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Bija's Sustainability News
Hi everyone,
Latest news headlines from around the world demonstrating the need for Project Bija in America and around the world.
United States: American Institute of Architects chose community for design sustainability project
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080324/NEWS/803240310/1033/NEWS&template=kart
Sri Lanka - Provincial leader states: "Resources must be utilised in a proper way to achieve sustainable development."
What does Bija mean?
People have asked if Bija means anything. It means seed in Sanskrit. We hope the mashup Project Bija will seed sustainable development and the name will appeal to an international audience, in particular, developing nations.
We have www.seedingsustainability.com and www.projectbija.com.
Thanks! If you have a submission, may the force be with you!
Mashin it up
Ok - spent a few hours re-establishing the website at Project Bija - it was previously set up for an initiative which we hoped would be able to launch at Live Earth. Unfortunately we couldn't convince the producers of the biggest show on Earth in time...
The site is now hosted on 2 servers, using 2 urls, sourcing creative commons photos from Flickr, stencils produced in photoshop and open source blogging and bulletin board - so its mashin up the place already - still pretty lumpy though... We will unify everything but in the meantime wanted to put the very basics in place.
Branding is a bit all over the place, with different tag lines being used variously -
Seeding Sustainability
China Digital Times
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
China Digital Times is an uncensored news portal covering China's political and social transformation. CDT uses the power of the Internet to bridge the language and cultural gap and overcome state censorship.
ArtHeart
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
ArtHeart project’s goal is to affect a positive, physical change in the Bulgarian natural environment by stimulating the creation and propagation of digital artwork in order to call attention to Bulgaria’s natural beauty, or its destruction.
Village the Game: Play the World of Social Enterprise
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
Village is an online world and strategy game designed to get people addicted to third world development. Form a team, build sustainable enterprises that eradicate poverty, and discover the power you have to transform the real world.
