Do Good Online

It only takes a few minutes to help out your favorite cause online. At The Extraordinaries, take just a few minutes to complete a micro-task for a cause you're passionate about (for example, tag photos for a museum or help map kids' playspaces) via your mobile phone or computer. Here's to doing good while you wait in the checkout line! At Do Something, pick a cause (like animal rights, poverty, or violence and bullying), then just answer a couple easy questions (who they want to volunteer with, where, and for how long--even if it's online-only and just for a minute) and the site generates a list of ways to take action. While the site's aimed at teens, anyone can find ideas here. JustGive is a charity search engine, searching 1.5 million charities to help you find the perfect place to make your donation; you can also give charity gift cards and create a charity wedding registry. Want to take your career in a new direction? Idealist.org is Craigslist for doing good: Search for job listings at nonprofits and find internships and volunteer opportunities (and if you already work at a nonprofit, consider participating one of idealist.org's nonprofit career fairs).

When you perform searches at the Yahoo-powered EcoSearch, you help plant trees in the Amazon. replyforall creates a customized e-mail signature based on your cause of choice. When you play the word game at FreeRice, for every right answer, the site donates 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme. And finally, you may know about them already but a reminder won't hurt: Click once a day at the Breast Cancer Site, Hunger Site, Child Health Site, Literacy Site, Rainforest Site, and Animal Rescue Site. Who knew a break at work could help you do so much good?