Playing Green on the Internet, Part 1

It's no surprise to see a thriving plethora of websites devoted to sustainability and social responsibility popping up on the internet.  I thought I'd take some time to blog about some of my favourites:

(Note: this blog post got wayyy longer than expected real fast - I've divided it into parts, of which this is the first - if you enjoy this post, keep watching for Part 2, I have a lot more where these came from!)

I admit - I'm partially in it for that awesome logo.  But Treenation is as cool as it's logo portrays - It's one of those sites with such a good gimmick we can't help but support it.  At Treenation, you can use the interactive map to navigate the park and choose an exact spot to plant your tree or trees. With GPS coordinates your virtual tree corresponds to a real tree planted in the eco-park in Niger, so you and the whole world can always find it.

• Do you have a Treenation tree?

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Evolvist is just getting started, and therefore wasn't too helpful for me to find anything too useful too close to my house.  Still, the idea is great and I hope it catches on.  It's an interactive directory designed for the socially and environmentally conscious individual to share, rate, and find local businesses that share your committment to sustainability and social responsibility - right up to your neighborhood drycleaner:

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Playgreen is a simple wiki built on a cool idea and a cute design style.  Just like an wiki, it runs on user contributions - anyone can post a new page or edit a current entry.  The goal is to accumulate a vast collection of articles and "how-tos" to be used as a resource.  Take for instance, a recently posted article "How to build a green PC".

According to Playgreen:
"'We' are smarter than 'me'. The central premise of this assumption is that large groups of people ('We') can, and should, make a fantasticresource site to foster responsible consumption habits in our daily life, economy, industries."

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Like Digg?  Like the environment?  Check out Hugg!  It's a digg-style news site focused entirely on environmental news.  Like a story?  Give it a hugg to give it more exposure and put it on the front page.

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Visit any of these websites?  Let me know what you thought!