. Rather
than just offer a lamp in a place with unreliable energy or offer a raw
solar cell, D.light bundles its lamps with solar panels fit for consumers’
energy requirements, which are small—often around 0.5 watts.
Contents contributed and discussions participated by Philippe Huot
Environmental Sustainability and Energy Policy | Stanford Social Innovation Review - 0 views
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Environmental sustainability is on President Obama's agenda, and in this panel discussion we hear from senior government energy and technology officials on what's up and coming in this area. Experts discuss the administration's policies, programs, and initiatives to support clean energy innovation and entrepreneurship, in particular.
Ten Cities, Ten Projects | Stanford Social Innovation Review - 0 views
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A report from the first-ever EcoDistricts Institute-how 10 cities are integrating green buildings and infrastructure with community action and civic entrepreneurship.
Food, Water, and Energy | Stanford Social Innovation Review - 0 views
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"Framing the Challenges: How Can Connection Technologies Support Sustainable Development?"
Picking Green Tech's Winners and Losers | Stanford Social Innovation Review - 0 views
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Unless clean tech follows well-established rules of innovation and commercialization, the industry's promise to provide sustainable sources of energy will fail.
INURBA - Enviu - 0 views
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INURBA has been created to facilitate the availability of housing, in the form of carefully designed communities, for the new middle class. The need for proper housing is epidemic in the world and the numbers are staggering.
The Syrian War Crowdsourcing Experiment | Fast Company - 2 views
GGIM | United Nations Initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management - 2 views
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The UN initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM)
Government Innovators Network: Expert Chats - 0 views
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Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation organizes webinars a few times per month on various governance and social innovation topics. They can be found here.
Webinars | Stanford Social Innovation Review - 0 views
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Liste des webinars organisé par le Stanford Social Innovation Review. Le webinar sur les Hybrid Business Models orgainsé en collab avec Echoing Green et la Harvard Business School était l'un d'eux.
Library of Crisis Hashtags on Twitter: 2010-present - 0 views
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Library of crisis hashtags made for the benefit of the CrisisMappers community. Initiated by Patrick Meier.
Can Live Crisis Maps Help Prevent Mass Atrocities? | iRevolution - 2 views
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From Patrick Meier's blog.
Crisis Mapping for Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Resilience | iRevolution - 2 views
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From Patrick Meier's blog.
Center for International Earth Science Information Network Map of the Month - 2 views
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Columbia's Map of the Month feature.
RESEARCH | Future of Real-Time Report - Global Pulse - 2 views
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"Prepared for the United Nations Global Pulse team, the Future of Real-Time Report identifies key trends emerging around the capture and transmission of real-time information streams." Le rapport recense les grandes tendances en traitement en temps réel de grandes quantités de données. Plusieurs projets relatifs à la géolocalisation et à la cartographie sociale et humanitaire y sont répertoriés.
polis - 0 views
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Blog intéressant portant sur le développement urbain à travers le monde.
Map Kibera - 2 views
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Mapping a Nairobi slum.
Philippe Huot