(Lil) Green Patch Facebook app has now donated $33,600 to The Nature Conservancy
file under: Facebook/Apps and Games for Good
Doesn't cost you a thing...but by choosing and participating in some of the more socially conscious apps your Facebook click-energy can actually help in a big way. 'Lil Green Patch' is the current star in this new and needed arena of Facebook Apps.
"The ('Lil'Green Patch) application is one of the top ten most installed applications on Facebook. According to Developer Analytics it has 5,217,180 installations with 521,718 or 10% active users. But what makes it stand out from other popular applications - such as Friends for Sale - is that it combines group dynamics with social activism. And it goes beyond just putting a cute little green vegetable plant on your profile -- the applications is making (sizable) donations to green causes...."
read more on Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
To date, Lil Green Patch has been able to donate $33,600 to the Nature Conservancy Cause from the accumulated clicks of Facebook members.
Can you envision new and similarly engaging games/Apps for your favorite nonprofit or cause?
What type of App would you imagine for Doctors without Borders?
Facebookers could send/adopt/care for animals for Farm Sanctuary or the World Wildlife Fund,
virtually-collaborate in teams for building houses for Habitat for Humanity....
what else?
the arena is so fertile for development, I can't wait to see what grows next
others to watch:
H2Opia for WaterAid
iRipple
Endangered Hugs
do you know of others? please post links in comments, thanks!
Doesn't cost you a thing...but by choosing and participating in some of the more socially conscious apps your Facebook click-energy can actually help in a big way. 'Lil Green Patch' is the current star in this new and needed arena of Facebook Apps.
"The ('Lil'Green Patch) application is one of the top ten most installed applications on Facebook. According to Developer Analytics it has 5,217,180 installations with 521,718 or 10% active users. But what makes it stand out from other popular applications - such as Friends for Sale - is that it combines group dynamics with social activism. And it goes beyond just putting a cute little green vegetable plant on your profile -- the applications is making (sizable) donations to green causes...."
read more on Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
To date, Lil Green Patch has been able to donate $33,600 to the Nature Conservancy Cause from the accumulated clicks of Facebook members.
Can you envision new and similarly engaging games/Apps for your favorite nonprofit or cause?
What type of App would you imagine for Doctors without Borders?
Facebookers could send/adopt/care for animals for Farm Sanctuary or the World Wildlife Fund,
virtually-collaborate in teams for building houses for Habitat for Humanity....
what else?
the arena is so fertile for development, I can't wait to see what grows next
others to watch:
H2Opia for WaterAid
iRipple
Endangered Hugs
do you know of others? please post links in comments, thanks!