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Tole-rants Connect

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60 Seconds of Hope

 Tole-rants is an international multimedia project that harvests the communication of inspiring and creative  solutions to social problems. It empowers anyone to record and share a 60 second video of hope in the form of a constructive rant (a tole-rant) that points to a solution. Videos are shared and voted on by the public.

Location

global tolerance headquarters
Victoria Embankment HMS President 1918
London EC4Y 0HJ
United Kingdom
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Project Location: 
London

Face the Change

The goal of Face the Change is to mobilize support to tackle climate change by highlighting its social impacts. By putting a human face on global warming, we aim to elevate the current debate on science and energy policy to one that includes key human rights issues of natural disasters and forced migration. The web-based platform will primarily use video and other multimedia to document the current and future impacts and facilitate a global dialogue with the intention of shaping policy.

Twavel

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Twavel

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Twavel makes it fun for you to make green travel choices and shows how even the little differences you make soon add up to a significant benefit to our environment.  Track your travel choices and see how much C02 you can reduce!

Location

Victoria, BC
Canada
Project Locations
Project Location: 
Victoria, BC

Face the Change

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This project, Face the Change, a web-based communication platform on climate change, explores the use of cell phone messaging (voice, text and video) to engage poor and vulnerable communities in developing countries and empower them to participate in national debates and policy development.

Location

Berkeley, CA
United States
Project Locations
Project Location: 
Berkeley, CA

EduIcan Sharing Knowledge

Challenges Entered: 
EduIcan Sharing Knowledge will be social networking service where students will assist each other in their studies and do community service by using SMS service. The idea is to connect students from all course of life, different schools, communities  and also help students from public schools to learn from their peers in private schools. The education in my country has gone down and knowing that most of students have access to cellphones, it will be great that they use it for the goodness of their future.

Locations

Oshakati, ON
Namibia
Namibia
Project Locations
Project Location: 
Oshakati, ON
Impact locations: 
Namibia

climate change hyperlinked videos

Challenges Entered: 
documentaries and feature films about climate science talks (e.g., from conferences) captured on video talks by affected peoples (e.g., Arctic indigenous) about the impact of climate change on their people and cultural survival speeches about policy options white papers about policy options personal testimonials by climate scientists climate animations (e.g., showing sea level rising)

Location

San Francisco, CA
United States
Project Locations
Project Location: 
San Francisco, CA

My Green Map: Sharing your Sustainable Worldview

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My Green Map will welcome people to a fresh green perspective of cities, towns and villages. In a familiar Google Map format, it will enable people of all ages to explore or share comprehensive citywide maps; theme maps, such as cycling routes & resources or social justice sites; mapmaking workshop outcomes and eco-tourism maps. Color-coded universal Green Map Icons will connect people instantly with sustainable living, nature, culture and social sites, helping them make better choices as they shop, dine, commute, work and play. The mapmaker's site description will be openly discussed, updated and translated by the public – they can add a green rating, an image or video and a personal change testimonial that provides evidence of the site's – and the map's – real impacts on community well-being and our common future. Alongside the maps, this will inspire more personal, policy and culture change. Because My Green Map's mashups will be linked to GreenMap.org's multilingual profiles, users will be able to delve into the motivations and methodologies behind this community-media movement, exploring how grassroots, professional and youth Green Mapmakers are empowered by our adaptable full-scale Green Mapmaking resources. These public interactions will expand local project networks, too. From a social change perspective, My Green Map offers tremendous hope to people of all backgrounds and communities everywhere.

Location

New York and cities, towns and villages worldwide
United States
Project Locations
Project Location: 
New York and cities, towns and villages worldwide

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  • Raincity Studios
  • Mozilla Foundation
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  • Adobe
  • Linden Lab
  • Network For Good
  • Wild Apricot
  • Stanford Social Innovation Review
  • L'Atelier North America
  • The Panelist
  • Good
  • Fora.tv
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