The emerging Social Enterprise and Social Innovation segment in Australia, especially utilising available technology, is creating communities of people, from various backgrounds and levels of experience to meet, collaborate & create solutions to solve some of the problems and issues that we, as a society face. On the weekend of the 5th, 6th & 7th [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Social justice'
Social Innovation Camp Video & Article Wrap
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Social Innovation
Tags: Australia·change·collaboration·community·connection·contribution·needs·programmer·Social justice·technology·Web·web development
Social Entrepreneurs & Corporate Responsibility
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Environment, Music, Social Media, Social justice, sustainability
As new found consumer engagement & corporate responsibility continues to evolve how can Social Entrepreneurs leverage this for the success of their social innovations? Late 2009, Pepsi announced that instead of their usual campaign of Superbowl advertisements they would invest the $20 Million in a community campaign. “The Pepsi Refresh Everything is giving away the $20 [...]
Tags: change·collaboration·community·connection·contribution·growth·human behaviour·Social justice·Social Media
Are Music Festivals offline versions of online Communities?
January 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Environment, Indigenous Australia, Music, Social Media, Social justice, personal development, sustainability
If Social Media is bringing like minded people together online, music festivals are bringing bodies together offline. Every year around the world, outdoor music festivals, for a variety of tastes & genres, host hundreds of thousands of people. Those attending put up with overcrowding, queues & the extremes of the elements (including mud or extreme [...]
Tags: climate change·collaboration·community·connection·contribution·festival·growth·hope·human behaviour·local·love·Social justice·Social Media
Why Cap & Trade is Flawed.
December 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Environment, sustainability
From the person who created the very interesting ‘The Story Of Stuff’ – how the current linear system of mass production is broken and not sustainable – has followed this up with ‘The Story of Cap & Trade’. It seems I’m not the only one who would like government to rethink their current approach. I [...]
Gossip or Social Philanthropic Expression?
December 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Environment, Social Media, Social justice, sustainability
Like it or not Social media is now a part of our lives. Only recently becoming easily accessible and easy to use it has now been thrust into the mainstream.
Is it really the next evolution in communication and conversation or is it simply a tool for gossip and pointless babble about what one has for dinner?
Tags: change·climate change·collaboration·communication·human behaviour·Social justice·Social Media
