One of the best things about Care2 is the breadth of causes and opportunities to take action.  The downside is it can be hard to find what you’re interested in.  But fret no more;  today we take a big step forward with the launch of our first eight “Cause Channels.”

Care about human rights?  Our new “Fight for Human Rights”  Cause channel pulls in all the human rights content from across Care2 - including the Care2 News Network (C2NN),  petitions, click-to-donate sites, volunteer opportunities, group discussions, polls and Care2 members who support the cause.  All on one page.  Nice and simple.

In addition, each Cause channel will be anchored by a blog with original stories and posts from our growing network of bloggers and nonprofit partners.   Our goal is to make it easy for you to keep up to date on the causes you care about most.

The eight main causes launched today include Animal Welfare, Global Warming, Wildlife & the Environment, Politics for Change, Health Policy, Women’s Rights, Civil Rights, and Human Rights. You can dig down deeper in each main cause to focus on your passion.  For example, from the Animal Welfare cause page you can focus on Animal Abuse, Animal Testing, Farm Animals, or Pets.

Note: If you’re posting news stories on C2NN, make sure to tag your story with a word related to the appropriate cause so it will automatically be pulled into the Cause channel.

We’ll be rolling out a series of upgrades over the next few weeks, and adding more bloggers and great new content.  Simplifying the navigation and adding more information on causes has been a long time top request of visitors to the site, so we’re thrilled to be launching this and look forward to seeing you on the Cause channels!  And of course we welcome you to read the new Cause blogs, post your comments on them, and share your thoughts.  Enjoy!