Orion Grassroots Network - the ecology of change
"The Orion Grassroots Network provides services and support to 1193 grassroots organizations engaged in ecological, social, and cultural change."
NetNow Linkblog: What we're reading today at NRDC
Recent Links Tagged "advocacy"
Social networking | Collaboration by many means
Lots of food for thought about how nonprofits can (and must) integrate network-centered approaches to advocacy, fundraising, member rolls, etc., on this site built for a 10/06 meeting in London.
Music For America | Music and Other Social Causes
Youth activism site doing some good things -- t-shirt design contest, big roster of bloggers, schwag, a "street team" section, more. Built on CivicSpace. Not always a worked-through user experience, but I like that they're willing to take flyers.
JumpstartFord.com: The Freedom from Oil Photo Contest
Using Flickr to do a user-generated and -rated photo contest, presented within the JumpStartFord campaign's look and feel.
Find and Tag All Ideas | SinceSlicedBread.com
Social networking site from a union (SEIU) presented today at Personal Democracy Conference. Impressive participation numbers -- 280K members, 40K ideas submitted, similar # for votes, comments, etc. And this great feature -- "help us tag the content."
CivicActions
An Internet strategy/technology consulting firm with its heart in all the right places -- helping mission-driven organizations be effective, building on open-source technology, etc. Good blog, good source of del.icio.us links and events.
Public Knowledge - Home
"Public Knowledge is a Washington DC based advocacy group working to defend your rights in the emerging digital culture."
Global Warming: The Topic du Jour - Newsweek Society - MSNBC.com
Newsweek's take on global warming's arrival as a true hot button issue, with an Ad Council campaign and a lot of Hollywood star power shining light on it. Several other features, including multimedia, packaged with this article.
The Fresno Bee | Rescuing the San Joaquin
An extensive report on the effort to restore California's barely breathing San Joaquin River -- at this point, the best resource on the web about the San Joaquin.
Enviros need to get social, says activist-turned-sociologist Marshall Ganz | By Gregory Dicum | Grist Magazine | Main Dish | 02 Dec 2005
"As voluntary associations fade from our cultural landscape, political participation is threatened, especially on the left, says sociologist Marshall Ganz." Really interesting Grist interview about how to grow (or re-grow) a true movement.
8by1: Wishlist for Your World
8by1 helps you evangelize your wishes for the world, and connects you with similar-minded people who also want these wishes to come true.
