U.S. Media Largely Ignores Latest Warning From Climate Scientists
In the last two years, our scientific understanding of business-as-usual projections for global warming has changed dramatically (see "M.I.T. doubles its projection of global warming by 2100 to 5.1°C"...
View ArticleLiving In The Age Of Stupid
By Sean Pool London is underwater, New Orleans won't be rebuilt a third time, the arctic is ice free, and agriculture is failing, which leads to global food riots and ultimately the collapse of...
View ArticleLiving In The Age Of Stupid
By Sean Pool London is underwater, New Orleans won't be rebuilt a third time, the arctic is ice free, and agriculture is failing, which leads to global food riots and ultimately the collapse of...
View ArticleTank Riot, Smart Cities and Long Now
As previously mentioned in my post about the LSE podcasts, I listen to a lot of online interviews, lectures and radio programs. While often I'll flit from podcaster to podcaster as I hear of shows...
View ArticleTank Riot, Smart Cities and Long Now
As previously mentioned in my post about the LSE podcasts, I listen to a lot of online interviews, lectures and radio programs. While often I'll flit from podcaster to podcaster as I hear of shows...
View ArticleThe only way a reporter ought to look at a climate skeptic is down.
Having wasted 20 years here in the U.S. on a completely non-factual "debate" about whether fossil fuels were implicated in climate change, it's a bit shocking to see this story by Azadeh Ensha, where...
View ArticleWorldchanging Media Round Up
Whether it arrived in our inbox or our mailbox, some truly amazing media has shown up recently at Worldchanging Headquarters. And it's time once again to share what we've been receiving. The tone of...
View ArticleWorldchanging Media Round Up
Whether it arrived in our inbox or our mailbox, some truly amazing media has shown up recently at Worldchanging Headquarters. And it's time once again to share what we've been receiving. The tone of...
View ArticleJournalism, Recession, and Climate Change
USA Today is reporting that CO2 emissions are falling because of the global recession. I'm sure that's true. Yet I'm worried that the media is looking for evidence that folks who are concerned about...
View ArticleWorldchanging Review: Planet Forward
Only a handful of mainstream media sources are producing quality environmental journalism these days. But the Public Broadcasting Service still is -- and is proving it with a new web and TV project...
View ArticleTED Embraces Social Translation
My friends at TED have launched an exciting new project today, the TED Open Translation Project. It's a powerful system to allow the "social translation" of their video content. This tool demonstrates...
View ArticleLocal Perspectives At Beyond Broadcast 2009
The opening panel discussion at BeyondBroadcast is titled "Local Perspectives" and it invites citizen media innovators from around the world to show off their work. Unfortunately for the schedule, the...
View ArticleChris Csikszentmihayli and a Complex Vision of Citizen Media
Chris Csikszentmihayli opens the morning’s session at MIT’s Knight News Challenge conference with an overview of his view of the world - “It’s my view from MIT - MIT wouldn’t endorse it, they’ve been...
View ArticleGwynne Dyer’s Climate Wars: Now a Radio Series
The security dimensions of climate change provide the backdrop for Dyer's Climate Wars, an unflinching look at potential geopolitical consequences of rising seas and falling water and food supplies....
View ArticleThe Research Channel: Offering In-Depth Access to Leading Institutions
Every WorldChanging reader is familiar with TEDTalks. The longer lectures at the Research Channel are an excellent complement. With over 3500 lectures from leading research institutions on everything...
View ArticleThe Uptake: Collaborative Online Citizen Journalism
Nominated by Sarah Kuck As newspaper giants continue to go under, many news readers and creators continue to speculate on what will take their place. One answer: citizen journalism. A conglomeration...
View ArticleThe Uptake: Collaborative Online Citizen Journalism
Nominated by Sarah Kuck As newspaper giants continue to go under, many news readers and creators continue to speculate on what will take their place. One answer: citizen journalism. A conglomeration...
View ArticleFilmAid: Informing and Entertaining Refugees through the Power of Film
Nominated by the Worldchanging team Nonprofit, humanitarian aid organization <a href=" http://filmaid.org/">FilmAid travels to refugee camps around the world to provide entertainment and...
View ArticleFilmAid: Informing and Entertaining Refugees through the Power of Film
Nominated by the Worldchanging team Nonprofit, humanitarian aid organization <a href=" http://filmaid.org/">FilmAid travels to refugee camps around the world to provide entertainment and...
View ArticleThe Struggle Over Local Media: An Interview With Eric Klinenberg (Part One)
By Henry Jenkins Earlier this summer, I moderated a panel on "News, Nerds and Nabes': How Will Future Generations of Americans Learn About the Local" as part of a conference which the MIT Center for...
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