From socially ‘switched-on’ electronic music to global group huggers, we love where these people are coming from.
http://www.burntprogress.com
A life-changing music production learning centre, which is also home to CDR - a breakthrough club night in musical experimentation and talent showcasing.
http://www.bassnectar.net
Bassnectar describes itself as a freeform project that merges music, art, new media, social involvement, and community values; dedicated to a constantly-evolving ethos of collaborative creation, self-reinvention, and boundary-pushing experimentation. We couldn’t agree more.
http://www.unltd.org.uk
UnLtd is a charitable organisation that supports ethical businesspeople and promotes social entrepreneurship.
http://www.trojansscheme.org.uk
Now named Kids’ City, this youth focussed charity provides enriching and fun things for children and young people to do outside of school hours.
http://www.you-are-beautiful.com
Created by a Chicago based art collective, You Are Beautiful is a simple positive message for everyone in a world full of ads that tell us we’re not good or cool enough until we have bought that new ‘thing’. You can request a pack of stickers for free and spread the word if you want to.
http://www.nollie.tv
Extreme girls living it large! A refreshing eye-opener for anyone who thought surfing, snowboarding and other high risk-adventure sports were just for the boys.
http://www.ukurbanvoice.com
Urban Voice is talent house for the best emerging UK urban artists and an ethical company that bring positive learning and development opportunities for young people within inner cities.
http://garyvaynerchuk.com
It’s technically an Internet business blog, but what makes it amazing it that it’s a series of video blogs that spans subjects like web2.0 success, relationships and setting great goals, made by possibly one of the most positive people on this planet.
http://hugnation.com
Created by US web-celeb John Halcyon Styn, this experiment in what he calls ‘digital intimacy’ involves the inviting of everyone across the globe (who can get online on a Tuesday) to participate in a virtual group hug. Spread the love!
http://www.globalonenessproject.org
The Global Oneness Project is a web-based video initiative exploring how us humans can love more, fight less and protect the planet as modern life gets more complex.
http://www.makemode.co.uk
Makemode are an award-winning digital design consultancy that do some truly amazing things in the world of social change. One of them is helping set up the Digital Health Service, which explores ways for people to create healthy relationships with modern technologies.
http://www.coinstreet.org
Coin Street Community Builders (CSCB) is a social enterprise and development trust, which seeks to make London’s South Bank a better place in which to live, to work and to visit.
http://thinksimplenow.com
‘Think Simple Now’™ is a brilliant blog packed with interesting tips that anyone can read to help them achieve clarity, motivation, productivity, creativity and happiness in their lives. Everything on the has been practised by the blog’s author, Tina Su.
http://www.weareoneparty.org
weareOne is a free party that thrives from the generosity, creativity and love of its participants. They showcase music, films and performances that remind us about all the good things in life.
http://www.thefunfed.com
The Fun Fed was created with the aim of offering opportunities to adults on the lookout for more joy, upliftment and laughter. You can learn how to play co-operative games, which are games that no-one loses.
http://www.pangeaday.org
The Pangea Day idea is best explained thus: “In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it’s easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that to help people see themselves in others through the power of film”
http://www.global-mindshift.org
It’s always good to know that there are people out there that think very similarly to you. This is a social network and global conversation hub, where people get together and chat about positive possibilities in the world. A bit like here really.
http://www.se1united.co.uk
SE1 United is a new youth forum composed of articulate young people from Waterloo who want to give a voice and positive image to their age group, an ever-growing section of the community.
http://www.worldchanging.com
Worldchanging is a solution-focussed online magazine that works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us.
http://www.streetkiss.com
An urban guerilla kissing mob! We kid you not!
http://www.hideandseekfest.co.uk
Hide and Seek is a festival of social games and playful experiences, running in London in July every year. It covers everything to do with social gaming, from art you can play and interact with, to huge ‘flashmob’ games within the public spaces of the Southbank Centre.
http://www.ted.com
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become much broader. The TED annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).






