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Coalition Releases REDD Advice
Leaders from the environmental and business communities have released the most comprehensive recommendations yet on the role that forests should play in the next climate change agreement. The Forest Dialogue's Initiative on Forests and ...It’s Not about Polar Bears Anymore
Now that we’ve gotten good at explaining the problems, we need to become better at developing and clearly defining a path for real solutions. Help us change the world - DONATE NOW! (Posted by WorldChanging Team in Climate Change at ...Book: <b>Worldchanging</b>
It was the 600-page collection of stuff written at the Worldchanging.com web community. They compared it to the Whole Earth Catalog, and I think that holds water. Lots of info on green energy. Small and huge solutions. ...Headlines from <b>Worldchanging</b> Seattle (10/9/08)
Cold weather seems to have officially settled on Seattle, and there has been a lot of hot cocoa brewing on the Worldchanging office stove to combat the chill. But along with it, a few impressive deadlines are approaching: Elections both ...<b>Worldchanging</b>
We've just gotten a nice write-up in an online publication called "Worldchanging," which operates under the idea that many of the solutions to building a better future are all around us, but just need to be connected. ...Photo Essay: The 2008 World Expo (Google / <b>World Changing</b>)
Read at : Google Alert - desertification http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/008815.html Photo Essay: The 2008 World Expo WorldChanging Team October 8, 2008 3:28 PM by Justine Bayod Espoz We encourage submissions from members of ...An Inconvenient Youth
Sarah Kuck: When now high school senior Mary Doerr signed up for Al Gore's Climate Project training in 2007, she was 16, and she was surprised find...Minor Landscapes and the Geography of American Political Campaigns
If you'll excuse a quick bit of landscape-inspired political speculation, I was reminded this morning of something I read last year on Boing Boing and which has stuck with me ever since – and that's that there are more World of Warcraft ...Thank You for A Great First Five Years!
For the last five years, Worldchanging has been the leader in solutions-based journalism about sustainability and social innovation. Our approach has incorporated elements of a blog, a magazine and an online community, but one thread ...Nokia Announces Contest for Social Innovation
Having a personal computer the size of your hand is something that, in a relatively short period of time, went from being seemingly impossible to practically ubiquitous. In fact, many of us can barely imagine leaving the house without ...Profile Information
- Location (Country, State, District):
- Cleveland, OH (currently) Pittsburgh, PA area (childhood)
- About Me:
- I’m Al Gore’s age and share his activist motivation as a senior fellow. Unlike Mr. Gore’s, my ambition is focused on narrowing educational, employment, and other social divides using the tools and experience I’ve gained over a long business career in ICT consulting and software development. My immediate aim is to find and join with those whose mission is to renew efforts to bridge the “digital” divide.
OLPC: "It's an education project, not a laptop project." — Nicholas Negroponte
Worldchanging
ecogeek
The Climate Project
Roots & Shoots
ripple a Google-engined search tool that passes on 100% of ad revenue to charities actively doing good in various parts of the world
TakingITGlobal
Executive Director of TakingITGlobal, Jennifer Corriero: “I wonder…if young people were actively engaged in all aspects of society, and thought of themselves as community leaders, problem-solvers, role models, mentors, and ‘key’ stakeholders…how would the world change?”
Development Gateway Foundation
The Omidyar Network
The National Priorities Project tradeoffs in the U.S.
Have Fun * Do Good
One (videos)
TED(Technology, Entertainment, Design): Ideas worth spreading
Conference 2007, The New Yorker
2007 Celebration of Teaching and Learning held on March 23 and 24 at Pier 94 in New York City
RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce)
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child
SmartMobs
MIT's Technology Review
Real-time Web Monitor
PBS Kids: ZOOM Action Mailbag
PBS Kids: Design Squad (videos)
Edutopia
501c3cast (podcasts)
The Infinite Games
Curiosity Matters (blog of mine)
Skip Zilla's Blog
How do we get there from here?
This is my favorite Web resource for global learning: TakingITGlobal.
The Executive Director of the TakingITGlobal organization, Jennifer Corriero has said: “I wonder…if young people were actively engaged in all aspects of society, and thought of themselves as community leaders, problem-solvers, role models, mentors, and ‘key’ stakeholders…how would the world change?” Somewhat dumbfounded by the brilliance and beauty o… Continue
Posted on May 17th, 2007 at 2:36pm —
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http://randomthougts101.blogspot.com/2008/04/world-is-flat.html and http://randomthougts101.blogspot.com/2008/04/richard-florida-rise-of-creative-class.html and tied to your village story Entire village turns against supermarkets and grows its own if this happens
http://randomthougts101.blogspot.com/2008/04/coming-collapse-of-middle-class.html