7 Ways to Have Fun and Do Good

Last week I finished my month-long  Have Fun, Do Good series where 12 bloggers shared how they have fun and do good.  My main takeaway from their rainbow of stories is that there are *so* many ways to have fun and do good.   

I've narrowed it down to 7 ways to have fun and do good, that can be mixed and matched:

1. Personal choices (e.g. what you eat or buy)
2. Self-expression and art 
3. Volunteering time
4. Donating money
5. Working for a nonprofit, social enterprise, or socially responsible business
6. Creating your own nonprofit, social enterprise, or socially responsible business
7. Facilitating other people finding their have fun and do good

Even though all of the contributors have fun and do good in different ways, the theme that ran through all of their posts was Joy.  Although theory, strategy, data, or intellect may have provided the impetus, or foundation for how they have fun and do good, Joy is their fuel.

I've done a final round-up of their posts below, in case you missed any. You might also want to try my How to Find Your Have Fun, Do Good exercise to help you create a list of ways you can have fun and do good.

 With a group of mom-friends in St. Johns — my North Portland,
Oregon, neighborhood — I've been working this year on a new, all-volunteer mentoring program for local teen parents.- Amy Potthast, Idealist.org

Make it interesting. . . .Make it shareable.
-Amy Sample Ward, amysampleward.org 

I  invite people along for the ride.
-Allison Jones, allisonj.org

Yes, trying to protect the planet from plastic pollution and inspire others to cut their plastic consumption can be hard. But it’s also fun.
-Beth Terry, Fake Plastic Fish









 
The single most important way I have fun and do good is all about what I don’t do: I don’t consume animal products.
- Elisa Camahort Page, BlogHer



 



It is my absolute honor to help people find pieces of peace within, while outwardly expressing this life process though dance with our bodies.

- Heather Meyer, Work It Out!





 

I became committed to using my prints on organic cotton.
-Jennifer Moore, Monaluna Designs

 

I act like a fan . . . I consider myself a teacher . . . I strive to be a perpetual student.
-Katya Andresen, Network for Good

When I started Tranquil Space in my living room in 1999, creating a socially conscious business was always my intention.
-Kimberly Wilson, Tranquility du Jour







 

I make joy a transmittable disease.
-Leonie Allan, Goddess Guidebook

Buy art from artists. In your neighborhood...and all around the world!
-Lisa Sonora Beam, lisasonorabeam.com

One of my favorite ways to do good and have fun is to get together a group of friends to do a garden make-over for a busy young family.
-Marianne Elliott, Zen Peacekeeper

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