Good Deed Foundation
Lately we’ve been working closely with a fellow climate-change-conscious organization, the Good Deed Foundation. They endorse product companies that help them fund projects to mitigate climate change and alleviate poverty and empower women. Cool group. =P
I like what the CEO, Andrew Martin (successful entrepreneur of SmartFood and Annie’s Homegrown), wrote on his blog entry, Benefits of doing Good Deeds. I think it’s a great way to look at the concept of for-profit-doing-good.
In this rich country, I think most people have figured out that having a lot of money doesn’t automatically lead to happiness. So since we have to make money some way or another to eat and live, why not make it by doing something good?
One of the projects we’re working on is to give away a million CFLs to non-profit organizations and people in need. Heh - try plugging that into the savings calculator - that project alone will prevent literally 100s of millions of pounds of pollution. Wow!
Check out Good Deed Foundation at www.gooddeedfoundation.org.
Filed under: Uncategorized on February 21st, 2008
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