James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
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Any contribution of $5 receives: Personalized digital Griffith Park butterfly photo
Any contribution of $10 receives: Personalized Griffith Park butterfly photo (5 X 7) 6 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $20 receives: FOUR personalized Griffith Park butterfly photos (5 X 7) 1 Fueler!
Any contribution of $30 receives: Griffith Park butterfly guide 5 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $50 receives: Framed 8 X 10 Griffith Park butterfly photo 2 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $500 receives: Ptim and the Ptarmigans will write and record a song based on the subject of your choosing
Started by Timothy Bonebrake November 1st, 2011
Ptim and the Ptarmigans perform "Urban Butterfly Blues" featuring the butterflies of Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California.
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The Urban Butterfly Blues project began in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California in Feb 2011. Butterflies are probably better indicators of environmental impacts and health than canaries are (though I've never encountered a butterfly in a coalmine). They are quite sensitive to human caused impacts like urbanization, climate change and invasive species. And these threats are all quite prevalent in Los Angeles and in Griffith Park, the largest city park in California, visited by 12 million people every year. Also, beyond their value as "ecological indicators", butterflies are awesome!
After more than a hundred survey hours and over a thousand butterflies counted approximately 40 species were confirmed still present in Griffith Park. The results thus far suggest that approximately 10 species have gone locally extinct. The goals of this project, as we enter 2012, are to determine the causes of extinction in the park and figure out how best to conserve the butterfly species that remain.
Your support of this #SciFund project will facilitate the purchase of essential materials for this project (nets, butterfly guide production, small digital cameras) that will enable student and community participation in collaboration with local schools and museums. With these essential tools we can empower citizen scientists and naturalists to take a stand and help to find a cure for the urban butterfly blues.