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Arts & Culture

Art is culturally powerful. It fosters innovation that guides our culture and exposes the beauty and creativity within people. It may motivate political, spiritual or philosophical ideas. Without the organisations below promoting such concepts, it’s influence in certain parts of the world may wane.

Logos Dictionary – Contributing to an Online Library

  • Time taken:
    5 minutes to contribute a word to an online dictionary
  • Impact:
    Preserves the meaning of words
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Do Good, Donate Your Knowledge / Expertise, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 5 minutes

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Mutopia Project – Music for the Public Domain

  • Time taken:
    Multiple chunks of 30 minutes to transfer public domain music into eMusic
  • Impact:
    Enables future generations to enjoy music in the public domain
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Do Good, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Multiple 30 minute sessions, Popular Causes, Quickies!

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Describe Me – Add Alt-Text to Photos to Assist the Blind

  • Time taken:
    5 minutes to add alt-text to photos
  • Impact:
    Enables Museum Victoria's Collection Online images to be more useable and accessible to people who are blind or have low vision
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% pyjama rating

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, Australia, Australia, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Miscellaneous, Photos, Clipart and Videos, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 5 minutes

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Verbling – Help People Learn a New Language

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to participate in a language learning chat session
  • Impact:
    Helps people to learn a new language and prevent misunderstandings
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or pyjamas (but be careful with the pjs - it's a video environment you're participating in)

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, Be a Translator, By Category, By Time, Do Good, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes

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Citizendium – Collaborative Writing

  • Time taken:
    Multiple sessions of 30 minutes to create an article
  • Impact:
    Provides free access to human knowledge on so many different topics
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Do Good, Donate Your Knowledge / Expertise, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes

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People’s Collection Wales – Recording Welsh Heritage

  • Time taken:
    Upto 20 minutes,dependant on what type of item you're contributing to the Collection
  • Impact:
    Helps to strengthen the Welsh heritage and collate material for researchers
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Europe, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Share an Experience / Story, Under 20 minutes, United Kingdom

Find out more about   People’s Collection Wales – Recording Welsh Heritage

The Toy Story – Spreading Handmade Toys

  • Time taken:
    Multiple sessions of 30 minutes to craft a handmade toy for a child to unexpectantly discover it
  • Impact:
    Spreads a bit of kindness
  • Cost:
    Crafting materials
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Crafts, Do Good, Miscellaneous Craftwork, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes

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History Pin – Community Photo Collection

  • Time taken:
    10 - 15 minutes to add a photo or an image to a world map
  • Impact:
    Adds to the rich tapestry of world history and brings people, communities and generations together
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Do Good, Miscellaneous, Photos, Clipart and Videos, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 20 minutes

Find out more about   History Pin – Community Photo Collection

The Universal Digital Library

  • Time taken:
    Multiple sessions of 30 minutes to scan a book
  • Impact:
    Potential to facilitate research, information retrieval and intelligent indexing
  • Cost:
    Nothing if scanning. Postage costs if posting a book to a U.S. based address
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, Book Scanning, By Category, By Time, Do Good, Popular Causes, Quickies!, The Written Word, Under 30 minutes

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U.S. National Archives – Photo Tagging

  • Time taken:
    10 minutes to tag a photo deemed to be of American national interest
  • Impact:
    Assists in the collection of data for researchers and citizens alike concerning American society
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Time, Do Good, Donate Your Knowledge / Expertise, Miscellaneous, North America, Photos, Clipart and Videos, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes, United States

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The Million Child Mosaic – Earth Awareness

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes for a child to create a picture that will become part of a huge mosaic
  • Impact:
    Spreads awareness of the world we live and allows kids to express themselves to others about environmental global issues
  • Cost:
    Postage costs to a U.S. based address
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Family Projects, Green, Home & Garden, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes

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Americans for the Arts

  • Time taken:
    2 minutes to take action and sign a petition
  • Impact:
    Builds individual awareness and appreciation of the value of the arts and arts education.
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone!

Categories: Actions, Advocacy, Arts & Culture, By Category, Country, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, North America, Popular Causes, United States

Find out more about   Americans for the Arts

Hieronymus – Proofreading Slovakian Literary Works

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes initially because of the steep learning curve. Therafter approximately 15 minutes-ish per page to be proofread
  • Impact:
    Preserves Slovakian literary history for future generations to enjoy
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Europe, Popular Causes, Proofread a Page, Quickies!, Slovakia, The Written Word, Under 20 minutes

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Project Madurai – Proofreading Tamil Literary Works

  • Time taken:
    There's a steep learning curve initially, but thereafter approximately 15 minutes per page to be proofread
  • Impact:
    Preserves Tamil literary works for others to enjoy in the future
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, Asia, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, India, Popular Causes, Proofread a Page, Quickies!, The Written Word, Under 20 minutes

Find out more about   Project Madurai – Proofreading Tamil Literary Works

Distributed Proofreaders of Canada

  • Time taken:
    There's a steep learning curve initially, but thereafter approximately 15 minutes per page to be proofread
  • Impact:
    Preserves Canadian literary works so that people in the future can enjoy
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Canada, Country, Do Good, North America, Popular Causes, Proofread a Page, Quickies!, The Written Word, Under 20 minutes

Find out more about   Distributed Proofreaders of Canada