The Rhetoric Gap: Can Obama Give ‘em Hell (and High Water) Before It’s Too Late?
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments Off"We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace: business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering,” President Franklin Roosevelt told an audience in Madison Square Garden in ...
Climate Change Politics Floods Australian Parliament
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffWhen Kevin Rudd challenged then-Prime Minister John Howard for Australia's highest office in 2007, climate change was high on the national agenda. The country was suffering through a drought that some scientists said the continent had ...
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), A Champion Of The Environment And Clean Energy, Dies At Age 77
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffKennedy, the last surviving brother in a unique American political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died late Tuesday night at his summer home on Cape Cod after a 15-month battle with ...
China’s Growing Appetite for Climate Action
Thursday, August 20th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffCAP’s Julian Wong has a follow up to “China softens climate rhetoric, commits to emissions peak (again), shows flexibility on Western reductions.” In the photo, Chinese Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission ...
Get Ready To Participate: Crowdsourcing And Governance
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffBy Henry Jenkis A year or so ago, Mark Deuze (Media Work) and I edited a special issue of the journal, Convergence, which explored some of the issues around "Convergence Culture." One of the best essays we ...
Steady at the Helm to Stop Carbon Freewheeling
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments Offby Lisa Stiffler Sen. Cantwell and others try to prevent manipulation in a cap-and-trade system. A key concern raised over the creation of a carbon cap-and-trade system is that it'll be another market for unscrupulous players ...
Steady at the Helm to Stop Carbon Freewheeling
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments Offby Lisa Stiffler Sen. Cantwell and others try to prevent manipulation in a cap-and-trade system. A key concern raised over the creation of a carbon cap-and-trade system is that it'll be another market for unscrupulous players ...
VolunteerMatch: Helping Everyone Find a Place to Volunteer
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffVolunteerMatch is a leader in the nonprofit world dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders ...
VolunteerMatch: Helping Everyone Find a Place to Volunteer
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffVolunteerMatch is a leader in the nonprofit world dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders ...
Film: Democracy in Dakar
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffDemocracy in Dakar is mindblowingly good. It’s not just a portrait of a country’s vibrant music scene - it’s the complicated story of how hiphop emerged as a political force in Senegal, and how that force ...
SERVEnet: Mobilizing the Volunteer Community
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffLaunched in 1996, servenet.org is a website that mobilizes and empowers the volunteer service community to tackle some of the toughest challenges facing local communities. Since its inception, servenet.org has enabled millions of youth volunteers to ...
SERVEnet: Mobilizing the Volunteer Community
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffLaunched in 1996, servenet.org is a website that mobilizes and empowers the volunteer service community to tackle some of the toughest challenges facing local communities. Since its inception, servenet.org has enabled millions of youth volunteers to ...
Rebel, Rebel: The Protestor’s Handbook
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffRebel, Rebel: The Protestor's Handbook by Bibi Van Der Zee Environmental journalist Bibi van der Zee’s new book not only expounds on how to stage meaningful civil disobedience without being arrested, but also ...
Serviceleader.org: Virtual Volunteering
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffCyber addicts meet volunteering. Serviceleader.org opens the realm of volunteering to the couch potato. With an internet connection, you can give your time to any non-profit looking for some computer oriented help. And if you're a ...
Idealist.org: The Interactive Site for Change Makers
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffIdealist.org is a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 with offices in the United States and Argentina. Idealist is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, ...
The Open Society Institute
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffThrough local efforts to advance justice, education, public health, and independent media, the Open Society Institute focuses on improving policy in ways to help people live in fair and democratic societies. From fighting for citizen recognition ...
Film: Democracy in Dakar
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffDemocracy in Dakar is mindblowingly good. It’s not just a portrait of a country’s vibrant music scene - it’s the complicated story of how hiphop emerged as a political force in Senegal, and how that force ...
Netsquared: Connecting Nonprofits to Technology
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffNetsquared is a TechSoup project aimed at connecting nonprofit organizations with Web 2.0 technologies to “collaborate, share information and mobilize support.” Jon Lebkowsky first introduced Netsquared here on Worldchanging when the project launched in December 2005. ...
Netsquared: Connecting Nonprofits to Technology
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffNetsquared is a TechSoup project aimed at connecting nonprofit organizations with Web 2.0 technologies to “collaborate, share information and mobilize support.” Jon Lebkowsky first introduced Netsquared here on Worldchanging when the project launched in December 2005. ...
Rising Voices’ Projects Propel Citizen Media
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffRising Voices, led by David Sasaki, is an initiative that demonstrates that citizen media is possible in any corner of the globe. Through a modest amount of fiscal support and loads of technical support and advice, ...