You and I are doing our part to do good for the world (every day on Daily Challenge!), but what are companies up to? They are every bit as responsible for caring for others and the environment as we are. Actually, since companies produce so much waste, and considering we pay for their products and services, it can be argued that they need to be even more aware of the effects from their choices than the average person.
This post is a short list of companies doing good. They have recognized the negative impact of their past actions and taken responsibility, invested money to change their business methods, to improve the welfare of the entire planet:
Coke’s Green Energy Makeover: Part of their “Sustainable Well-Being” Campaign launched last year, Coca-Cola has replaced over 4,000 lights with a high-intensity fluorescent system in 24 of their California locations. That means an energy savings of 5.6 million kilowatt-hours annually! Continue Reading
The results are in: 32 Do Gooders accepted the challenge and 11 people completed it (so far). The community seemed to be pretty excited about Dr. Chopra’s challenge, and to prove it, here are the posted comments:
Staci J. Shelton
Posted January 12, 2009 5:59 am
What a beautiful way to start the new year. Being truly non-violent to everyone, even in our thoughts and speech. So often we think of violence as physical, but we kill people (even ourselves and our futures) with our thoughts and words.
There’s more to The Goodest Story Ever Contest than making others feel good by your act of kindness and then sharing your heartfelt holiday stories with the world. It’s more than the competition and the chance to win awesome prizes, like a trip for 2 to Cancun, a flip digital camcorder and $100 Starbucks gift card. It’s also a great opportunity to support an initiative called, Nikibasika, which provides support for 52 children in Kasese, Uganda.
Nikibasika, meaning “it is possible” in the Western Ugandan language of Runyankole, is the theme of this extraordinary learning and development project in Kasese, Uganda. Our goal is use social media to raise $10,000 for the Nikibasika: The Kasese Children Learning & Development Project. There are 52 children in Kasese that come from families who have been affected by HIV Aids or civil wars and a group of Canadians have taken it upon themselves to sponsor them and ensure that they have a chance to understand that “it is possible.”
Meet these brave children in the following 2 minute video:
If you’re inspired to do what you can for these kids and support the Nikibasika project, you can donate to the cause or you can help grab the attention of corporate sponsors by submitting your holiday story. You can also contact your friends to see if they’d be interested in helping out.
The contest deadline is January 31, 2009. But don’t wait too long! You might want some extra time to promote your story and beg your friends to get on DailyChallenge.org and vote for you.
The holidays are over now, but they don’t have to be! Keep the spirit alive by sharing your feel good holiday story with the world. And hey, you might even find yourself on a sizzling hot Cancun beach ($1,800 value) for all your efforts! If you haven’t already, submit your story to The Goodest Story Ever Contest today.
But the fun doesn’t stop there. If you really want to win one of the great prizes being offered, this post is for you! Since the community decides who wins by voting for their favourite story, you can increase your odds by spreading the word to your network.
Here are 6.5 ideas for promoting your story to your peeps:
Tell everyone you know. Phone and/or email all your friends, family, co-workers, classmates and anyone else you can think of, and ask them to take 5 minutes to help send you to sunny Mexico. If they’re already registered Do Gooders, it’ll take them even less time! Mention all the prizes and how easy it is to submit a story, and you might even inspire some healthy competition. Continue Reading
We hope you all had a safe, happy and healthy holiday season; and that you rang in 2009, the year of change, with a bang! We noticed that despite the holidays, many of you continued to accept and complete challenges. Thank you for your dedication!
In addition to the challenges, we’re proud to announce that 11 Do Gooders shared their ‘Goodest’ holiday stories with the community! Some of them are funny, but most of them are really touching. Why not read them for yourself? And don’t forget to vote for your favourites!
There’s still plenty of time to enter the contest for a chance to win a flight for 2 to sizzling Cancun,aflip video HD camcorder,or a$100 Starbucks gift card! All you have to do is upload your video to YouTube and bring the link to the Contest submission page, and/or grab your digital photos, and then write your story to the best of your ability.
And to help you increase your odds at winning a prize, stay tuned for an upcoming post, “6.5 Ways to Get Yourself to Cancun”.
