Zero-carbon solution an opportunity for Britain

A report from the Centre for Alternative Technology on reducing dependence on fossil fuels,

Digital Democracy- The Open Rights Group

Becky Hogge at the Guardian's Comment is Free introduces the Open Rights Group

Consumers Eye Social Lending on the Web

Article by Jackie Farwell at the Associated Press on Prosper.com, the U.S. leader in a growing trend known as peer-to-peer lending.The idea behind the sites is that borrowers can find better rates than traditional banks offer, while lenders can earn higher returns than from a savings account or other investment.

Sights and Sounds

Inside the Nigerian school pioneering the '$100 laptop'

Open IT has arrived: US presidential candidates campaigning for it

Honeybees Might Prompt Faster Internet Server Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology is working on the theory that honeybees can give us hints about how to improve the speed and efficiency of Internet servers. Honeybees somehow manage to efficiently collect a lot of nectar with limited resources and no central command. Such swarm intelligence of these amazingly organized bees can also be used to improve the efficiency of Internet servers faced with similar challenges."

The Cooperative Advantage of Doing Business

Senior executives from cooperatives across Asia and the Pacific rim will be joining New Zealand cooperative executives at the Intercontinental Hotel in Wellington from 27-29 November for a symposium on “The Cooperative Advantage of Doing Business”.
Organised by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), sponsored by the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) and hosted by the New Zealand Cooperatives Association (NZCA), the object of the symposium is to share the business experience of successful cooperatives so as to enhance the competitiveness of cooperative enterprises in a globalized market.
Read the rest at scoop.co.nz

A virtual climate change conference on Second Life draws attention to the effect on small islands.

Second Life: What's There Is Potential

A couple of reports on the virtual reality system Second Life & its potential applications

The Future of Distributed Power Generation: New technologies, changing economics and the impact of fuel cells

An introduction to distributed generation for hydrogen fuel cells. Jeremy Rifkin in his book 'The Hydrogen Economy' examines the role of Distributed Generation Associations [DGAs] . Unlike major power companies DGAs are locally based & under direct control of the communities involved. With the decline of carbon & the emergence of new & renewable energies DGAs may well play a significant role in future energy production & distribution.

The Hybrid Car: Great Advantages, Great To Use

Green Computing

An article from the Future of Things on how computers are being adapted to run on renewable energy.

Citizen journos turning inwards

A report from Australia's 'The Age' on the rise of participatory media

On the fringes of green technology

A gallery of photos showcasing inventions on the fringes of green technology which one day may become the mainstream.

Fuelmyblog

New blogging community- addyour blog, add widgets & vote in polls

Barcamp Leeds This Saturday [17th November]

BarCamp Leeds is the city's first 'unconference', a event where the folks that attend create the programme of sessions themselves. BarCamps are open, participatory, democratic, 'workshop' events, with sessions on social media, blogging, 3D printing, Augmented Reality interfaces, mobile technology trends, Drupal, games design, co-creation, PR in the digital age, an SEO clinic as well as talks from the founders of BT Bizbox, Plusnet and eDocr.

Getting more from Moore's Law

A series of articles from the BBC on the future of computing including advances in quantum & nano- technology focusing on the work of Gordon Moore.

Democracy the Web 2.0 way

Mitchell Bingemann of CRN Australia on how Web 2.0 may change the face of politics.

Creative Business in the Digital Era

Suw Charman introduces a new research project from the Open Rights Group examining the use of open intellectual property by artists & businesses.

Funds freed up for UK innovation

Red Hat,Sun deal reflects power shift driven by open source

An article from ZDNet on the changing relationship between corporate organizations, in this case Sun MicroSystems & the open source movement. Once seen as rivals, many software companies are now adopting open source practices.

More On the $100 laptop- BBC Report

What's to fear in superhumanism?- Johann Hari

An interesting take on the biotech debate from the 'Independent's Johann Hari

Uruguay buys first '$100 laptops'

A report from the BBC about the launch of the $100 laptop initiative. The governmetn of Uruguay has bought 100,000 of these & hopes to have a further 300,000 by 2009.

Detroit Youth Organize: ‘We Will Be the Change’

Another aspect of the course involves an examination of the justice system in the 21st century & in particular the use of non- state bodies in solving disputes. The following article highlights some of the ways young people in Detroit are doing just this.

From wheat to web: Children of the revolution

Article in Nature Magazine about the latest project of M.S Swaminathan, who transformed methods of Indian agriculture in the 1960s. Now the driving force behind a plan to bring access to information to rural India , in the form of internet kiosks which are to be situated in up to 600,000 villages.

The Semantic Web Goes Mainstream

Technology aids microcredit loans- Rachel Kaufman in the Washington Times

Another article on microcredit explaining how modern methods of communication, such as the internet and mobile phones are being used to expand the availability of such schemes to those who may not have had access to them previously.

Technology, finance combine to fuel Asian green energy hopes