Recent Posts Tagged With ngos

• Guide to Online Advocacy

  Posted on Friday February 13th, 2009 at 04:16 am in books web Tech activism tools

  Here’s more goodness from Tactical Tech Collective: a Guide to Online Advocacy.You probably know what this is about and most likely you’re already aware of some of the tools/tips presented on the Guide, however there are many more informa...

• Tactical Tech Has Been Busy

  Posted on Monday November 10th, 2008 at 10:14 am in Tech events activism tools mobiles

  Busy indeed. The friends at Tactical Tech have just released new toolkits and are preparing for their Info-Activism Camp in Bangalore. It’s really cool stuff, and it’s enough to go through the specs to notice that these tools will be usef...

• FairSay: *the* eCampaigning resource

  Posted on Thursday September 18th, 2008 at 05:13 pm in web activism resources advocacy ngos

  Friend and eCampaigning Jedi Master Duane Raymond launched FairSay 2.0 (sorry for the title, it just came out of my mind…). For those who don’t know what FairSay and Duane do, and are too lazy to go through the “What We Do” ...

• Wikia Green

  Posted on Tuesday September 9th, 2008 at 04:22 am in environment green wikipedia ngos

  Jimmy “Jimbo” Wales launched a new section of Wikia called “Green Wiki“. The goal is to provide a one-stop shop for environmental information where content is edited by its user base.  Needless to say, this is a daunting tas...

• TacticalTech Info-Activism Camp. February 2009

  Posted on Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 at 05:08 am in india communication activism mobiles advocacy

  Here’s another great initiative planned by the friends at Tactical Tech: the first Info-Activism Camp, to take place on February 2009 in India. What is their take on Info-Activism? In a nutshell is their approach to utilising information and c...

• Kiwanja.net Sets Up Competition to Offer Prizes and SMS Platform to Grassroots NGOs

  Posted on Tuesday September 18th, 2007 at 02:39 am in communication activism mobiles sms competition

  Ken Banks launched on Monday his latest project: nGOmobile. A competition which encourages grassroots NGOs in developing countries to submit ideas on ways they could use text messaging in their work. The best four entries will win laptop computers,...

• Wiser Earth

  Posted on Monday August 27th, 2007 at 11:00 am in Networking activism climate ngos

  Years ago I had the opportunity to collaborate on a project to develop a network of concerned organisations and individuals working on Climate Change. It was a very ambitious project, especially since this was an initiative of one organisation and NG...

• Camp Okutta

  Posted on Wednesday August 22nd, 2007 at 06:18 am in activism poverty campaigns nonviolence weapons

  Camp Okutta is one of those places where I’d like to send my kids for summer. Where else you can teach them how to use an AK-47? A perfect weapon for kids, lightweight and very easy to assemble. It’s definitely a multi-cultural enviro...

• Bare on the Glacier

  Posted on Saturday August 18th, 2007 at 06:12 pm in activism climate Greenpeace ngos climatechange

  As I’ve previously announced, the great visual artist Spencer Tunick and Greenpeace gathered 600 people on the Aletsch glacier in Switzerland and created a stunning “living sculpture”. Tunick himself put it very well: “I want...

• Mobile Oceans Campaign

  Posted on Friday July 27th, 2007 at 09:03 am in communication activism campaigns wwf Greenpeace

  Your favorite restaurant has a new menu, the “Fish” section has become bigger, a lot of choice but also a lot of new fish there. You know, of course, that many seafood species are very vulnerable and hesitate in making your order. Sure, y...

• Greenpeace Wants You to Get Naked!!!

  Posted on Wednesday July 18th, 2007 at 04:32 pm in activism climate Greenpeace ngos climatechange

  When I’ve read the story, I thought: “Well, well.. maybe PETA’s tactics are going mainstream after all”. But this isn’t the case, because although it’s true that Greenpeace Switzerland is looking for volunteers to...

• In 1998 Apple Was Green!

  Posted on Monday June 4th, 2007 at 01:00 am in activism ngos greenmyapple

  Well, sort of… This video (dated 1998) shows a concept product from Apple called the Knowledge Navigator, a futuristic device where a “digital assistant” reads your e-mail, alert you of appointments, etc. We all know what's been ha...

• Dating Animals

  Posted on Wednesday May 23rd, 2007 at 07:39 am in activism campaigns forest ngos net2

  Creativity: that's what NGOs will need to interact successfully with the Internet community in the future. As we all know, there's an ongoing proliferation of online social networks, forums, virtual spaces and organisations [and corporate], are looki...

• Greenpeace Cyberactivism Goes Global

  Posted on Wednesday April 25th, 2007 at 06:13 pm in activism ocean ngos

  Greenpeace's always been at the forefront of cyberactivism. I've seen great ideas coming out from there and I see with pleasure that their “Get Involved” section presents always new ways people can do to support their activities. Their la...

• Polluted Apple

  Posted on Wednesday April 18th, 2007 at 03:40 am in companies activism climate pr ngos

  Once again, here I am sponsoring the cool “Green My Apple” campaign from Greenpeace. However, this time is to let you know that Apple just got fined for air quality violation in Sacramento. The fine is just $43,200 and there's no mention...

• Flash Mobbers Show NGOs How To Engage The Public

  Posted on Friday April 6th, 2007 at 09:51 am in Networking activism ngos

  Activist/advocacy groups pride themselves on their ability to build constituencies, networks in order to: a) Get financial support. b) Let them take action on an issue. Most of the organisations are very good in fund raising, building up huge numbers...