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Search Volunteer Opportunities. VolunteerMatch is the #1 volunteer-engagement network. Find volunteer information and listings in your local community now!
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Idealist connects millions of idealists – people who want to do good – with opportunities for action and collaboration all over the world.
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Find career opportunities with nonprofit organizations.
Pick a cause to support, find Open Source projects to contribute to, and make an impact! Write meaningful code, from environment, to health
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Write code for impactful projects that help the world.
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Pick a cause to support, find Open Source projects to contribute to, and make an impact! Write meaningful code, from environment, to health
llll➤ Volunteer World is a one-stop resource for volunteer abroad programs ✓ Explore the best volunteer projects around the world and make a difference abroad!
A playable post on how harmless choices can make a harmful world.
These folks engineering a much better way to deliver your basically anything. If you want to engineer your own creations with
Some problems are simply too big to solve alone. We’re building goSolve to help solve world problems together.
A free, self-paced online course for professionals shaping tomorrow's technology. Join thousands globally, including people from top organizations such as Meta, Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and the United Nations.
Change.org is the world’s largest petition platform, using technology to empower more than 200 million users to create the change they want to see.
The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet's most pressing problems. Joining with people across the country, we combine technical analysis and effective advocacy to create innovative, practical solutions for a healthy, safe, and sustainable future.
Rollie Williams and a ragtag team of climate communicators, creatives and comedians are here to examine climate change in a way that doesn’t make you want to...
Get the tools, training, and network to fight climate change and together build the world we want.
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
By taking a stand at town halls and in public hearings and by submitting public comments, you can play a part in the policy-making process.
350.org is turning the page on the fossil fuel industry and building a clean, just future by connecting powerful grassroots climate movements around the world.
Life as we know it is on the brink of collapse. Our governments have failed to protect us. Help us to build a powerful movement to change the course we are on.
The Carbon Almanac is a powerful tool to help us create change, right here and right now. See how you can share reliable knowledge to create meaningful impact.
EcoTok Collective is a group of 18 climate change educators using social media as a platform for climate action. Our work focuses on climate change activism, environmental justice, and accessible climate change education.
Ecosia uses 100% of its profits for the planet and produces enough renewable energy to power all searches twice over.
The Earthshot Prize is a global challenge based on five Earthshots – ambitious goals for 2030 to fix our biggest environmental problems.
The Solutions Project brings grants, media training, and star power to support local community organizations bringing renewable energy home.
The Artivist Network is a collective of arts activists and facilitators who support organizers and movements to more strategically engage arts, artists, and culture in creating systemic change. We focus specifically on climate justice organizing for its potential to provoke intersectional change.
Search Volunteer Opportunities. VolunteerMatch is the #1 volunteer-engagement network. Find volunteer information and listings in your local community now!
Your opportunity to change the lives of millions. Volunteering opportunities in Ukraine - feeding troops, building houses, supporting communities, growing connections. Together we can do great things.
Idealist connects millions of idealists – people who want to do good – with opportunities for action and collaboration all over the world.
Taproot Foundation connects nonprofits and other social change organizations with skilled volunteers through pro bono service.
Catchafire's platform sits at the intersection of philanthropy and employee engagement. We make it easy to provide and track volunteer opportunities.
Join a new generation of social activists and civic leaders taking action on the issues of equity and justice, climate and sustainability, and safety and wellbeing. Get involved, volunteer, make a difference, and jumpstart your community impact with DoSomething.org!
Grow your skills, make a bigger impact, expand your network
Donate to Nova Ukraine One of the best ways to help is to donate funds to Nova Ukraine. Please see details on our Donate to Nova Ukraine page. Donate Funds Help Ukrainian Refugees in the US Ukrainian refugees who fled the war have arrived in the U.S. They need your help! Become a host. If you…
Use Charity Navigator's ratings and resources to find and support highly rated charities that align with your passions and values. Whether you're looking to give toward international relief, the environment, animal welfare, or something else, we empower you to donate and volunteer with confidence.
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems
Find our available data tools and learn about our data practices.
Live world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy and health. Interesting statistics with world population clock, forest loss this year, carbon dioxide co2 emission, world hunger data, energy consumed, and a lot more
Ballotpedia is the digital encyclopedia of American politics and elections. Our goal is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government.
OpenSecrets is the nation's premier research and government transparency group tracking money in politics and its effect on elections and policy.
Inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
Learn how to become a savvier consumer and an effective environmental and public health advocate with these toolkits and how-tos.
With the support of over 1.5 million members, Common Cause wins concrete, pro-democracy reforms that break down barriers to participation, promote accountability, and ensure that each of us has a voice.
RepresentUs is America’s leading anti-corruption organization working city by city, state by state to fix our broken political system.
Avatars for Ukraine is a charity NFT collection of the iconic digital art created in response to the largest war since WWII. The avatars for the free nation. The incarnations of the spirit of Ukraine in its fight for existence. Created by the top digital Ukrainian artists and produced by the video game hit makers. 100% of the proceeds will support the humanitarian and defence efforts of Ukraine. The official collection approved by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
AUA has developed resources to help people interested in sponsoring Ukrainians through the Uniting for Ukraine initiative.
Hundreds of corporations continue to do business with Russia despite mounting public pressure to punish Putin’s regime for the invasion of Ukraine.
Disagreements can escalate quickly, but with the wisdom to know what to say—and the courage to nurture meaningful dialogue—your efforts will be worthwhile.
Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a socialist perspective. Welcome!SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTSNe...
You have 80,000 hours in your career. How can you best use them to help solve the world’s most pressing problems?