links for 2011-03-08

Good has asked users to share their volunteering commitments; they aggregated and visualized them to get a picture of their efforts. I like this idea because it helps people see how their efforts are adding to the pile, and i think it should inspire some similar applications of charity/philosophy/volunteering/community mobilization/etc in social media.

Clothing manufacturers have decided to tackle the ambitious task of mapping out both their supply chains and their sustainability data through life cycle assessments.

Ethiopia has little biodiversity oases around Christian churches, which seem to provide new challenges and opportunities for conservation.