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Plastic Pollution Coalition
Instigator. Co-founder. Executive Board member.
The Plastic Pollution Coalition, is a nonprofit organization created wih the vision of a world free of plastic pollution and of the toxic impacts of plastic on humans, the environment, wildlife and marine life. The Plastic Pollution Coalition is a coalition of individuals and institutions involved in the study and remediation of plastic pollution worldwide.
Members: Over 80 international organizations -and growing- including Algalita Marine Reseach Foundation, Environment California, Greenpeace USA, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Sea Studios Foundation, Surfrider Foundation. Full list here.
Supporters include: Rosanna Arquette, Ed Begley, Jr., Jackson Browne, Laura Dern, Danny Glover, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Bonnie Raitt, Tim Robbins, Kelly Slater. Full list here.
Advisors include: Fabien Cousteau, oceanographer; Steve Miller, Founding Project Manager, Google Oceans; Captain Charles Moore, pioneer in the study of plastic pollution, Wallace J Nichols, California Academy of Sciences; Claudia Welss, Next Now Collaboratory. Full list here.
Fiscal Sponsor: Earth Island Institute
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Midway Journey
Participant.
Five media artists, led by photographer Chris Jordan, traveled to Midway Atoll, one of the remotest islands on earth, to witness the catastrophic effect of our disposable culture on the albatross, one of the world’s most beautiful and symbolic creatures. But even more, they embarked on an introspective journey to confront a vitally relevant question: how can we move through grief, denial, despair and immobility into new territories of acceptance, possibility, and wise action?
Team Members : Chris Jordan (visual artist, expedition leader), Victoria Sloan (poet), Jan Vozenilek (filmmaker) and Bill Weaver (filmmaker).
Supporters: Compton Foudation, Watson Family Foundation, Richard Russell, Claudia Welss - NextNow Collaboratory, John Shipee and Margaret Blevins, Charlie Kouns, Travis Warren- Whipple Hill Communications, Holly Thomas -Mindzaye Studio, Plastic Pollution Coalition
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Trash Island
A Marine Collaboratory.
Founder, project coordinator.
Trash Island is a nonprofit, collaborative project to raise awareness on plastic pollution through the use of science, art, and digital technology. It incorporates interactive, educational tools, and a world-wide outreach campaign.
Under NDA. Please contact me for details.
Accomplices: NextNow Collaboratory, Plastic Pollution Coalition
Trash Island website coming soon.
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BlooSee.com
Vice President of Community and Strategy
BlooSee is a social media and ocean mapping site where sailors and other sea lovers geotag, find and share information and knowledge about the ocean.
BlooSee is a scalable platform bringing Web 2.0 to the oceans for the first time. BlooSee is deploying a pipeline of services and functionalities that range from real time vessel tracking to augmented reality navigation. Infopoints on BlooSee have unique URL's that allow anyone to share information and have conversations online about the oceans.
The ocean is the largest ecosystem on Earth, and BlooSee will also be a platform to foster environmental awareness and a sustainable enjoyment of the oceans.
Visit BlooSee
Get the iPhone App
My profile on BlooSee
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PeriodismoCiudadano.com
We the People, We the Media.
Director for the Americas.
Founded in 2005, Periodismociudadano.com is the leading news source and resource on citizen-journalism worldwide. It is published in Spanish language.
Periodismociudadano.com promotes freedom of speech, freedom of the press and an active citizen involvement in all aspects of society through the use of Web 2.0 technologies.
Accomplices: Óscar Espiritusanto, Paula Gonzalo, Jacinto Lajas.
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theChanner
The first Social TV Tuner for mobile phones.
Advisor
theChanner allows mobile users to find and watch TV channels on their mobile phones, anywhere in the world via 3G or Wi-fi. The audience can share, rate, comment and discuss mobile TV in real time, creating a community around TV content that spills over to existing social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter.
Viewers on theChanner become active participants, while independent broadcasters are able to reach a global audience. Get ready for citizen participation and mobile phones to transform television. theChanner turns "the tube" into a smart, citizen tool.
iPhone and Android applications available June, 2010.
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Avanoo
Advisor
Avanoo is a place for "slow social media". A haven of mindful interaction with an emphasis on spirituality and consciousnes. On Avanoo we don't follow or friend other users: we listen to them. Instead of groups, we have gardens. Finally a place online to breathe and to be present.
My profile on Avanoo
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Spot.us
Advisor.
Spot.us is an open source project to pioneer community funded reporting. Through Spot.Us the public can commission journalists to do investigations on important and perhaps overlooked stories. All content is created in a marketplace where independent reporters, community members and news organizations can come together and collaborate.
Spot.Us is a nonprofit project of the Center for Media Change and funded by various groups like like the Knight Foundation.
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Nuestra Voz
Founder.
Nuestra Voz is a nonprofit organization helping Spanish speakers participate actively in the online conversation, with a focus on citizen journalism and social media.
Nuestra Voz seeks to extend the benefits of online participation and self-expression to all Spanish speakers by actively engaging in advocacy, education, and awareness, reaching out to underrepresented and less-favored communities.
Accomplices: PeriodismoCiudadano.com, Kara Andrade, Yatelena López, Elia Varela and you.
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International Symposium of Citizen Journalists, Costa Rica
November 2010 (exact dates TBD.) University of Costa Rica.
Instigator, co-organizer, keynote speaker.
This symposium -and the informal gathering of bloggers that will precede it- will bring together the leading voices of Citizen Journalism in Costa Rica and Central America.
Accomplices: Universidad de Costa Rica, PeriodismoCiudadano.com.
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