Google has launched Person Finder, a way for loved ones to find each other in the aftermath of 2010’s Chile and Haiti earthquakes.
Indeed, traditional relief efforts in the form of medical care, shelter, food and water are invaluable, but Google has come up with a different kind of aid. The Person Finder tool, available both [...]

March 4, 2010 by Annie | Tags: b-listed, blisted, breakthrough, Chile, Chile earthquake, gadgets for good, Google, Google Person Finder, Haiti, Haiti earthquake, Nobel Peace Prize | No Comments »

The English-speaking world’s most popular social networking site, Facebook turned six this month. A post on DNAinfo by Sree Sreenivasan graded its progress sharing some interesting facts about the still-expanding site. But not without giving some insight into its competition:
There’s a threat between Twitter and Google Buzz, but Sreenivasan thinks Facebook will stay #1 because [...]

February 16, 2010 by Stefani | Tags: b-listed, DNAinfo, Facebook, gadgets for good, Google Buzz, social media, social networking, Twitter | No Comments »

From Causecast, originally posted by Katherine Gustafson, Tonic.
Adora Svitak is one of those kids it’s hard to believe actually exist — a child prodigy, a genius. A self-described “educator, poet and humanitarian” called by others a tiny literary giant, she published her first book, a collection of short stories called Flying Fingers, at age seven.
Now, [...]

February 3, 2010 by crissy | Tags: Adora Svitak, b-listed, Causecast, Causecast.org, child prodigy, gadget for good, Katherine Gustafson, Twitter | No Comments »

Forget’s Where’s Waldo. The real question is Where’s Mallika Dutt?
Our Executive Director is presenting right now on a panel of women leaders at:
ATHENA CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP STUDIES
INNOVATIVE SOCIAL CHANGE
Women Leading the Way
The panel discussion includes, Mallika Dutt, Executive Director of Breakthrough and Jane Golden, Director of the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.
Wednesday, 02/03 2:00 [...]

February 3, 2010 by crissy | Tags: Athena Center for Leadership Studies, Jane Golden, Mallika Dutt | No Comments »

Originally posted on Causecast by Brandon Buck, Causecast video producer
Launched in May of 2009, Sourcemap.org is an open-source tool that tracks the carbon footprint of all the resources used to make an product or hold an event. Using Google Maps and the Open-Source community (anyone can post or edit any submission and legally acquire it [...]

January 29, 2010 by Stefani | Tags: b-listed, Brandon Buck, Causecast, Causecast.org, environment, gadgets for good, Google maps, sourcemap | 1 Comment »

Originally posted on Causecast by Anne Driscoll, Tonic.

As of 5 p.m. yesterday, $147 million has been donated to the American Red Cross for Haitian relief efforts — including $26 million raised by 2.6 million people who texted their $10 donation.
So where will all that money really go? American Red Cross officials tell [website] Tonic [...]

January 28, 2010 by Stefani | Tags: American Red Cross, Causecast, Causecast.org, fundraising, gadgets for good, Haiti, Haiti earthquake, text donation | No Comments »

We found a great website, part of FoundationCenter.org, that has been tracking grants made to Haiti by corporations, charities and foundations for the earthquake relief.
The page shows how many grants have been given and how many times. You can also track how much an organization has received.
This does not include individual donations. [...]

January 25, 2010 by Stefani | Tags: charity, foundationcenter.org, gadgets for good, Haiti, Haiti earthquake, The Foundation Center | No Comments »

The devastating earthquake in Haiti has left many families and friends around the globe wondering about their loved ones. There’s a tool at the Extraordinaries site (that we also have a tool on) at  http://haiti.beextra.org/ that’s trying to find lost individuals.
The site features thousands of pictures, which anyone can sort through and tag using words [...]

January 19, 2010 by Stefani | Tags: b-listed, b-the change, gadgets for good, Haiti, Haiti earthquake, photo, The Extraordinaries, web site | 3 Comments »

Twitter’s not bankrupt (we’re not sure how they make funds), but they are definitely not bankrupt.
They have reskinned the site in honor of World AIDS Day.  If you’re like us, and use tweetdeck or another party site, check out the site at right.  And if you use hashtag “#red” in your tweets, they will show [...]

December 1, 2009 by crissy | Tags: #red, breakthrough, Twitter, World AIDS Day | No Comments »

Global Voices has done it again.  (Going global that is). It’s something they do extremely well, especially nearing World AIDS Day, tomorrow, December 1st.
Check out their mapping project-  they have updated and added HIV/AIDS positive bloggers across the globe who are blogging about the disease and work/write tirelessly to eliminate the stigma.

November 30, 2009 by crissy | Tags: Add new tag, gadgets for good, global voices, HIV/AIDS, mapping project, Rising Voices, World AIDS Day | 1 Comment »