The Otesha Handbook
Posted on 23. May, 2011 by Jörn Hendrik in Campaigns we support
It’s been a while since I came along this wonderful Project, but I’m still thrilled about it and very happy that Liz responded so quickly to my Mails. So, the following blogpost is a guest posting by Liz McDowell from the Otesha Project UK. I learned about the project through my Facebook stream and immediately [...]
Introducing GreenTribe – an environmental action hub
Posted on 24. Feb, 2011 by timrayner in Campaigns we support, Open culture, The movement
This is an interview between Tim Rayner and Gabe Stern of GreenTribe. Q. What is GreenTribe? What are you trying to do? How did it get started? The Green Tribe is a place for people to find practical environmental information – how to recycle a computer, what is the most water-efficient shower head, who are [...]
Coalition of the Willing contributors – we salute you!
Posted on 02. Feb, 2011 by timrayner in Campaigns we support, Coalition Events, Open culture, The movement
I can’t believe that only seven months have passed since Coalition of the Willing was released. A lot has happened since then. The Guardian got things off to a flying start by posting the film on their environment page. Since then, Coalition of the Willing has won the Grand Jury Award at the Hampton International [...]
What I learned at Movement Camp
Posted on 17. Oct, 2010 by timrayner in Campaigns we support, Coalition Events, Open culture, The movement
Take a Drupal back-end enabling user-generated video uploads. Add two video portals, side by side, linked from Justin.tv, and configured so that participants can go live at the push of a button. Add an entry portal to Freenode Internet Relay Chat, so that everyone involved can exchange ideas in real time, bouncing off and interjecting [...]
It’s the internet, stupid!
Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by jamie_henn in Campaigns we support, The movement
Everyone loves a good debate. What follows is Jamie Henn’s response to an article by UK environmentalist George Monbiot in the Guardian news. George laments that the international political will to combat climate change is rapidly evaporating. Jamie argues that the internet is catalyzing a global grassroots movement that is transforming the nature of the [...]
Gaia – an open source community celebrating nature
Posted on 19. Sep, 2010 by Marius Bauer in Campaigns we support, Open culture, The movement
It all started in 2007, with five people discussing how we could support our environment in an online forum. My four friends and I talked about how we could raise awareness of the beauty of nature and the problems our planet is facing. We decided to do what we love to do: create digital art. [...]
Open source activism: 350.org
Posted on 12. Sep, 2010 by Phil_Aroneanu in Campaigns we support, Open culture
Over at 350.org, we’ve been watching as Coalition of the Willing has rocketed from a small, creative project to a worldwide sensation, and we couldn’t be happier. Here’s why: the climate movement we help coordinate functions in much the same way as the open-source world that Coalition’s creators describe. Last year, our small crew of [...]
