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This is the world I want to believe in: Barcelona’s Liceu opera house reopens for performance to an audience of 2,292 potted plants. My heart!

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2020/06/opera-for-potted-plants.html

Japanese brand Wasara makes the most beautiful paper plates, cups and silverware. (You can find it on Amazon)

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2019/01/wasara-paper-plates-and-cups.html

I just spent the last 2 hours listening to episodes of Kind World. A beautiful podcast celebrating humanity at its best, packed with compassion and heart-forward humans. While I still have many o...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2018/11/kind-world.html

This week Tattly launched Pinky Promise by Tea Leigh. The design directly benefits Planned Parenthood of New York City (PPNYC). With each sale of the design, we donate 80% to the organization. Th...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2017/11/pinky-promise.html

Buy this fun rainbow bow tie, wear it proudly and feel good about the fact that 100% of the sales will support LGBTQ rights. Thumbs up!

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2017/05/rainbow-bow-tie.html

Illustrator Wendy MacNaughton and writer Courtney E. Martin created a manifesto for creative resilience. Three versions of the above poster are available online — red, white, and blue, black an...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2017/05/a-manifesto-for-creative-resilience.html

Syr, a crowdfunded restaurant in Utrecht, Netherlands that employs recently arrived Syrian and Afghan refugees, offering them a platform to share their cuisine, to earn money, to share their stor...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2017/02/syr.html

Every time you buy something, you vote with your wallet. As someone who has bootstrapped companies and knows just how hard it is to do it right, to fight the good fight and do things the right wa...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2016/11/support-good-people-with-your-holiday-shopping.html

12 days ago Ecuador experienced a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake, killing over 500 people and leaving thousands of families without a home. Portoviejo, where my friend Juan Miguel is from, ...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2016/04/ecuador-earthquake-lithograph.html

Had to remind myself of this clip by Julia Butterfly Hill: “When you say you’re throwing something away? Where is away?”

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2016/02/disposability-consciousness.html

Two weeks ago, the White House reached out to Kickstarter and asked to help the millions of refugees seeking safety in the Middle East and Europe! Kickstarter said yes and launched this aid refug...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2015/10/55985.html

Help ink sells t-shirts, cards and prints that do good. The concept is simple: You spend $5, they give $1. The above t-shirt is by no other than Jessica Hische. (via Chris Glass)

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2015/04/help-ink.html

Hunger Crunch is a FREE online game that fights world hunger. All proceeds go to help feed orphaned children around the world. Play the game online or download it from the App Store!

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2014/12/hunger-crunch.html

This Good World is a search discovery platform that highlights and supports businesses doing good things.

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2014/05/this-good-world.html

Ethan King is an inspiring 14 year old. At 10 he started Charity Ball to execute his vision of giving away soccer balls to kids in need. He has since given 4,000+ balls away. Humbling.

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2014/03/charity-ball.html

‘ Better World Books collect and sell books online to donate books and fund literacy initiatives worldwide. Every time you buy a book someone else in need gets one. In addition to selling new t...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2014/03/better-world-books-2.html

Last week I met Sal Lahoud, founder of fcancer.org a non-profit that allows anyone to donate a set number of hours of their skills to cancer charities. Their volunteers which span over more than ...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2014/02/fcancer-org.html

Authentic Jobs is turning 8. Cameron Moll and his team are celebrating with a giveaway and $100,000 charity: water campaign. It’s been months in the working and incorporates the talent of sever...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2013/09/authentic-jobs-turns-8.html

BUM is a travel stool with a purpose: All proceeds of the sale go to the Brooklyn Recovery Fund for local Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. It was designed by UM Project and BAGGU. (via moddea)

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2013/05/bum-stool.html

Last week I launched a SmallKnot Fundraiser to help Robert Elmes, owner of Galapagos Art Space. Hurricane Sandy has devastated his interiors and the damages are over $100K. Galapagos has been our...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2012/11/helping-dumbo-businesses.html

