Sheepless.org
Sheepless.org is a community-supported magazine site, provoking, celebrating, and providing critical exposure for a new breed of entrepreneurs forging vocations that serve the common good, whether environmental, social, educational, cultural, or community-driven.
About You
Section 1: About You
First Name
Scott
Last Name
Ballum
Website
Organization
Sheepless.org
Country
United States
Section 2: About Your Organization
Organization Name
Sheepless.org
Organization Website
Organization Phone
917-287-4795
Organization Address
33 Flatbush Ave, 5th Fl, Brooklyn, NY
Organization Country
United States
Your idea
Name Your Project
Sheepless.org
What is your idea? What makes it innovative? Why is it important?
Sheepless.org is a community-supported magazine site, provoking, celebrating, and providing critical exposure for a new breed of entrepreneurs forging vocations that serve the common good, whether environmental, social, educational, cultural, or community-driven.
Will you launch your idea as a business or non-profit?
Business
Country your work focuses on
United States
What will be the impact of your idea?
Pioneering activists and entrepreneurs are proving we can replace profit-driven corporate models with startups founded on convictions, without ignoring a very real bottom line. Self-sustaining businesses that create secure employment while having a positive social impact, and a small environmental one, are being encouraged and offered to young people or those seeking new opportunities as viable and celebrated career possibilities.
Sheepless.org fills a unique void in the social entrepreneurship conversation by supporting community entrepreneurs, and providing a safe space for them to air their fears and challenges, and learn from one-another. Our readership consists of successful, established companies, start-ups dealing directly with environmental and social issues, and individuals who work for or with these small businesses, as well as aspiring entrepreneurs and those that are inspired by their work.
Who will help you develop your idea? Why are you the one to make this happen?
Sheepless.org’s contributors are entrepreneurs and sustainable business advocates. We work for small community-focused businesses, have founded etsy stores, and are working artists. Some of us are writing for the first time, while others are seasoned freelance journalists. Professional photographers and award-winning illustrators, a certified public accountant, and a marketing outreach coordinator for a green tech business have all contributed to Sheepless.org.
The project was founded by Scott Ballum, also the founder the graphic design studio Sheepless Co.
Previously, Scott created ConsumeRevolution, a self-published magazine exposing a growing complacency with globalization and consumerism and offering viable alternatives to a “mass-produced” lifestyle—which later prompted the ConsumeReconnection Project, an online journal about his efforts to meet the laborers and craftsmen who made everything he bought for an entire year, with a focus on traceability, buying local, and conscious consumption. These endeavors have been featured in GOOD Magazine, Adbusters, Resurgence (UK), Step Inside Design, and NPR.
How much will it cost to launch your idea? (This can be an estimate)
In order to maintain and expand the current quality of writing, artwork, and interactivity, introduce a new series of video profiles, grow our skillshare section into an invaluable resource for small businesses, and expand our outreach, we estimate our forthcoming financial needs at a modest $5,000 per month.
We are currently seeking additional partnerships and sponsorships to reach this goal. A ChangeMakers grant of $25,000 will allow us to give the project momentum and attract future partnerships.
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