I have been listening. From the hum of the Farmers Market to the studio brainstorm sesh, my ears are tuned into the buzz of community. Villages are moving mountains. The power is in the people. Hope is not just a political campaign. Whatever the catalyst, the community mentality is coming back into fashion, with brilliant ideas surfacing.

Some of these ideas, while not new, bring new perspective to the sharing table. The G4C is an amazing platform that helps articulate and circulate their stories. Take a deeper dive in. What does your community do?

Flash Volunteer starts with Seattle, but has plans to grow its hyperlocal volunteer support system into a national service challenge platform.

DoTank goes guerilla style, using local intellectual capital to spur interactive inventions, each project reflecting a community need.

Global, growing and generous, Changents.com connects social and environmental change agents with fiscal outliers. In their words they connect the people that help the world to the people that help them.

D-Build is tackling the building market with their focus on un-building first. By attaching cultural rich stories to de-constructed and salvaged material, the re-building process grows community legs. Acting first as an information center, their goal is to collect and exchange materials and knowledge, to literally help re-build community.

This is the tip of the ‘berg- Only 16 days left to nominate. We are listening. Bring the stories forward.