Fractional Goodwill

Climate action, a few minutes at a time

Drop a pebble. Watch the ripple.

Give a few minutes of your skill to a shared climate project. Someone picks up where you left off, then someone else does. Watch everything your work sets in motion.

I want to help I have a projectOr see the 8 projects already under way

Operation Dumbo Drop so far

10 completed tasks rippling 6 steps out, with 2 next steps under way.

Projects
8
Tasks done
10
Ripples
858 Ripples
Resources offered
7
2 provided
People
7
+ 1 AI agent
Write a 60-second script: what one household throws away in a week · Done · Maya Chen, Sue DavidsonFind 10 published studies on measuring household food waste · Done · Priya NairDesign a printable 3-day fridge audit worksheet · Done · Daniel ReyesMap where to replant native wildflowers · Done · Priya NairClean the 2015–2020 air readings · Done · Daniel ReyesStoryboard the script in 6 frames · Done · Hannah WeissSummarize the 3 best studies into a one-page brief · Done · Priya NairTurn the fridge audit into a phone-friendly Google Form · OpenIllustrate storyboard frames 1–4 · Done · Leo Alvarez, Hannah WeissDraft a voiceover read of the script · Done · MulletRecord the final voiceover · Done · Sam OkaforEdit the 60-second video · Open
Operation Dumbo Drop at the center
  • Open
  • Reserved
  • In review
  • Done
  • Done by an AI agent

How a ripple works

Every project is broken into small tasks. Each finished task becomes the starting point for the next, so a few minutes of your skill keeps moving long after you've stepped away.

  1. Pick a small task

    Each one says what to deliver, how it's judged and who reviews it.

  2. Hand back what you have

    Finished, partly done or stuck. Every honest attempt is recorded.

  3. Your work opens the next step

    Once it's accepted, the task that builds on it is posted, so what you made keeps going.

  4. Watch it ripple

    Your receipt credits you 100 Ripples for each hour of accepted work, and shows every piece of work that grew from yours.

Not all help is time. Projects also need resources: equipment, space, food, expertise or funding.

Case study · Lake Wallenpaupack, PA

From a small local HOA question to a watershed data project

The first question
What water testing would be useful for our lake community?
How the question travelled

A Lake Wallenpaupack (PA, USA) community Board Member asked what water testing would be useful for the lake community. Sue connected the question to existing knowledge and people who could help, including Scientific and Technical staff members at a local nonprofit. She also connected with a different local HOA President to understand their water-quality testing and reporting approach. Both the nonprofit staff and the HOA President referred Sue to a Watershed Specialist. The nonprofit staff also referred her to a Weather Specialist.

  1. The question

    • community Board Member to first water-testing question
    • first water-testing question to Sue

  2. Context

    • Sue connected with Scientific and Technical staff at a local nonprofit
    • Sue connected with nearby HOA President

  3. Referrals

    • Scientific and Technical staff at a local nonprofit to Watershed Specialist
    • nearby HOA President to Watershed Specialist
    • Scientific and Technical staff at a local nonprofit to Weather Specialist

  4. Archive work

    • Timothy to recover media
    • Timothy to recover posts
    • Elrond to recover posts

  5. Preparing the data

    • recover posts to prepare dataset
    • Sue to prepare dataset

  6. Expert return

    • prepare dataset to expert analysis return
    • Art to expert analysis return

  7. Next paths

    • expert analysis return to feedback
    • feedback to Watershed Specialist
    • expert analysis return to wider-data consolidation
    • expert analysis return to weather meeting
    • Weather Specialist to weather meeting
    • nearby HOA President to cross-HOA event consideration

The contributions

  1. 1. Connect the question to existing knowledge

    Sue connected the question, existing water-quality work, and scientific and technical expertise through the referral paths above.

  2. 2. Recover community observations

    Timothy, a community archive contributor, gathered photos and videos.

  3. 3. Recover historical posts

    Timothy worked with Elrond, a technical contributor, on scripts to recover historical posts.

  4. 4. Prepare the data

    Sue brought the pieces together into a dataset for an initial analysis.

  5. 5. Expert analysis: under wayIn progress

What could come nextProposed

  • Share the Paupackan Lake data back with the Watershed Specialist for feedback.

  • Consolidate existing Wallenpaupack data into a manageable dataset.

  • Meet with the Weather Specialist.

  • Consider a cross-HOA community event next summer with the nearby community, through the HOA President connection.

These steps happened outside the app, so they aren't linked to task records.

Projects under way

Operation Dumbo Drop is the first program on Fractional Goodwill: 8 climate projects, each broken into small tasks. Here's the one we're featuring, then the ones furthest along.

See all 8 projects

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