January 22, 2015

"Make the world suck less!"

tags:	#engagement, #environment, #teens for jeans, #thumb wars
by:	Ama Lorenz

With over 3.3 million members DoSomething is one of the largest organisations for young people and social change. They tackle campaigns that impact every cause, from poverty to violence to the environment to literally everything else. The compaign Teens for Jeans collected 4.3 million pairs of jeans since 2007 for teens experiencing homelessness. Their project Thumb Wars sent 79,898 thumb socks to friends and family to fight texting and driving and 50 Cans recycled 1,333,135 aluminum cans to keep them out of the landfill. "Any cause, anytime, anywhere!" with this theme they engage with an incredible creativity and empower young people around the world not to resign but to make a change.