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Environmental Activism and the Internet [eScholarship] - 3 views

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    The impact of the Internet and other forms of technologies can make an impact and support organizations who work on maintaing the environment.
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Social Media for Environmental Action - 3 views

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    Social media and the movement of activism towards the maintenance of the environment.
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Technology and Communication in the Environmental Movement [eScholarship] - 3 views

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    The incline of technology can help activists spread their word on environmental movements, through efficient ways to connect and communicate with others.
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Pollution and perception: Social visibility and local environmental mobilization - Spri... - 4 views

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    Awareness of environmental problems through the eyes of social visibility and political mobilizations.
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#IfTheyGunnedMeDown and What Hashtag Activism Does Right - TIME - 0 views

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    Social media protests have their limits, but one thing they're very, very good at is grassroots media criticism.
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Online causes may attract more clicks than commitments | Science News - 0 views

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    Online awareness campaigns can make people feel they've contributed to a good cause, but social scientists say the tangible benefits of such efforts may be small.
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    Online awareness campaigns can make people feel they've contributed to a good cause, but social scientists say the tangible benefits of such efforts may be small.
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Project MUSE - Let Them Eat Code - 1 views

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    A Bay Area entrepreneur named Greg Gopman took to Facebook to share his feelings about one of American society's most stubborn problems: homelessness. "There is nothing more grotesque than walking down market st.
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Calling Students to Serve the Homeless - 0 views

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    Americans' participation in community and civic activities has declined over the last several decades. This article describes a project in which social work faculty, practitioners, and students cooperated to develop and implement a local, college-based community service project to house the homeless.
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http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo49292/preservation-of-historical-cemeteries.pdf - 2 views

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    This report provides an overview of laws, regulations, and court decisions governing the preservation of historic cemeteries in Brazil, China, Egypt, England, Eritrea, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Russia, Spain, and the United States. The country surveys reveal a wide variety of legal and regulatory approaches to this issue and the involvement of an array of actors at various jurisdictional levels.
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    This report provides an overview of laws, regulations, and court decisions governing the preservation of historic cemeteries in Brazil, China, Egypt, England, Eritrea, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Russia, Spain, and the United States. The country surveys reveal a wide variety of legal and regulatory approaches to this issue and the involvement of an array of actors at various jurisdictional levels.
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Social media for social change lawyers: an Australian housing rights lawyer's experience - 1 views

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    This paper reflects on the use of Twitter and Facebook at the PILCH Homeless Persons' Legal Clinic (HPLC), and the lessons for social change lawyers. While these two forms of social media have been useful tools in the HPLC's mission to address the systemic and structural issues that impact on people experiencing homelessness in Victoria, Australia, there have been salutary lessons in their deployment, engagement and impact.
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Strategies for Preventing Homelessness - 3 views

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    This report identifies six community-wide approaches to preventing homelessness, three focused on families, two focused on people with serious mental illness, and one focused on youth.
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