goal,
Share A Story
http://www.shareastory.orgShare A Story is a social initiative to discover powerful personal stories from around the world because we believe the 'right' story has the power to ignite change. Share a story today!
Piano! Push Play!
http://pianopushplay.orgPiano! Push Play! began with two objectives: to give young pianists a new exciting way to share their talent and hard work, and to give the public a chance to experience trained musicianship outside and away from the typical concert hall.
This outreach project is about developing more ways for people to see, hear and enjoy this instrument in action.
Humans of New York
http://www.humansofnewyork.com/HONY resulted from an idea that I had to construct a photographic census of New York City. I thought it would be really cool to create an exhaustive catalogue of the city’s inhabitants, so I set out to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers and plot their photos on a map. I worked for several months with this goal in mind. But somewhere along the way, HONY began to take on a much different character. I started collecting quotes and short stories from the people I met, and began including these snippets alongside the photographs. Taken together, these portraits and captions became the subject of a vibrant blog, which over the past two years has gained hundreds of thousands of followers.
Games for Change
http://www.gamesforchange.orgFounded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. Unlike the commercial gaming industry, we aim to leverage entertainment and engagement for social good. To further grow the field, Games for Change convenes multiple stakeholders, highlights best practices, incubates games, and helps create and direct investment into new projects.
Brooklyn Robot Foundry
http://brooklynrobotfoundry.comWe are two friends that joined forces to inspire and motivate kids by teaching them about the fun of building. We love the idea of learning and coming together through making things. We believe in the DIT—do it together— mentality and the importance of building a community around this common goal.
Beat Making Lab
http://www.beatmakinglab.comBeat Making Lab is an electronic music studio small enough to fit in a backpack. We build Labs in collaboration with communities all around the world; donating laptops, microphones and software. Our goal is to create positive social impact by giving youth the tools and training to make beats and songs.
