6 October 08:
Will you be in Berlin on October 16th??? If so, join project 1st Amazee-Berlin-Meetup and keep up to date as to the when and where of the meetup.

4 October 08:
Marc Schaffer would like to promote the initiative "myblueplanet" through Amazee with two projects: Blue Company Amazee and BluePowerTeam Zürich.

3 October 08:
Urs Fischli's project SEPP-SwissEducProjectPakistan was started early in Amazee's history and is a veteran group now running for 237 days. It has been viewed 666 times - that is an average of 2-3 times per day.

2 October 08:
The project Barack Obama for President has as its goal: To elect Barack Obama President of the U.S.

1 October 08:
Amazee is having a contest to give away one full conference pass valued at 1100 Euros for the Web 2.0 Expo Europe. This conference will take place October 21st through 23rd in Berlin.

30 September 08:
On the website of Net Impact it says that it "is a global network of leaders who are changing the world through business". That is something worth striving for!

29 September 08:
Do you live in Switzerland or are you planning to visit? Are you vegetarian/vegan or interested in learning more about veggie life and options there? Do you know more about cheese, chocolate and clocks than about vegetarian restaurants?

27 September 08:
The project "Armed Forces Families Unite" has as its goal: "Raise $1.000.000 dollars for military-family oriented charities". Unfortunately there is no magazine yet but we are sure they will soon start setting it up.

26 September 08:
From the magazine of Project Starfish – "Imagine a community of farmers in Ghana accessing a communal computer for the first time. The $100 laptop serves 300 people within this community". Wow! That is some image!

25 September 08:
If you have wondered how you can make a difference locally, here is a perfect example of how to do so while using Amazee's project network. The project "The kids at Dixie" has as its goal to take all the kids from the Dixie school to the movies.

24 September 08:
Amazee project "travelling school of life" has an ambitious goal: To build up an alternative education network which enables and supports global learning in a global world.

23 September 08:
WildEarth.TV (WE) has as its goal: "to promote the first TV2.0 wildlife TV channel". It broadcasts live from Djuma Game Preserve in South Africa. Every day at 6am and 4:30pm CAT they are live from a Safari – it is the next best thing to being there!

22 September 08:
Who knew the barcodes on items could mean so much? The goal of the project "Power to the People?" is to "be able to use your phonecamera to scan any barcodes on a product admitted in the EU and receive relevant information on this product".

20 September 08:
The project "Share Our Strength" has been created with the goal "To end hunger and poverty in the United States and abroad". With such a high hopes, members are really needed.

19 September 08:
The "City Guide Alliance" comprises (up to now) four projects that are all devoted to promoting single cities. They teamed up and can now share their experience and their knowledge. If you start your own city guide project don't miss to join this alliance!

18 September 08:
The discussion about the death penalty is about as old as the penalty itself. Cruel and unusual punishment, say its opponents. A potent deterrence from capital offenses, claim its defendants.

17 September 08:
Climate change is one of the big challenges humankind is facing in the 21st century. But even as we might be sliding into a global catastrophe, politicians decide to move slowly. Time to take action? Join the "Glacier 2050" project!

16 September 08:

Big things are coming your way - the teaser on the startpage has already given you a hint. Tomorrow we'll present you with a whole new Amazee!

15 September 08: Do you have more plastic shopping bags than you think you should? Would you like to help yourself and others use cloth bags rather than plastic ones? Then read on!

14 September 08: Not today and also not tomorrow. But maybe in a few months Amazee will be available in more languages than just in English and in German. That's why we're already looking for people who have skills in either Spanish or French ...

12 September 08: Indigenous people in third world countries live under constant threat from the so-called "civilised world". Western living habits are being imposed on them and western economics intrude their territories ...

11 September 08: The word Barcamp has become the synonym for casual but productive meet-ups of bloggers and other net junkies all around the world. Since we already had a couple of Barcamp projects on Amazee, now there's also an alliance for all of them ...

10 September 08: The City Guide Alliance is growing! Amazee's own Tech Wizard Markus picked up the idea of a virtual city guide for his "hometown" Constance ...

9 September 08: Here is a shout out to all you Drupal "followers". It doesn't matter if you're a geek coder or just a passionate end user of this fantastic framework: On Amazee there is the right project for you! ...

8 September 08: According to Wikipedia, "Spamming is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to indiscriminately send unsolicited bulk messages" ...

