Posted: 7.10.07
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Hydrology and the Global Water Cycle
Thisis the study of the water cycle by watershed,
catchment, drainage basin, region, or worldwide. The cycle includes
precipitation, interception, water returns to the atmosphere by
evaporation; water losses from seepage and changes in quality; water
use by vegetation; water in the soil, groundwater and resulting water
balances . . . more
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J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
They are an incubator for innovative news experiments that use new technologies to help people actively engage in critical public issues. They spotlights dynamic news experiences and helps to develop interactive
news ideas that not only educate people about public affairs but also
invite their participation . . . read more |
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Food Aid or Band-aid?
The issue of whether charitable agencies should bring food in from the
outside or buy food from farmers within the hungry country has been a
hot issue in the aid community. Food aid organizations have also taken
up the controversial practice of selling food aid alongside the more
traditional practice of giving it away.
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Posted: 7.09.07
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Microcredit
. . . is the extension of very small loans (microloans) to the
unemployed, to poor entrepreneurs and to others living in poverty who
are not bankable. "My experience working in the Grameen Bank
has given me faith; an unshakable faith in the creativity of human
beings. It leads me to believe that humans are not born to suffer the
misery of hunger and poverty. They suffer now as they did in the past
because we turn our heads away from this issue." - Muhammad Yunus . . . read more |
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Rural Development Institute RDI
This is an international nonprofit organization working to secure land rights for the world's poorest people, those 3.4 billion chiefly rural people who live on less than $2 a day. Land rights represent the single greatest asset for the world's rural
poor. For decades, RDI has used the law to bring land rights to the
poor in a peaceful, fair and democratic manner. . . . read more |
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The Relocalization Network
They support local post carbon groups as they
work to develop and implement the strategy of Relocalization in their
communities. Relocalization is a strategy to build societies based on the local
production of food, energy and goods, and the local development of
currency, governance and culture. The main goals are
to increase community energy security, to strengthen local economies,
and to dramatically improve environmental conditions and social equity . . . read more |
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Posted: 7.05.07
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Water Supply and Conservation
In 1991 the East County Water Conservation Committee determined that a
water conservation garden would be an effective method to demonstrate
landscape water savings. Its intent was to create a state-of-the-art
demonstration garden that would operate as a learning resource center
for the public. Today, the resulting Water Conservation Garden
-- with its five acres of beautiful themed gardens (such as a native
plant garden and a vegetable garden) and how-to displays (such as
mulch, fire-wise planting, and irrigation exhibits) -- serves as an
invaluable learning laboratory for water conservation . . . read more |
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Social Trade Organization STRO
They (STRO) develop innovations to strengthen
micro credit and local economies. STRO tests its innovations in pilot
projects with complementary currencies and circuits of exchange between
producers and consumers. These projects improve the access to credit
and markets, stimulate entrepreneurship and enhance the outcome of
environmental projects (e.g. biofuels) . . . read more |
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This Land: The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of America
This Land tells the untold story of development
in America—how the landscape is shaped by a furious clash of political,
economic and cultural forces. It is the story of burgeoning anti-sprawl
movement, a 1960s-style revolution of New Urbanism, smart growth, and
green building . . . read more |
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Posted: 7.04.07
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Arts Activism
This is a form of direct action to bring about change, be it
social, political, or environmental, using arts to educate, raise
awareness, and promote the aims of the activists. Arts activism can
include murals, storytelling, installation art, drama, and music to
communicate the message of the activist organization . . . read more |
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Legal Resources Centre Durban
This is an independent, client-based, non-profit public interest law clinic
which uses law as an instrument of justice. It works for the
development of a fully democratic society based on the principle of
substantive equality, by providing free legal services for the
vulnerable and marginalised, including the poor, homeless, and landless
people and communities of South Africa who suffer discrimination by
reason of race, class, gender, disability or by reason of social,
economic, and historical circumstances . . . read more |
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The Nata Village Blog
After much discussion and the frustration of donations going to large
organizations that rarely get to those that really need it, Jon
Rawlinson and Melody Jenkins decided to try and help the people of Nata
with this website. Millions of dollars are pouring into Africa but
people in remote parts of the country rarely get the benefits of this
generosity. We hope to profile the specific needs of the village and
give our visitors an opportunity to help . . . read more |
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Posted: 7.03.07
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Democracy and Civil Society
"Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name?
