Ted Ritzer: Gaeaidealogideas for a better planet(Untitled)- December 16, 2003 Sustainble Bulding Database The SBIS system is designed to provide users with non-commercial information about sustainable building around the world, and to point or link the user to more detailed sources of information elsewhere.http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/gaeaidealog/2003/12/16.html#a3604 (Untitled)- December 16, 2003 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is building upon the unprecedented opportunities of the 21st century to improve equity in global health and learningóbecause the life and potential of a child born in one place is as valuable as that in another. The foundation was created in January 2000, through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries, and the William H....http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/gaeaidealog/2003/12/16.html#a3591 (Untitled)- December 16, 2003 The Markle Foundation: Emerging information and communication technologies possess enormous potential to improve people's lives. The Markle Foundation works to realize this potential and to accelerate the use of these technologies to address critical public needs. The foundation focuses its work in the program areas of Policy for a Networked Society and Information Technologies for Better Health. Markle's policy program seeks to advance the policy foundation that will enable the public to...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/gaeaidealog/2003/12/16.html#a3590 (Untitled)- December 16, 2003 The Benton Foundation: The mission of the Benton Foundation is to articulate a public interest vision for the digital age and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems. Our focus is on leveraging media and technology in innovative ways as a means to strengthen communities. We envision a learning society where opportunities to expand peopleís potential exists at every citizenís fingertips and where access, equity and diversity have pride of place.http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/gaeaidealog/2003/12/16.html#a3589 (Untitled)- December 16, 2003 The Grameen Technology Center is working to eliminate poverty by leveraging the power of microcredit coupled with information and communication technology. The Grameen Technology Center focuses on technology that: makes the delivery of microcredit even more efficient enhances income generating opportunities for the rural poor provides poor communities access to information for better health and education. The Grameen Technology Center is an initiative of Grameen Foundation USA, a...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/gaeaidealog/2003/12/16.html#a3588 (Untitled)- December 16, 2003 Utilizing the provisions of copyright law that permit the reproduction of publications into specialized formats for the disabled, Bookshare.org is a web-based library of scanned books, created and shared by members of the blind, visually impaired and reading disabled community. Benetech Bookshare.org is an online community that enables members of the blind, visually impaired and reading disabled community to legally share scanned books.http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/gaeaidealog/2003/12/16.html#a3587 (Untitled)- December 16, 2003 Benetech is a non-profit venture that combines the impact of technological solutions with the social entrepreneurship business model to help disadvantaged communities in our society and across the world. The Benetech Initiative and Social Entrepreneurship Technology's Impact on Social Problems Current Projects New Philanthropic Option for the Technological Community Benetech's Origins ó The Arkenstone Story The Future ó Technology Serving Humanityhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/gaeaidealog/2003/12/16.html#a3586 (Untitled)- December 16, 2003 SERIS. SERIS is an inventory of national state of the environment reports. The database contains brief publications details for recent (1997 onwards) reports for countries included in the EEA's third assessment report. SERIS contains links to the reports and to Recently approved feeds from Syndic8.comhttp://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/gaeaidealog/2003/12/16.html#a3581 (Untitled)- December 16, 2003 Source: Community Fiber: http:communityfiber.blogspot.com2003_12_14_communityfiber_archive.html107150330161262213 Monday, December 15, 2003 Utah: "Cities dream of high-speed digital link called Utopia" The Salt Lake Tribune is carrying another article on the proposed 18-city UTOPIA FTTH (fiber to the home) project.The article quotes a University of Denver academic, Ron Rizutto, who criticizes such systems on several grounds. The article, however, does not note his employment as senior fellow...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/gaeaidealog/2003/12/15.html#a3567 (Untitled)- December 14, 2003 Canít find the perfect gift for someone special this holiday Give them the gift of software freedom: Download the free GNU Knoppix and burn some yuletide cheer! The CommuniquÈ is proud to offer the English edition ISO image of Knoppix 3.3 (2003-11-19), and as an added special bonus download a ready-made CD label in PDF for the 8694 format from Avery-Print (or you can do your own) Knoppix 3.3 is a fully-functioning multimedia Debian-based GNULinux...http://blogs.salon.com/0001455/categories/gaeaidealog/2003/12/14.html#a3561 |