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Created: Feb 20, 2008
Updated: Nov 05, 2009
Membership: Open
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Dropping Knowledge International
(a.k.a.: Dropping Knowledge)
( Non Governmental Organization )
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DKI launched in 2005-2006, by conducting a global question campaign
that generated over 25,000 questions. On September 9, 2006, 112
visionaries from around the world came together in Berlin, Germany to
answer the top ranked 100 questions at our Table of Free Voices event.
The 600 hours of answers to these 100 questions are now open to all on
DKI's website. Among the content generated that day are some of the
freshest perspectives on today's most pressing themes.
Under
the leadership of MIT Professor and civic engagement thought leader, Dr.
Ceasar McDowell, DKI’s media tools, social process skills, and
communication methods are being used to build a transparent, democratic
process and infrastructure that allows individual members of the public
to ask questions, share knowledge, engage in discussion, build
community, and produce ideas, actions, and solutions.
DKI is currently collaborating with the Parliament of World Religions to generate 100,000 questions for the council meeting in Melbourne this December 2009. One of the main themes for discussion at the council is "Healing the Earth with Care and Concern". Environmental change and policy are an extremely important topic for international and intercultural discussion.
Please refer to our website or facebook page for more details on how to submit your question!Comments (1 - 2 of 2)
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Flag comment for removal MichaelK about 1 year ago
I just spent some time browsing through the site and loved the quality of comments and thought-provoking questions. They're definitely the kind of everyday questions all of us would benefit from hearing and discussing. I started out with the question "What if all Chinese people want a car?"... definitely looking forward to reading more. I definitely would support all efforts for WiserEarth to connect with Dropping Knowledge.
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On September 9th, 2006. 112 visionaries gathered around the largest table ever built to answer some of the most pressing questions of our time, put forth by the global community. I was nominated and selected to sit at this table with an amazingly diverse collection of people.
We gave answers to 100 question over 9 hourse and everyones answer was recorded un-edited, copyleft, to a living library that can be veiwed on the web-site. It is an amazing collection of answers that is to inspire and engage people within the discussion. Ask yourself some of these questions, ask your friends and community and see how the mind response and where your answers take you. The DK team is hoping to continue the discussion and build community, Wiser earth and Dropping Knowledge hold similiar values and could benifit tremndously if efforts were connected. |
