Hope Plus, A New Social Site For Change

PoliticsOnline is starting a social-activism Web site called Hope Plus, a virtual global community for those who want to take action and make change.

BBC News reports: "Founder Phil Noble was interviewed by UK e-democracy newsletter E-Government Bulletin about the plans for the site. 'The idea is to create a world online Peace Corps or a global eBay for caring,' Mr Noble told the newsletter. The concept was in part inspired by Mr Noble's previous work with the BBC. He was a key advisor to the now defunct BBC Action Network, a nationwide portal for community activism. 'I'd been throwing out the idea for a global network... and the consensus was - now was the time,' he told E-Government Bulletin

Noble has invited Barack Obama and Bill Gates to support the venture, which is scheduled to launch in December at the international climate conference in Copenhagen. Stay tuned for more on Hope Plus, so far it seems like a promising project especially if Noble can get those two big-names on board.