Chances are you’ve found yourself in an Internet rut. You begin your day with the same news sources, run into the same publications on your Facebook feed, and check the same sites before signing off at night.
Of course, there isn’t anything wrong with staying in touch with your favorite sites, blogs, and online magazines. It’s good to have places you can rely on. But every so often, we need to branch out. Checking out a new site or reading a post on a new blog can introduce you to things you may not have otherwise seen and spark ideas you may not have otherwise had.
If you’re ready to embrace a wider circle but don’t know where to start, we’ve listed five places that talk about social good to start.
Mashable’s Social Good
You might already frequent Mashable as one of your consistent sources of news and entertainment. So linger a bit longer and click on their Social Good category.
The stories range from news (an update on the Rana Plaza collapse of 2013) to projects aimed to change perception (an art project that will take 3,000 photos of disabled people) to in-depth looks at global issues (the heartbreaking effects humans have on our planet). The breadth of the subject makes it a great place to check-in for the stories you need to read.
TakePart
Featuring topics that are slightly less mainstream than Mashable’s, TakePart writes for the ‘conscious consumer.’ Most of the stories here give you the information you need or want to know for social good (Replanting America).
Some are more political or business-driven in nature. Still, the mix of content on the site provides a useful perspective on the world, social good, and how politics and business relate that you may not get elsewhere.
Ashoka Changemakers Blog
Well known as the largest network of social entrepreneurs, Ashoka launched its Changemakers program several years ago to partner with larger groups and institutions to solve problems and enact social change.
Their blog won’t provide the widest breadth of news or information, much of it centers on Ashoka’s work, but the topics they cover and the ways in which they cover them all have the potential to add inspiration to your day.
HuffPost Impact
Just like with Mashable, chances are you spend part of your day on the Huffington Post anyway. HuffPost Impact is exactly what you would expect from the popular news site – articles with a news-bent that focus on the social good issues that we’re all following right now mixed with editorials about every social issue you could imagine. Scanning once a day gives you a nice, wide look at the sorts of things you should know.
Good Magazine
Although its tagline, “A magazine for the global citizen,” belies that its focus is larger than pure social good, the content you’ll find at Good Magazine is always important, focused, and full of information you can use. After all, how can we enact change in the world if we aren’t citizens of the world?
Did we miss one of your favorites? What sites, blogs, or online publications do you follow for social good?