Imagine sharing your most memorable holiday stories, inspiring others ANDchanging the world! That is essentially the premise of our holiday contest…oh ya and did we mention you can win a flight for 2 to Sunny Cancun, Mexico!
the good
This is the season for Doing Good. You could be all humble about it and not tell a soul, but why be selfish? Share your Goodest (most memorable, heartfelt and fun) holiday stories with all of us at Daily Challenge with the hopes of inspiring others to spread the Do Gooding Love.
the stories
You’ll be out doing good anyways, why keep all those smiles and thank yous to yourself? We’re asking you to document your Do Good adventures through written words, pictures and video. Then come back to the Daily Challenge Goodest Story contest page and share your holiday story with everyone.
the stuff
We know you don’t need any more incentives to spread cheer this time of year, but we’re totally addicted to giving! So the Do Gooder with the best (a.k.a. Goodest) holiday story will win the grand prize of a flight for 2 to Sunny Cancun Mexico ($1,800 value). Check out the rest of the stuff we’re giving away!
Today I would like to address a question that was recently asked through our feedback form: “Is Daily Challenge a for profit or a not for profit company?”
Well the answer to that question is that Daily Challenge is a for profit social enterprise. Social enterprises are social mission driven organizations which trade in goods or services for a social purpose (Wikipedia).
Our goal at Daily Challenge is to build the worlds largest network of Do Gooders. Therefore, we are working hard to make the act of doing good fun and easy. The opportunity for Do Gooders on Daily Challenge is to be able to suggest challenges that they believe can greatly impact their communities, and invite their networks to join them in completing that challenge.
Who said changing the world can’t be fun!?
Please continue sending your feedback and your thoughts, Daily Challenge is a community built by you for you!
Metro ran a great article on Monday written by David Suzuki and Dr. Faisal Moola, “What would you do with $4 trillion?” with the subheading: Money handed out to failing companies could be put toward saving the planet. The article says that between the U.S. and 17 Western European countries, they’re giving $4.1 trillion to save financial institutions from the economic crisis.
Corporations are suffering but,
The effect on people in developing nations is even worse. Most of them didn’t have savings to begin with, and now the economic crisis, coupled with the effects of the climate crisis - including drought and food shortages - is causing more of our human family to suffer from extreme poverty and joblessness.
So Suzuki suggests that instead of funding companies to continue their business as usual, this money would be better spent in renewable energy sources, sustainable urban planning, and research into methods to reduce the impact of climate change. He thinks by investing into our future as a whole planet, we would in effect be stimulating the global economy.
Brilliant idea, Mr. Suzuki! This article ties into the auto industry bailout initiatives that both the Canadian and American governments are considering. In my mind, this is simply a band-aid solution. Thousands of jobs will be lost if the auto industry goes down, but is automobile production a sustainable industry? Especially considering that gas is a finite resource and automobiles are non-recyclable?
Wouldn’t corporate bailout money be better spent in creating new jobs that have a future? What about funding for the production of cars that use renewable energy, or in creating ways to reuse old automobile materials?
“Time Magazine heralds Deepak Chopra as one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century, and credits him as `the poet-prophet of alternative medicine’.” Time Magazine, June 1999.
We are completely head over heels ecstatic about this morning’s news: Deepak Chopra, best selling author and world renowned physician, has joined Daily Challenge and will be participating as a Celebrity Challenger in the near future.
In addition, we’re very excited to join forces with Dr. Chopra in helping him complete his own mission to “Inspire 100 Million people across the world to take a vow of non-violence in their thoughts, words and actions.”
Already 4777 people have taken this vow with Dr. Chopra. It all began November 7, 2008 when he took the vow personally. Since then, people continue to take this vow with him on a daily basis. Go to http://Itakethevow.com to “watch and support the dramatic effects this tidal wave of shift in consciousness is going to create.”
This is the official blog for Do Gooders. It is the vehicle for the Daily Challenge story and the tool to get you directly involved in the project so you can become part of the story, too.
The holidays are over now, but they don’t have to be! Keep the spirit alive by sharing your feel good holiday story with the world. And hey, you might even find yourself on a sizzling hot Cancun beach ($1,800 value) for all your efforts! If you haven’t already, submit your story to 
We are completely head over heels ecstatic about this morning’s news: Deepak Chopra, best selling author and world renowned physician, has joined Daily Challenge and will be participating as a Celebrity Challenger in the near future.
