This is the first of many spotlights where I will recognizing PosiPeople community members for their contributions. Today, I want to recognize the PosiPeople user named, Jay K. (His username is “webuyitgreen”.) You can view his user profile and pieces he has submitted to PosiPeople.

Not only has Jay submitted several pieces of content to the forum, but he has also made sure that each submission was of high quality. I especially enjoyed all of his posts that explain the intricacies of fair trade. (I never realized how complicated the fair trade industry is.) Read the posts submitted to PosiPeople by Jay, I promise you will become smarter by reading them.

Also, if you like what Jay has done, feel free to visit his website or drop him a line.

Disclosure: At the time of the writing of this post, I have no financial relationships with any of the individuals interviewed.

PosiPeople, a new community-driven forum that highlights positive impact on society and the environment, has launched today. PosiPeople allows anyone to submit, vote, and comment on any content on the web that is about positive impact on society and the environment. Some examples of the content that PosiPeople gathers is organic food, renewable energy, recycling, hybrid/electric cars, climate change, and green issues. Anyone can register for a free PosiPeople account today.

PosiPeople works as follows:

1. Any member of the community submits a link to content that is about positive social or environmental impact.

2. The community then votes for the content they like best.

3. Content that receives the most votes in a certain period of time is published to the main page of the site.

Additional PosiPeople features allow users to connect with other users by interacting with them through comments, viewing their profile page, sending them a message, or adding them as a friend (a.k.a. a PosiPal).

A few testimonials from PosiPeople’s private beta test are listed below.

“I read the news everyday, and the amount of depressing information I get everyday really brings down my mood. However, PosiPeople shows that our world today is not as gloomy as it seems. It helps me feel good about the world we are living in, while also providing tips on how we can help make it better. I tend to be a negative person, but PosiPeople has helped me be more uplifting, and now I can always see the good in things” says Danwen, an early PosiPeople user.

“PosiPeople is more than just good news, it is a place where I can read and learn about best-in-class solutions to some of society’s most challenging problems. Public charities spent nearly $1 trillion dollars in 2007 solving these challenges,and the mainstream media is almost completely oblivious to the enormous impact that many of these charities are having. Many of these entrepreneurs are so absorbed in their work to improve others’ lives that they don’t have time nor want to promote themselves. People who enjoy and are good at promoting these entrepreneurs now have a venue to do so, and the general public now has a one-stop location where they can get real content and commentary about sincere, smart people making real impact.” says John, another early PosiPeople user.

“I like to read about the people out there who have inspirational stories to tell and who do great things to care for the environment and others. PosiPeople gathers all of these stories and it is the one place I visit often for the upbeat kind of content that I think the internet needs more of” says Evan, another PosiPeople user.

“PosiPeople is a great online resource for anyone who wants to find out more about the things that make a positive impact in our communities” says Pauline, another PosiPeople user.

Some of the additional uses of PosiPeople are listed below.

1. Save a link to an online article that you find interesting and appropriate for PosiPeople.
2. Share content with the PosiPeople community.
3. Find new content that is about positive impact on society or the environment.
4. Vote for content you feel is about or makes a positive impact.
5. Comment about interesting submissions.
6. Connect with other people who share a similar interest.
7. Entertain yourself as you read about amazing people and organizations that impact our lives in positive ways.

Join the community and register for you own free PosiPeople account!

Hey Everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts lately. The team at PosiPeople has been really busy getting PosiPeople ready for a public beta release. If you haven’t done so already, sign up to be a beta tester and you’ll see what we mean.  The team is very proud of PosiPeople!

For those of you who don’t know what PosiPeople is, it is a community-driven forum that highlights positive impact content on the web. What this means is that you, or anyone for that matter, can submit a link to the forum to anything on the web you think makes a positive impact on society and the environment. It can be an article on a news site, a video, an image, or a link to a particular product. You decide.

The only catch is that not every submission is published to the main page of the forum. Only submissions that the community votes for make it to the main page of the forum.

And, if you don’t feel like submitting anything to the forum, you can simply vote for a submission from another member of the community! Oh, and let’s not forget that you can also comment on someone else’s submission.

We look forward to opening up the forum to you soon and making a positive impact with you! Stay tuned!

If you like the idea of highlighting positive impact on society and the environment and you want to highlight people or organizations that make a positive impact as well, be sure to sign up for the PosiPeople Beta Test.

In case you’ve forgotten, PosiPeople is a community-driven forum that gathers and highlights content, products, and services that make a positive impact on society and the environment. The site works as follows:

1. Any member of the community submits a link to content to the site.
2. The community then votes for the content they like best.
3. Content that receives the most votes in a certain period of time is promoted to the main page of the site.

I bet your wondering how you might use this site. So, I’ve listed out some of the uses after the jump.

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