I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to
its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction
between people, and their beliefs - in religion, literature, colleges
and schools - democracy in all public and private life."
-Walt Whitman
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China: Minority Exclusion, Marginalization and Rising Tensions
Although the People's Republic of China (PRC) is now an active
participant in multilateral forums and processes of international human
rights law, its policies continue to undermine human rights, especially
that of vulnerable populations.
This report documents the serious impediments to the
fulfillment of China's human rights obligations, in the areas of ethnic
minority political participation, development, and preservation of
cultural identity . . . read more |
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Posted: 7.02.07
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Electric Power
Electricity is one of the defining
markers in the transition from developing to developed nations.
Electric power supply for burgeoning megacities is a central concern.
Sustainable infrastructure must choose the right components (e.g. power
plants, power grid, transmission lines, cables, etc.) in the right
configurations to prevent brownouts and blackouts and to maximize
efficiency . . . read more |
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The Suitcase Clinic
They are a student and volunteer run organization founded
by students from the UCB-UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP) and UC
Berkeley's School of Public Health out of a desire to address the unmet
needs of the city of Berkeley's homeless and low-income population.
Structured around the principles of public health, social welfare,
community activism and empathy, the Suitcase Clinic currently . . . read more |
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Global Climate Change: Federal Research on Possible Human Health Effects
Approximately $57 million dollars is invested in climate change
research and its effect on human wellbeing each year at the National
Institute of Health. Health conditions currently researched include:
skin and eye damage from increased ultraviolet radiation, effects of
damaged water infrastructure, the spread of infectious diseases . . . read more |
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Posted: 6.28.07
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Peace and Peacemaking
Peace is sometimes defined as the absence of war. More often it
is a state of society when differences are resolved without the use of
armaments and when public order is respected by the parties in
conflict. Peace does not mean that conflicts do not exist, only that
they are resolved by pacific means- arbitration, mediators, courts,
regional organizations, diplomacy or the UN . . . read more
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Grassroots Global Justice GGJ
They are an alliance of U.S.-based grassroots groups who are organizing to
build an agenda for power for working and poor people. We understand
that there are important connections between the local issues we work
on and the global context, and we see ourselves as part of an
international movement for global justice . . . read more
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Instructables
This is a web-based documentation platform where passionate
people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and
collaborate with others. We've been
looking for a long time for a convenient system for documenting our
how-to projects, and the things we make, but it simply didn't exist. We
decided we'd have to develop it ourself, and here it is . . . read more |
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Posted: 6.27.07
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Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, and Migrants
Refugees and IDPs are humans who do not choose to migrate for jobs or
family. They have been forced from their homes by civil war, governance
collapse, border conflicts, famine and other natural disasters,
restructuring of the economy, as development "oustees," and by
persecution. . . . read more |
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United States Social Forum USSF
The USSF will provide space to build relationships, learn from each
other's experiences, share our analysis of the problems our communities
face, and bring renewed insight and inspiration. It will help develop
leadership and develop consciousness, vision, and strategy needed to
realize another world.
The USSF sends a message to other people's movements around
the world that there is an active movement in the US opposing US
Policies at home and abroad.
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The Gender and Disaster Sourcebook
What is the link between gender equality
and disaster risk? What lessons have been learned in the field and through scientific study? How can this knowledge be applied in practice to reduce
risk and respond equitably to disaster events? The Gender and Disaster Sourcebook is a one-stop user-friendly electronic
guide to help answer these questions . . . more
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7.6-7.8.07
Portal: Advertising
Org: Transparency International
Resource: Worldmapper
6.26
Portal:
Local Food Systems
Org
: Montreal Urban Community Sustainment MUCSResource: Global Restoration Network
6.22 - 6.24.07
Portal: Crises and Disaster
Org: Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information
Resource: Nonviolent Communication: A Way of Life
6.20.07
Portal: Ecopsychology
Org: AIESEC International
Resource: Common Sense Forestry
6.19.07
Portal: Artiodactyls
Org: Global Environmental Institute
Resource: PVC: The Poison Plastic
6.18.07
Portal: Alternative Fuels
Org: Equitas
Resource: Global Health Atlas
6.15.07
Portal: Global Governance
Org: Imaging Famine
Resource: Small is Beautiful
