http://www.netsquared.org/tags/food-security share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/grow-link <div class="field field-type-text field-field-supporting-organization"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-url"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-city"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-state-or-region"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-country"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-vision-statement"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-sustainability-model"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-potential-obstacles"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-resource-needs"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-key-milestones"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-project-summary"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/grow-link#comments Alliance/Common Cause Other aggregation distribution farms food food security institutionalize local local economies resilience rural-urban connections scalability traceability Social networking Tagging Community Improvement Environment Public &amp; Social Benefit Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:30:12 -0400 HowardSilverman 2691 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/mapping-hunger-a-targeted-approach-to-charity-volunteerism-and-political-action <div class="field field-type-image field-field-project-screenshot"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">Project Screenshot</h3> <div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.netsquared.org/sites/netsquared.org/files/imagecache/casestudy_teaserimage/sites/netsquared.org/files/casestudy/75552961_415d3224a3_m.jpg" alt="75552961_415d3224a3_m.jpg" title="75552961_415d3224a3_m.jpg" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-cs-org"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">Supporting organization</h3> <div class="field-item">New York City Coalition Against Hunger</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-cs-url"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">URL</h3> <div class="field-item">www.nyccah.org</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-location"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-affiliate-organizations"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-project-description"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">Project Description</h3> <div class="field-item"><p>This case study describes a unique mapping project now being undertaken by the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, an umbrella group for New York's more than 1,100 charitable soup kitchens and food pantries. </p> <p> Most social service agencies exist in a culture of scarcity, unable to invest resources in anything beyond coping with immediate needs. This project, the first of its kind in the nation, demonstrates a complementary use of ArcGIS, ArcWeb Services, and the Google Maps API allowing such agencies to utilize online mapping systems in order to network, recruit volunteers, and see themselves as part of a larger movement. </p> <p> Simultaneously, these maps serve as both a public disclosure of need and a gap analysis, encouraging targeted charity and volunteerism while sparking the political will to confront the size and complexity of the hunger problem. </p> <p> Currently, this project is in the beginning stages - users may look up emergency feeding programs by zipcode, or see a map of the entire city. In the near future, static GIS maps highlighting specific neighborhoods and themes will be created, and layers consisting of various food access streams (farmers' markets, CSAs, community gardens) will be incorporated into the interactive mapping system.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-points-of-interest"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> http://www.netsquared.org/mapping-hunger-a-targeted-approach-to-charity-volunteerism-and-political-action#comments community garden ESRI food access food security GIS Google hunger mapping maps poverty Alliance/common cause Fundraising Grassroots mobilization/activation Issue awareness Public outreach/publicity Volunteer recruitment Aggregation (republishing content from RSS feeds) Content management (web publishing platform) Tagging Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:19:34 -0500 jcdwyer 256 at http://www.netsquared.org