Efforts generally are independant actions intended to help minimize or partially resolve an issue or problem. These efforts are generally very minimal in comparison to large scale issues and problems.

Efforts are different than solutions in that an effort would normally only be a (usually small) part of a solution.

Many efforts are actually ineffective and sometimes counter-productive due to lacking factual information, improper in dealing or failure to deal with relevant factors, conflicting with other efforts, and general lack of guidance and proper supervision.

Currently, a major source of efforts (mostly small scale) can be found at changents.com, but other resources are being checked and will be listed here soon as well.