WorldChanging - changing the world

Worldchanging is a super cool site which finds "great solutions for the future we want" and connecting those people who are interested in them. The site has been online for five years and is now the second largest sustainability site on the web per Nielsen online.

Here's their manifesto:

"Worldchanging is a solutions-based online magazine that works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. That another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together.


Informed by that premise, we do our best to bring you the most important and innovative new tools, models and ideas for building a bright green future. We don't do negative reviews – why waste your time with what doesn't work? We don't offer critiques or exposes, except to the extent that such information may be necessary for the general reader to apprehend the usefulness of a particular tool or resource. We don't generally offer links to resources which are about problems and not solutions, unless the resource is so insightful that its very existence is a step towards a solution. We pay special attention to tools, ideas and models that may have been overlooked in the mass media. We make a point of showing ways in which seemingly unconnected resources link together to form a toolkit for changing the world."

The site has simple tabs:

Stuff: Buying Green / Food and Farming / Sustainable Design / Collaboration / Emerging Technologies

Shelter: Green Building / Energy / Water / Refugees and Relief

Cities: Urban Design / Transportation / Megacities / Leapfrogging

Community: Health / Education / Empowering Women / Philanthropy / Social Entrepreneurship / Arts and Culture

Business: Transforming Business / Socially Responsible Investment
Bright Green Economy / Branding & Marketing�

Politics: Communications / Networking & Activism / Citizen Media
Transparency and Human Rights / Nonviolence

Planet: Climate Change / Sustainable Development / Biodiversity and Ecosystems
New Science / Imagining the Future


Here's a retrospective list of their favorite pieces in the last five years.

Nominated for a Webby Award, it's a nice looking site with great content, but I particularly like their focus on connecting people and resources. That's what all these social technologies are really all about!