About 7 or 8 years ago I had an idea to do something like this. We were promoting Random Acts of Kindness and what we thought we would do is give individualized, numbered coins to every student and then have them pass it on with a random, kind act. The coin would have a website address and a number on it and each person that got it would tell what random act they received on the website, then pass the coin on.
I sat down with my tech-ed teacher to plan the making and stamping of the coins, and sat with my computer teacher and tried to hammer out the technology details, and with my principal to figure out the budget. In the end, we couldn't make it work the way it could work today without spending way too much time and money. We had a great Random Acts of Kindness program at the school that year anyway, thanks mostly to my teaching partner who coordinated it... We developed a RAKK - Random Act of Kindness Krew who were volunteer leaders that handed out RAKK coupons to people they saw doing nice things, and we had weekly draws for prizes. But my idea never saw the light of day.
Karma Seed is a very clever version of what I'd hoped for, but was totally unable to accomplish. See the story of the Karma Seed here.
Seems that for now you need to be in the US to order them. With a name like Karma Seed, there should be an altruistic destination for the money... This is what the FAQ's say on the topic:
As of now, the money from seed purchases will go towards covering the cost of the seeds, servers, our team of coding engineers and ninjas.
We are currently exploring the option of starting a charitable foundation in which we will donate 25% of annual profits from seed sales! Check back for more details!
My first instinct was that 25% isn't enough... but imagine if every company gave 25% of their profits to do good in this world!
I'm looking forward to some of the positive stories that comes from this!
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