215 posts tagged Grass roots

Earthlink says it’s closing the Philadelphia Wi-Fi Network on June 12. According to their press release: EarthLink today notified its Wi-Fi customers in Philadelphia that EarthLink is terminating its Philadelphia Wi-Fi service and that EarthLink is providing its customers a thirty-day transition period through June 12, 2008.

Indigenous People’s Issues Today runs a series of “Five Key Indigenous Peoples Issues” that in the latest edition features a story from Ecuador… New Ecuador Constitution Addresses Demand for ‘Plurinational’ State Ecuador’s new constitution, which a constituent assembly expects to finish drafting

Turnoffs for Social Net Users May 12th, 2008   A recent poll by an online marketing consultancy, Prospectiv, based in Woburn, Mass., showed that 62 percent of the nearly 800 online social network users said they preferred ads from their favorite brands; 87 percent of those online users said that few or no ads matched their interests or preferences.

From the BBC’s website this morning: I was beginning to think Twitter - the micro-blogging service that’s all the rage amongst the technorati - was just another fad for people who want to share too much of their rather dull lives. Until this morning.

Dear dr. De Giorgio, Staggering new estimates suggest that 100,000 people may have died in Burma’s terrible cyclone. Incredibly, the corrupt and brutal Burmese government has stopped most international aid at the borders and is impeding the relief effort.

”Hispanics cultivate the most extensive personal and professional networks both online and offline among those studied, attesting to the potential effectiveness of grass-roots and viral campaigns,” reported Theresa Rice, director, U.S. Hispanic for Burson-Marsteller, a global public relations and communications firm.

Nearly two weeks ago I hopped on a plane to San Francisco(again) and translated a presentation based on my “Make Like a Tree” articles into binary code, so the computer programmers would understand it. Maker Faire is much more than your average craft show.

UPCOMING ACTIONS AND EVENTS: 1) CLIMATE CAMP NATIONAL GATHERING - LONDON, 10-11.5.08Greenpeace HQ, Canonbury Villas, London, N1 2PN. 10am-6pm.This summer the Camp for Climate Action will pitch its tents outsideKingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent for a week of education,sustainable living and direct action.

Future Trends for Education in America According to some futurists, our youth will be unprepared in science and math to compete successfully in the global economy by 2010 unless drastic changes to public education are undertaken now. In some communities, grass roots programs are taking place to assist with education.

The forward intelligence team where out in force filming and photographic people attending this meeting to plan the camp for climate action which this year will focus on biofuels and, at kingsnorth, coal power. The video starts with me arriving at camp and wondering where the police are.