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Twitter Storm Brewing to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Dear friends, A confession: I like to tweet. When I come across something particularly sweet or peculiarly depressing, I feel better once I’ve shared it on Twitter. Twitter was designed as an outlet for individuals, but we think it can also work for social movements. And so, today, we ... keep reading

Written by Bill McGibben- 350.org in June 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Emissions, Finance & Money, Social Media

Twitter Storm Brewing over Rio+20

Campaigning organizations from around the world will join forces on June 18 for a 24-hour ‘Twitter storm’ in which tens of thousands of messages will be posted on the social networking site demanding that world leaders use Rio+20 to agree to end fossil fuel subsidies. The 24 hour clock ... keep reading

Written by 350.org in June 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Social Media, Sustainability (1 comment)

Google Reins in Spending on Renewable Energy Technology

Back in July Larry Page became Google's new chief executive and immediately began a campaign to reign in Google's projects and focus their resources. This was due to the stiff competition they were facing in mobile computing and social networking from Apple and Facebook, and also investor sentiment ... keep reading

Written by James Burgess in November 2011, about Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Industry & Business, Infrastructure, Science, Social Media, Solar, Sustainability, Technology (2 comments)

Bloggers to the Rescue of Japanese Tourism ?

Japan Tourism Agency is considering giving away 10,000 free roundtrip airplanetickets to Japan in a campaign to attract tourists. Since March, the number of visitors to Japan has dropped drastically due to the natural disasters as well as the strong Japanese currency. Japan Tourism Agency is proposing a plan ... keep reading

Written by Alice Chan/PSFK in October 2011, about Aviation, Earthquake, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Innovation, Social Media, Travel

AUT's Venture Winners

What started out as an inspirational idea at a student party, this week became the winning entry of the 2011 AUT Venture Fund. After four months of submitting business plans, developing concepts and presenting ideas, the finalists of this year’s AUT Venture Fund gathered to hear their fate at ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in October 2011, about awards, Corporate Social Responsibility, Education, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Innovation, Social Media

University First to Use Groupon to Attract New Students

National Louis University in Chicago became the first university in the U.S. to offer a Groupon daily deal in an effort to encourage new students to sign up for one of its courses. The private university offered a discount to its graduate-level introduction course to teaching. The Introduction to ... keep reading

Written by Yi Chen in September 2011, about Advertising, Branding, Children and Families, Education, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Social Media

Architecture for Humanity in Christchurch

Architecture for Humanity co-founder , Cameron Sinclair spoke in Christchurch last week .He is currently teaching at Auckland University for the semester and the nice people at Auckland Uni let him come down here to look at the earthquake damaged city and speak to anyone who wanted to listen .He had ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in August 2011, about Architecture, Children and Families, Christchurch, Design, Education, Green Spaces, Infrastructure, Poverty & Development, Social Media, Sustainability

Why crowdsourcing and social media impact your CSR

Companies trying to get the word out about their corporate social responsibility credentials shouldn't underestimate the value of crowdsourcing and social media. That seems to be the advice from recent research released by Weber Shandwick’s social impact specialty group. The research, conducted by KRC Research for the public ... keep reading

Written by Celsias Team in May 2011, about Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Media

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