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Economic growth
Data Commons Project
Challenges Entered:
Building a collaborative directory of the rooted economy
Our goal is to develop a democratically controlled, accurate, comprehensive, publicly searchable and updatable database of cooperative economic initiatives in North America. Rather than building just another website, we're experimenting with doing so in a (de-geekified) version of how programmers develop the open-source Linux code.
A vibrant movement for a cooperative and democratic economy is growing in North America. Offering innovative and effective alternatives to the “business as usual” of the distant, unaccountable corporations that dominate our economic, social and political landscape, cooperative enterprises and the organizations that support them are building an economy that truly works for people and the planet. But these efforts are often fragmented by geography, sector, and even organizational form. To succeed in changing the economic status quo, people need to find each other, help each other, work together, and be counted.
Location
Data Commons Cooperative Project
Shelburne, MA
United States
See map: Google Maps
Mother Jones Human Rights Citizen Investigation: Indonesia Biofuels
Challenges Entered:
A recent Mother Jones investigation into how international biofuel companies are burning rainforests and encroaching on local peoples' rights in Indonesia has reinforced the need for a mobile tech project to connect our investigative reporters--and rights groups and the world at large--to those individuals most directly affected on the ground in real time by a particular story after it goes to press.
Locations
San Francisco, CA
United States
See map: Google Maps
Indonesia
Armenian Monuments Awareness Project: Preservation through Audio Tours using Mobile Networks
Challenges Entered:
The AMAP Audio Tour Pilot Project will create audio tours for select sites in Armenia. The audio tours will promote the development of local capacity in the preservation of monuments, give access to impaired visitors and develop local capacity.
Locations
Yerevan, YER
Armenia
Armenia
ROBO Calls for Health - a developing country proposal
Challenges Entered:
Application of mobile phone for improved health care in developing countries.
The Earth Intelligence Network's "Mobile Intelligence for Mobile Democracy" Initiative
Challenges Entered:
"Public Intelligence in the Public Interest" to support better decision-making via SMS communications.
Location
NYC, NY
United States
See map: Google Maps
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