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Sat 12 Jul 2008

The Rise of Non-Profits

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New Models for the Future

There seems to be a theme developing in my posts in the Misc category:

Non-profits and pro-bono work… see Nicholas Negroponte

Open source models of development… wikipedia, skype, apache, the open directory project… or open source Architecture…

Continuing on that theme is Robin Chase on Zipcar and ad hoc peer-to-peer self-configuring wireless networks. For profit companies do not want this type of network to appear. Note that it is the same type of network that Nicholas Negroponte’s laptops use in his $200 laptop for every child non-profit.

 

Thu 10 Jul 2008

An Open Source Design Model

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The Open Source Architecture Innovation

Cameron Sinclair talks about his innovation design solutions to housing problems at Cameron Sinclair on Open Source Architecture He is a co-founder of Architecture for Humanity and editor of the book “Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises.”

Here are some of the quotes from his lecture that struck me:

  • “All problems are local. All solutions are local.”
  • “This isn’t just about non-profit. What it showed me is there is a grass roots movement of socially responsible designers going on.”
  • “We have the opportunity to get involved in making change.”
  • “We have a staff of 3.”
  • “…advocacy, instigation, implementation.”
  • “Why don’t aid agencies do this?”
  • “… a conduit between the design world and the humanitarian world.”

Cameron helped to bring the world it’s first building where the design plans have a Creative Commons license.

Oh, yeah… and he lives in Bozeman, Montana…

 

Fri 27 Jun 2008

My Favorite World Changing Idea

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Nicholas Negroponte’s idea and work on one laptop per child program gives me more hope for the future than an other idea I have come across. It is literally a “game changing” idea for affecting the minds and consciousness of the planet.

Mr. Negroponte explains that “being a non-profit is absolutely fundamental” because of clarity of [moral] purpose… and access to pro bono work from the best people in the world.

Watch Nicholas on here.

My second favorite charity in the world is his OLPC give one get one charity.

Hopefully in the near future I will be able to tell you about my favorite charity in the world.