After Camp
Posted on 14. Oct, 2010 by Michael Maranda in Coalition Events, Open culture, The movement
Friends, I haven’t made a formal statement thanking everyone for their participation at Movement Camp – it was quite a ride. Many people made the event possible and I count the event both successful and a learning experience. We’re still digesting all that happened and we’re trying to figure out how to improve upon it [...]
Letter to Ian Katz, February 10, 2010: Climate action – a new beginning
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by timrayner in The movement
Scrolling through my sent mail file, I came across this email I sent to Ian Katz at the Guardian news back in February. I laughed when I read it. I had forgotten I’d written to Ian in response to his article on the utter disarray the climate movement was left in following Copenhagen (see here). [...]
Coalition Movement Camp: 10/10/10 Work Party
Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by timrayner in Coalition Events, Open culture, The movement
CALL TO PARTICIPANTS You’ve seen the film, Coalition of the Willing. On October 10, 2010, Coalition of the Willing launches the second phase of the project: the Coalition Movement Camp 10/10/10 Work Party — a flash mob development party for the climate movement. This is your opportunity to log on, converge, and swarm! The aim [...]
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. [...]
Copenhagen revisited
Posted on 17. Sep, 2010 by Kathryn_Blume in The movement
If you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren’t pessimistic, you don’t understand the data. But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren’t optimistic, you haven’t got a pulse. – Paul Hawken I have been meaning [...]
Artists and designers: consider your responsibilities
Posted on 15. Sep, 2010 by jonathon_corbiere in The movement
Three years ago, when graduating from university, I wrote a plea to designers and communicators around the world. Although that plea was kept private, its convictions have stayed in my mind throughout every venture and decision, acting as my moral code. I’ve decided to share this plea for all communicators around the world to hear, [...]
Interview with opensource.com
Posted on 09. Sep, 2010 by timrayner in Open culture, The movement
After Simon wowed the audience at the OFFF Festival in Paris in June, Joshua Gajownik and Jason Hibbets from the online magazine opensource.com got in touch to say how much they liked the project. They were keen to amplify our message, and we were super-keen to speak to their readers, so we decided that an [...]
Stewardship and open culture
Posted on 07. Sep, 2010 by Michael Maranda in Open culture, The movement
The openness meme has gained credibility and vitality in recent years, with an ever increasing range of proponents advancing the cause of open access, architecture, currencies, data, government, hardware, identity, knowledge, media, platforms, protocols, source code, spectrum, and standards. Despite the popularity of the prefix, however, the layeredness of the many open applications remains to [...]
Web 2.0 and climate change: Tim Rayner interviewed
Posted on 27. Aug, 2010 by timrayner in The movement
On April 1, 2010, Lucie Crise, a journalist for the French magazine Rue 89, wrote to me with the following questions about Coalition of the Willing. Answers were provided in writing. Francophones can read the published interview at Rue89. ————————————————————————- What do you see as the problem with the current politics of global warming? Global [...]
