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Samasource
Creating job opportunities, Innovate to help developing societies
Samasource is a nonprofit organization that brings dignified, computer-based work opportunities to people living in poverty around the world. The organization’s mission is based on the belief that poverty can be alleviated by tapping into the brainpower of the poor and empowering them as producers … Read more
UNUM
Consuming, Participate in production
UNUM is a Collective for Creators, where your fashion ideas are voted on, made by us, and sold as yours. Your signature goes on each piece, you receive a percentage of profits, and your voice gets heard in the industry. The best part is that … Read more
BrightFarms
Consume locally grown and organic products
BrightFarms operates hydroponic rooftop greenhouses at grocery retailers, eliminating time, distance and cost from the food supply chain. They design, finance, build and manage the operations of the BrightFarm to deliver produce at equal or higher service levels than the retailer currently requires of its other … Read more
Empowerment Magazine
Empowerment Magazine is a quarterly online and in print mental health publication devoted to the promotion of overall wellness and resiliency for the Greater Sacramento region. The magazine was created to help address the lack of a professionally produced magazine written by individuals with direct … Read more
Portal do Voluntário
Maximize your free time, Share your time for the common good
Portal do Voluntário is a social network that promotes the collaboration between volunteers, organizations and people interested in doing something for the common good. Organization can sign up, explain their mission and ask for volunteers or donations, and individuals can search for volunteer work, communicate … Read more
Ziudad
Mobilize and unite, Actively promote democracy
Ziudad is an online platform that wants to promote citizens participation. They want to improve the communication processes between citizens and the government and built up a tool where citizens can talk about problems in their countries and cities and where they can easily make … Read more
Banco del Exito (Banex)
Saving and investing money, Switch to ethical banking
Banex is a Bank in Nicaragua, and has grown from a single small office in Managua to over 30 branches nationwide and one in Honduras and became a leading Nicaraguan microfinance bank and the sixth largest financial institution in the country. Their mission is to … Read more
Young Urban Farmers
Producing, Share land for growing food
Young Urban Farmers is a Toronto-based company that helps people grow their own fresh food in the city. Founded in 2009 by a group university graduates, they want to share their passion for local organic produce by making gardening simple and fun. They have a … Read more
Rainforest Alliance
Consuming, Buy fair trade, Control producers and suppliers
The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. They do this by helping companies and communities that derive their living by using the land and its resources to land management practices, that lead … Read more
Eco-Index
Creating and innovating, Education, Share your knowledge to innovate
The Eco-Index features reports, studies and public information documents about biodiversity conservation projects, many with maps, data and photographs. The Rainforest Alliance launched the Eco-Index in 2001 to provide the conservation community with a quickly and easily accessible vehicle to share project data and reports, … Read more
