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Data Digest: African Students Using Open Data, Social Impact Bonds, Digital Smoke Signals, and the Data Dilemma

Tech Soup

This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief. There is also some interesting insight into the link between open development and social impact bonds, while the data dilemma is brought to the fore. It was originally published on NetSquared.

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Conservation Planners Use Benetech's Miradi Software to Help Save Reefs in Guam

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The free and open source software, which is a joint venture between Benetech and the Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) , guides users through a series of step-by-step interview wizards, based on the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation.

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Reflections on a Weekend with Ze Frank and His Online Community

Museum 2.0

About 700 people participated over two days, including some who had traveled to Santa Cruz from London, Indonesia, and across the US. Ze had issued an invite to tens of thousands of people online, and we had no idea how many people would attend, and who they are. It was pretty freaking amazing.

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Creating a Movement, Addressing Inequality

Achieve

She spent half of her senior year traveling the world again, backpacking through places like Indonesia, Thailand, and Southeast Asia. This model allows the individual to participate with Mallory as a partner and supporter rather than just give without knowing what happens in the end to the person who receives it. World Clothes Line.

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Big Vision Podcast: Interview with llyse Hogue Rainforest Action Network

Have Fun - Do Good

At the polling place it passed by 75%, that we're wanted to protect this watershed, which 75% in an issue-based election is a huge margin. So, if we close this mine here, how are they not going to open it over here? Got the citizens of Austin to sign their names enough times to get it on the ballot.

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