Canadian Content Forums
- Discussion about issues surrounding Canadians, anywhere from politics to computing to gaming. No registration required.
- http://forums.canadiancontent.net/

Tiny Planet
- A forum for people from all over the planet to share ideas, communicate and better understand each other.
- http://www.tinyplanet.org/

Action Forum
- Discussion forums with ratings of posts from readers.
- http://www.actionforum.com/

The Big Conversation
- An independent space to exchange information and ideas through online dialogue. Focus is on common ground and solutions. Forums are on health, sustainable development, CSR, religion, education, and community.
- http://thebigconversation.org/

Society for Progressive Cognizance
- A forum for discussing social reform through diverse means, including technology, philosophy, psychology, biomedics, politicss, theoretical sciences, and methods of global communication.
- http://spc.noodge.org/

I Got Issues
- A place to post an issue or to respond to an issue someone else has posted.
- http://www.igotissues.com/

The Mote
- Self-supporting community discussing issues of politics, war, and a variety of other topics.
- http://www.themote.com/

LibertyPost
- News discussion forum open for people of all ideological pursuasions to browse and post articles and comments. Boards organized into issue categories.
- http://www.libertypost.org/

Vote on the Net
- Have your say in today's most talked about topics. If you have an opinion on anything going on in the world, here's your chance to vote.
- http://www.voteonthenet.com/

Yahoo! Group: The Intergalactic Sanctum
- Topics include love, peace, happiness. Users must register to participate.
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theintergalacticsanctum/

Yahoo! Groups: Open Words
- Focus:es on freedom of speech. Users must select a username and password to start new discussions or reply to existing ones.
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openwords/

Global Ideas Bank
- A suggestion box for socially innovative non-technological ideas and projects, with £1,000 UK sterling awards annually for the best ideas or projects submitted.
- http://www.globalideasbank.org/

Time Bomb 2000
- Contains discussions on the end of the world. Free registration required to participate.
- http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?s=e56a81167f03b171a63a741aa06d5185&forumid=9

If I am...
- Members discuss what they would do were they a doctor, a politician, a rocket scientist, and a porn star. Users must select a username and password before posting a new message.
- http://www.ifiam.com/