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Architecture for Humanity is a registered non-profit organization founded four years ago to promote architectural and design solutions to global, social and humanitarian crises.

Website: www.architectureforhumanity.org

This independent group was formed over ten years ago by architects to bring together individuals and organisations who share an interest in excellence in healthcare facility design.

Website: www.architectsforhealth.com

AWB is a non-profit international humanitarian relief organization providing planning, engineering and architecture related support to people in need and disadvantaged populations using principles of sustainability and appropriate technologies for the advancement of peace, good will, and the building of hope and friendship through compassionate collaborative engagement.

Website: www.architectswithoutborders.com

For 20 years, Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility - has been working for disarmament, protection of the natural and built environment, and socially responsible development.

Website: www.adpsr.org

Architecture & Development (A&D) which aims for International Solidarity is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) founded in 1997 at Paris. The objective is to reinforce the competences of the architects as actors of the development process, while emphasizing their social role as citizens in helping the vulnerable and divested populations, of the North and the South socio-political regions of the world.

Website: www.archidev.org

Builders without borders is an international network of ecological builders working together for a sustainable future.

Website: www.builderswithoutborders.org

Engineers without Borders is a growing registered charity dedicated to international development.

Website: www.ewb-international.org

At the Institute without Boundaries they address the big questions surrounding design. They are working on a multi-year, discursive project on the future of design culture, entitled Massive Change.

Website: www.institutewithoutboundaries.com

The Intermediate Technology Development Group - aims to demonstrate and advocate the sustainable use of technology to reduce poverty in developing countries.

Website: www.itdg.org

It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. The UN Habitat group works toward achieving these goals

Website: www.unhabitat.org

WOT is the Dutch abbreviation of Working Group on Development Techniques. They are a non-profit organization comprising a small professional staff and volunteers from University of Twente in the Netherlands.

Website: www.wot.utwente.nl

Products and services from the growth markets in developing countries are often insufficiently suited to European needs. Dutch Design in Development (DDiD) is a matchmaking platform between professional Dutch designers and exporting companies (and design academies) in developing countries to ensure quality products.

Website: www.ddid.nl

Design for the world is a non-profit making, voluntary service and development organization. It develops strategies and policies towards concrete actions, taking an active role to meet collective social needs, particularly in exceptionally difficult social, cultural and economic situations.

Website: www.designfortheworld.org

It’s mission is to inspire social activism through design. They connect people who want to explore ways in which design can positively impact our many worlds, and who want to create change.

Website: http://www.design21sdn.com

This site is designed for Visual Communications students at the University Of Arizona Department Of Art who are examining multimedia and web development as vehicles to convey messages for the betterment of world, via political, personal expression and/or social environmental change.

Website: www.cfa.arizona.edu/change/arts.html

'Designers for Peace' is a non-profit organization developed to give designers worldwide a venue for the artistic expression of peace.

Website: www.designersforpeace.org

ThinkCycle is an academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges facing underserved communities and the environment. ThinkCycle seeks to create a culture of open source design innovation, with ongoing collaboration among individuals, communities and organizations around the world.

Website: www.thinkcycle.org

The Buckminster Fuller Institute is committed to a successful and sustainable future for 100% of humanity.

Website: www.bfi.org

Guided by the belief that creativity holds enormous power for social change, World studio Foundation works to engage the creative community in shaping a better world for tomorrow.

Website: www.worldstudioinc.com

The Power of Culture is a website about culture and development. The Power of Culture reviews art and cultural expressions in conjunction with human rights, education, the environment, emancipation and democratisation. The site offers a list of projects, initiatives and objectives of organisations active in this area.

Website: www.powerofculture.nl

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that supports human development globally by promoting volunteerism and by mobilizing volunteers.

Website: www.unv.org

Volunteer Match is dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer.

Website: www.volunteermatch.org

Global Volunteers' goal is to help establish a foundation for peace through mutual international, cross-cultural understanding.

Website: www.globalvolunteers.org

The Sustainable Village is a "social enterprise", whose members donate/invest all profits for microfinance and micro enterprise projects in developing countries.

Website: www.thesustainablevillage.com

The U.S. Green Building Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation.

Website: www.unv.org

THE CENTER FOR LAND USE INTERPRETATION Is a research organization involved in exploring, examining, and understanding land and landscape issues. The Center employs a variety of methods to pursue its mission - engaging in research, classification, extrapolation, and exhibition.

Website: http://www.clui.org