http://ictkm.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/down-to-earth-cgmap-is-about-to-land/

If you know NetSquared...

(which I assume you do, even if only a little bit, as you're reading our blog), you know that we're big suckers for do-gooders, web mashups, and mapping (a technology that dominated last year's Mashup Challenge). It is because of our admiration for thi

"Mountaintop mining poisons water supplies, pollutes the air, destroys hundreds of miles of North America's most ancient and biologically diverse hardwood forests and permanently impoverishes local communities. For too long, this devastation has been hidden in the remote poverty-stricken communities of Appalachia. This new website finally exposes this national disgrace for every American to witness. Wherever you live, you have a connection – and a responsibility."
-- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the Official Google Blog.

ilovemountains, has a cool new mashup that even has RFK, Jr. talking about it! It's their "What's My Connection?" campaign. They have combined data so that when you punch in your zip code, you can see how you are paying for mountaintop removal.

I blogged about Milieucontact International experimenting with a mashup of google earth and wikis: Riny Heijdendael explained during a meeting what he is working on right now: One of the major problems I encountered was that more and more the network faced the problem of finding the relevant information, both on a geographic as a thematic scale.

Questions arose like these:

How do I know what other themes are being addressed in my region or
country?

Who is working on the same theme as I am?

How can i quickly connect to the part the network that can enhance my strategy for my own region or theme?

How do I present my local knowledge to a broader audience without having to set up a "website", including all the hassle?