Earth Hour began in Sydney, Australia in 2007, as a campaign by WWF Australia, advertising agency Leo Burnett, and Fairfax Media (one of Australia’s largest media companies). More than two million Sydney residents participated in the first ever Earth Hour, resulting in a reduction of 24.86 tonnes of carbon dioxide—the equivalent of taking 48,613 cars off the road for an hour. Although the WWF is quick to state its purpose is not to be an energy or carbon reduction exer

Font Aid’s “Coming Together” was one of the first design-led direct responses to the Haiti earthquake that I noticed. Infographics, interactive features and well-designed websites surfaced soon after. And just in case I had any leftover doubt in our community, I quickly came across two design-based poster projects hoping to help in Haiti: The Poster Cause Project and The Haiti Poster Project. Designers can submit poster designs to The Haiti Poster Project (deadline May 1, 2010)