Project of the day

Be Welcome!

20 November 08 "Imagine arriving in a city like Paris or Mumbai and, instead of trying to find a taxi, there is somebody already waiting for you." A nice thought indeed, and that is exactly the goal of the BeWelcome.org project.

Be Welcome!

20 November 2008 "Imagine arriving in a city like Paris or Mumbai and, instead of trying to find a taxi, there is somebody already waiting for you." A nice thought indeed, and that is exactly the goal of the BeWelcome.org project.

Making business meetups fun again

19 November 2008 Have you ever been to a so-called informal event where young entrepreneurs are supposed to mingle with venture capitalists and it is just too stiff for you to be able to loosen up? Well, you might want to try out Zurich's own Venture Cocktail!

Consumer awareness, nothing barred

18 November 2008 One of the bigger issues in the Western world nowadays is not what we eat or how much we pay for it, but where it comes from and what's in it. There is a project on these issues with a radically simple approach. Just read between the bars!

Fighting for Indigenous' Rights!

17 November 2008 Some people can stand up and fight for their rights, some can't. Others enjoy widespread rights and decide to fight for other people's rights. The Indigenous Rights project wants to raise awareness for the hardships of indigenous people worldwide.

Learn something new every day!

15 November 2008 This week in the secret underground Amazee office: Our boss Gregory asked us to name the most important things that we want Amazee to stand for. One of the things named: Education! Well, now there is a project about Amazee and education!

Nominate for the Open Web Awards!

14 November 2008 Every once in a while we need to sit back and reflect upon our doings. This week we implemented a couple of improvements to the site, you might have noticed something new here and there. Now it's your turn. Help us win an Open Web Award!

Not your ordinary TV station

13 November 2008 WildEarth.TV is not exactly your average TV station. Elsewhere you might have news, TV series, movies, documentaries, and sports. Here, it is lions and monkeys and zebras and impalas. Check out the project on Amazee!

News from the Endorois

12 November 2008 We are revisiting a project today: Trouble in Paradise has been the focus of an Amazee feed before, but there are news, and so this feed is a call for action to aid the Endorois people of Kenya.

How your project could look like

11 November 2008 Have you ever wanted to know how a project on Amazee could look like at just one glance? Wanted all that you can do on Amazee in just one project? Well, we got it for you: our own Markus Tressl put up a Best Practice project.

Introducing Iran

10 November 2008 Iran is a country under fire. Not literally, but metaphorically. Most of what the image of the country makes up stems from the last three decades of Iran's history. Not exactly a positive image which overshadows the country's rich cultural heritage.

Defending Roma Rights

9 November 2008 Amazee is a place to team up for those who want to defend the rights of others. Of those, who can't defend themselves because they are ignored, supressed, stigmatized or simply without a voice. The European Roma are one of these groups.

Don't panic!

7 November 2008 Day by day there's more evil tidings coming from the world's market trading places. The stock markets around the globe keep on crashing and crashing and everybody keeps on panicking! Everybody? Well...

Read a book - save your brain!

6 November 2008 The discussion whether Television is bad for your mental and physical health or not is about as old as the little screen itself. Now there is a new project on Amazee with a rather radical approach: TV fries your brain!

Want to go to Colombia?

5 November 2008 We wrote about AIESEC just the other day and how those dedicated students organize and how they do so on Amazee. Today we are proud to present another project of one of their active members: Colombia on Stage!

Who will it be? Obama or McCain?

4 November 2008 As the U.S. presidential race comes to an end at last, the suspense is increasing: Who will be the 44th president of the United States of America? Nobody can escape the excitement of this important election - not even our Amazee users!

AIESEC - dedicated students

3 November 2008 AIESEC, the self-proclaimed world's largest student organization, also has a home at Amazee. But who exactly is AIESEC? The project of the Zurich chapter on Amazee gives us a little insight as well as some interesting news on the organization.

Next Web Monday Zurich date announced!

2 November 2008
It is only the fourth time that Web Monday Zurich will take place on 24 November, but it is already a well established event within the web and tech scene of Switzerland's largest city. So, if you are in the biz and you live by River Limmat, drop by!

The black gold from little beans

31 October 2008
Ever tried to get up and fell right back into bed again? Coffee does the trick for most of us. The bitter brew keeps us going through work days, entertains us while chilling in a multinational franchise café or complements mother's heavy pies.

Fighting against the death penalty

30 October 2008
October was a busy month for those opposed to the death penalty. The fight is never over until that penalty is abolished altogether, so the activists took to the streets. And there's a project on Amazee to keep everybody active and informed.

Packaging goes green!

29 October 2008
Ever ordered something on the internet or via telephone? And when it came, the product was delivered in a box in a box in a box? Maybe embedded in some styrofoam or plastic air cushions? It's time for some action!

Meet me at the Barcamp!

28 October 2008
Barcamps are still becoming increasingly popular, it seems. The Amazee alliance BarCamp Worldwide compiles information on all of them. At least, so it seems. The next big ones?

The big day out for the kids of Dixie

27 October 2008
Saturday was the grand day for the children of Dixie. The youngsters of the small village in South Africa went to the movies for the first time in their lives. This was made possible by one of our user's projects, "The kids at Dixie", and through your help!

The project for organizations

26 October 2008
It's a special project featured on the startpage of Amazee today. Special because it's a private project which is only visible to project members. And special because it's a project created by Amazee itself.

Questioning stereotypes

24 October 2008
The project "White Charity" questions in a critical way how the advertising of relief organizations conserves colonial, racist stereotypes. Never mind the provoking project title!

Traveling makes you smart!

23 October 2008
The prophet Mohammed once said: "Don't tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled." Traveling the world is educating, a fact often underestimated. The Travelling School of Life wants to change just that!

For a cleaner Geneva

22 October 2008
Everybody who has lived in a big city is familiar with this dilemma: You want and enjoy urban life as it is but at the same time you also appreciate a clean and healthy environment. A new project tries to accomplish just that in Geneva, Switzerland!

The green minds of Amazee

21 October 2008
Social and educational issues have a place at Amazee as well as environmental ones. Glacier 2050, devoted to the fight against climate change, is one of the older and one of the most viewed projects.

Meet GLEN!

20 October 2008
Ever heard of GLEN? The program GLEN? It's an abbreviation, which stands for "Global Education Network of Young Europeans". Its goal: To raise awareness for sustainability and an understanding for healthy and fair North-South relations.

A trip to the big screen!

19 October 2008
Africa seems to become a focal point of the work of Amazee users. Be it concerning wild life, human rights or simply making every day life of children just a little bit brighter: The Kids at Dixie is a project devoted to take them to the movies!

There's trouble in Paradise

17 October 2008
Human Rights do have a place at Amazee, there are plenty of projects to prove that. Now there is a new one, Trouble in Paradise, which wants to raise awareness for the problems the Endorois of Kenya face.

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Hot new features for your projects!

We have got new features for you, and they are hot, hot, hot! They make your projects even more interactive!

Two new widgets and a recommendation application have been implemented into the site. The first widget is the logo widget with which you can add even a little more color to your project magazine. But it also makes your project more recognizable and branded, for example if you upload your organization's logo.

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