Future:Media:Change

Two “outreach bloggers” were selected via a competition process among Australian bloggers, the winners Joel Katz and Sharna Bremner will be heading out to Bangladesh to work directly with people living in the slums in Dhaka, both blogging about their personal experience as well as setting up facilities and training community members on how to use social media, audio, video and blogging to share their stories.

It’s that time of year when all us professional procrastinators scramble to make that donation we meant to give months ago — just in time to avoid the tax man (sort of). My donation will go to the brilliant volunteers and underpaid/overworked staff at Global Voices. I appeal to you to join me in giving to Global Voices.

Let’s say you agree with the conspiracy theorists and think that scientists have been making up environmental data for years to scare the public into action. We’re going to cast aside the fact that thousands of scientists agree that climate change is a man made issue and work on the premise that it could be a hoax. Even if on the small chance it’s fake, it is still more practical to do something about the environment today.

Let’s say you agree with the conspiracy theorists and think that scientists have been making up data for years just to scare the public. Even if on the small change you’re right, it’s still smarter to do something about climate change today.

Copenhagen is almost here and the news will be fast and furious. News organizations and climate campaigners have created hub sites, power rankings and Facebook fan pages to help you keep track of the UN Climate Conference mayhem.

Social Earth is running a competition to find their “official blogger for the Ashoka Tech for Society event” in Hyderabad, India, February 11-13, 2010. 7 Days Left to create your post and enter to win.

A counterproductive strategy in Congo is costing more lives than it is saving. We need bloggers to help explain this complex situation to a public that would act, if they knew what was happening.

For every rebel combatant disarmed:

• 1 Congolese civilian has been killed
• 7 women and girls raped
• 6 houses burned and destroyed
• 1,000 people forced to flee their homes.

Learn how you can help

UPDATE: Today, Mon, Nov. 8th is last chance!
Blogger? Tck Tck Tck, the Voice Project and several partners are inviting bloggers to come to Copenhagen to cover UN Climate Change Conference. Apply now to get accredited for access inside the main conference space. You will also have access to the Fresh Air Centre,” a vibrant space in central Copenhagen.