If you don't already read the WorldChanging blog, start now.  It's an awesome, solutions-based journalism nonprofit that writes about, "tools, models and ideas for building a bright green future." They also have a book out, WorldChanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century, a 537 page tome that is divided by topic: stuff, shelter, cities, community, business, politics and planet.

I've read up to page 360 (whew), and so far it is my favorite book of the year.  It's the kind of book that makes your brain and heart go "ah" because the ideas are so incredible AND do-good, and I'm not saying that just because I write for a WorldChanging Local Blog.

For those of you who followed Beth Kanter's fundraising campaign for the Sharing Foundation using ChipIn, you saw how it can be a powerful tool for nonprofits. ChipIn will even be adding features in January specially designed for nonprofits (full disclosure, I am on their nonprofit advisory board).  They have been nominated for a Widget of the Year award on Mashable, but the competition is stiff, and they'll need lots of votes to win.

If you'd like to help ChipIn out, click here, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and in the comments box type: "vote: chipin."  Correction: Voting for the Social Networking Awards has ended.  Here are the winners.