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CHANGE THE WORLD IN JUST YOUR PYJAMAS!

Under 10 minutes

All the action, all the fun – in under 10 minutes. It doesn’t get any easier than this to participate in a few meaningful moments of goodness!

Bee Spotter – Data Recording of Bees

  • Time taken:
    5 - 10 minutes to sign up and report a sighting of a bee in Illinois, US. Maybe a little longer to spot a bee in the first place!
  • Impact:
    Helps with the survival of bees, which are essential to nature
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Pyjama Rating: Day clothes and pjs!

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Garden Insect, Bird, Flower and Animal Count, Green, Home & Garden, North America, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Science & Research, Under 10 minutes, United States

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Good Return – Microloans for the Asia Pacific Area

  • Time taken:
    10 minutes to microlend money to a needy person
  • Impact:
    Helps the poor to improve their incomes and change their lives forever.
  • Cost:
    Nothing, as you'll get your money back
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Asia, Australia, Australia, By Category, By Time, Cambodia, Country, Do Good, Economic Development, Micro / Ethical Lending, Miscellaneous, Nepal, Philippines, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes

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Duolingo – Learn a Language, Translate the Web

  • Time taken:
    A few minutes to however long you want, to convert foreign language sentences
  • Impact:
    Helps the web get translated, sentence by sentence
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Be a Translator, By Time, Do Good, People, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes

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Animal League Defence Fund – Protecting Animals

  • Time taken:
    5-15 minutes to complete as many or as few petitions
  • Impact:
    Potential to benefit the welfare of so many animals
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Advocacy, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, By Category, By Time, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes

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Fix My Street – Reporting Community Problems

  • Time taken:
    A few minutes to report a problem about your local area in the UK
  • Impact:
    Helps local communities in the UK to be safer and cleaner
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or pyjamas

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Environment, Europe, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes, United Kingdom

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Water Safety Map – Mapping Water Related Incidents

  • Time taken:
    10 minutes to add a UK water related incident to the water safety map
  • Impact:
    Increases public safety awareness of dangerous water related locations, with the potential to save lives
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Donate Your Knowledge / Expertise, Europe, Human Welfare, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes, United Kingdom

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Fix My Transport – Reporting Transport Issues

  • Time taken:
    Upto 10 minutes to record an issue with the UK transport infrastructure
  • Impact:
    Helps people get common public transport problems resolved
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Country, Do Good, Europe, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes, United Kingdom

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Upworthy – Sharing meaningful media

  • Time taken:
    Approx 10 minutes to watch a video and share it
  • Impact:
    Enables people to be better informed about the society we live in today
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Do Good, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Promote Good Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes

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Planet Hunters – Discovering Planets

  • Time taken:
    5 minutes and upwards to discover planets around other stars
  • Impact:
    Contributing to the classification of stars and potentially discovering new planets, benefitting the scientific community
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Citizen Science Projects, Do Good, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Science & Research, Under 10 minutes

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The Milky Way Project – Measuring Galaxies

  • Time taken:
    Under 10 minutes to draw bubbles to identify galaxies
  • Impact:
    Mapping the Milky Way for the global scientific community
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Citizen Science Projects, Do Good, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Science & Research, Under 10 minutes

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Creating Better Futures – Supporting Orphans

  • Time taken:
    Approx 10 minutes to 'like' a Facebook account (depending on how many friends you have on facebook!)
  • Impact:
    Helps to bring hope to Zimbabwean orphans through the power of education
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Africa, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Promote Good Causes, Quickies!, Sports & Education, Under 10 minutes, Zimbabwe

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Childrens Defense Fund – Protecting Childrens Rights

  • Time taken:
    Up to 10 minutes to fill in details and / or write your story to protect children
  • Impact:
    Helps to provide a strong, effective voice for the children of America
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Advocacy, By Category, By Time, Country, Family and People, Human Welfare, North America, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes, United States

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One Kind – Raising Animal Awareness

  • Time taken:
    Upto 10 minutes to campaign on behalf of animals
  • Impact:
    Helps to improve the lives of animals
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Advocacy, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, By Category, By Time, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes

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Hair That Cares – Donate In A Snip

  • Time taken:
    A few minutes to snip your hair and a few minutes to pack it in a bag for posting.
  • Impact:
    Help American Chemotherapy Patients, Progeria and Alopecia Areata sufferers to get a quality medical wig, that will boost their self-esteem.
  • Cost:
    Postage costs to a U.S. based address
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Donate Your Hair, Health & Medicine, North America, Offline, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes, United States

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Girl2Woman – Fundraising for Reproductive Health

  • Time taken:
    A few minutes to watch some videos. A few minutes to share these videos with your friends and family
  • Impact:
    Raises funds to improve reproductive health care in developing countries
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Do Good, Human Welfare, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Promote Good Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes

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