6 September 08: Project "Cool it!" has 30 members there now working towards their goal: "use a bike or public transport to go to work and make the world join in" ...

5 September 08: The jury has decided! Over the past four days, the Amazee contest jury has thought long and hard, looked thoroughly into each of the three finalists and has reached a decision. Everyone's a winner, but the money had to be distributed ...

4 September 08: Amazee member Daniela Truebner has recently moved to San Francisco and has started a project with the goal: to explore the city. So far there are six project members who have posted some links as to what there is to do there ...

3 September 08:
Project Kinobesuche has one goal: to go to the movies together. Member Benjamin Leisinger started this social project as a place where other members could be informed of movie night outs ...

2 September 08: Motivated by the project "Project City Guide", member Carmen Crenshaw-Hovey, who lives just outside of Zurich, decided to create the project "City Guide - Zurich" ...

1 September 08: The second round of the contest is finally over! Last night, at midnight CET, we refreshed the Amazee hall of fame for one last time to determine the three finalists for the Amazee contest. And here they are!

31 August 08: As promised we publish the jury for the big finale of the Amazee contest today. You can find the names of the selected jury members in the project "Amazee Contest Jury" which will also serve as a base for all further contest activity from now on.

30 August 08: There are less than two days left for the participants of the Amazee-Contest to push their projects or alliances to the limits and reach one of the top 3 ranks. Until then, great suspense is to be expected!...

29 August 08: Amazee users are an adventurous bunch so this is one for the travelers amongst us. What would you like most when visiting a new place? A guided tour? Bars loved by the locals?  Trendy places off the tourist trail? If it's all of the above keep reading...

28 August 08: It’s hardly a new thing to say that the internet has caused a phenomenal change in every aspect of our lives. While the web savvy flow along, absorbing all that the web has to offer, some can get left behind...

27 August 08: In recent years, there have been a number of projects that aim at reducing the digital divide. From One Laptop per Child to the global expansion of mobile phone internet providers, the initiatives have done a lot to reduce this gap...

26 August 08: What are the aims of design? Can design have an impact on the way we think about the world? If these questions interest you, there is a project on Amazee that is worth a look...

25 August 08: The project "indigenous people's rights" has one ambitious aim: to "raise awareness in order to defend rights and lives of indigenous peoples worldwide"...

How do you go about pursuing such a large goal?

Firstly, exposure!
The project magazine acts as a broadcasting point for crimes against indigenous people that we would otherwise be unlikely to hear about.

Secondly, you!

23 August 08: Do you go to a lot of conferences? Do you sometimes find yourself uninterested in certain streams? Wish you could change the program? You'd probably enjoy a Barcamp...

22 August 08: It's hotting up in the Amazee contest and it seems that everyone is on a mission to recruit. The contest ends on 31 August 2008, at which point the three projects in the contest that have the most members...

21 August 08: Less than two weeks remain for the Amazee contest.
One project, Power to the Amazee Users, is stepping things up a gear to recruit new members.

20 August 08: Everyday there seem to be more articles, posts and stories of how bad things are.
Well, Ilona Koglin has created a project on Amazee that aims to do something about it.

19 August 08: Climate change. Everyone is talking about it. Everyone has an impact on it. But, the question is how do we stop it?

18 August 08: There are just two weeks remaining in the final round of the Amazee contest.
For this stage, it is all down to numbers or, to be precise, members...

17 August 08: The goal of Ximena's project "Glacier2050" ist to create a forum to share and discuss news, events, ideas and solutions specific to the effect of climate change within Switzerland...

15 August 08: Why is charging customers for taking baggage a stupid business decision? How do you cope with information overload? And what makes McDonalds successful?...

14 August 08: Daniel Kruse is going on a journey, but he doesn't know the way; he doesn't know where he will stay, where he will go or how long it will take…

13 August 08: It seems like everyday news bulletins inform us of some aspect of the credit crunch. However, in all the buzz is easy to miss the fact that fluctuations effect the poorest parts of the world the most...

12 August 08: How do you describe the day of a digital native? What is the first thing 'digital' that happens in your day? Mine is a bit of old school: Bob Dylan playing out through my PC's alarm clock...

11 August 08: On Amazee, we have plenty of projects with goals, big and small, from changing the world to changing your living room and we value all of them. But this project has a pretty large goal: to create a system to restore sight to the blind…