I Still Love NY Hurrican Sandy Relief T-Shirt by Sebastian Erraziuriz. 100% of the profit goes to Hurricane Sandy relief programs. (via Zach)

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2012/11/i-still-love-nyc.html

Tube Toy’s convertible packaging transforms into the toy itself, reducing waste to a single piece of recyclable paper. Love this. (Thank you Rusty)

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2012/06/tube-toys.html

Every time you buy a book, Better World Books will donate one to someone in need. And, there’s free shipping worldwide. Fantastic. (via the TBD Newsletter)

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/12/better-world-books.html

Carrotmob is an organization that aims to give you the power to make the world a better place by influencing how businesses operate. Instead of organizing boycotts, they offer to spend money as a...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/12/carrotmob.html

Treshr is a brand new site project by S7 Labs that makes it easy to give things away, or, the other way around, find free stuff. (It drives me absolutely crazy to see what perfectly fine items pe...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/10/treshr.html

I mentioned Amit Gupta‘s search for a bone marrow match last week. Now, David Cole and Tag Savage put together a site that will help you figure out how you can help. In case you’re afraid of ...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/10/amit-gupta-needs-you.html

The lovely Jessica Hische just revealed her latest do-good-side-project called 52×52.org here at BrooklynBeta. The idea: 52×52.org will help you give to charity, every week, for one year. Her s...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/10/52x52-org.html

Last friday I had the pleasure to meet the folks behind Bolder, a site that helps people to trigger and discover experiences that make the world a little better, one action at a time. You can sta...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/07/bolder.html

My lovely studiomate Jessi just pointed me to an intriguing AIGA/NY event this coming Tuesday: It will be a talk with the two ladies who founded Blue Marble Ice Cream. They were bold enough to st...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/05/blue-marble-goes-to-africa.html

Did you know there is no globally recognized logo for human rights? That’s what humanrightslogo.net is trying to change. The Human Rights Logo Challenge is a global competition to solve the gre...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/05/a-logo-for-human-rights.html

“90 Days of Art” is an online Art Journal and Gallery for charity. John Beck McConnico will produce an average of one sketch, doodle, or art nugget every day, for a 90-day period. Each item w...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/05/90-days-of-art.html

The above images are by a young japanese photographer called Yuki Kokubo. Her parents live about 70 miles from the damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima and as there is a gasoline shortage in the ar...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2011/03/supporting-parents-in-japan.html

I just backed the JELLOWARE project over on Kickstarter. I am truly hoping that these ladies will raise their $10,000 to develop this fantastic idea further. I can only imagine how much fun these...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/12/biodegradable-edible-cups.html

GOOD Magazine featured this coat designed to help the homeless, and employ them. Design student Veronika Scott envisioned a way she could help, by designing a coat which could allow homeless peop...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/12/a-coat-to-help-detroits-homeless.html

Tweet Towel is a tea towel with a personal miniature message embroidered onto it. I just received one and it made me smile big time. All Tweet Towel profits go to the We Are What We Do Charitable...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/11/tweet-towel.html

Brew for a Better World from Project 7 on Vimeo. What if that cup of coffee you drink every day could change the world? Project7 is doing exactly that. Simply put, you buy coffee and you do good....

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/10/project-7.html

This September marks the five-year anniversary of Authentic Jobs, a network I am a proud member of. (If you’re reading this post on my actual site, look at the “Come in we’re hiring” sign...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/09/authentic-jobs-5.html

Dave and Fabian of Holstee fought the rain this morning and came to visit me at swissmiss studio. As they were walking in I noticed Dave’s supercool umbrella. Knowing how careful they select pr...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/08/brelli-bamboo-umbrella.html

The DBA Pen is the only 98% biodegradable pen in the world. It’s also the only pen to use ink composed of simple, environmentally responsible ingredients. Produced at a wind-powered facility in...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/08/biodegradable-pen.html

When it came time to buy a new wallet, our friends at Holstee couldn’t find what they were looking for so they designed their own, the Holstee way: The slim Holstee wallet design holds the esse...

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2010/08/the-recycled-wallet.html