15. Grassroots
innovation
or, how to create impact
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16. Kibera
“ Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, was a blank spot on the map
until November 2009, when young Kiberans created the
first free and open digital map of their own community
http://mapkibera.org/
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18. More than maps
“ Kibera News Network is a citizen video
journalism program started by Map Kibera
http://kiberanewsnetwork.org/
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30. Energy generation
“ What have not been so readily available are good
examples of local installations, and access to people
who will show you what works and what doesn’t.
Grassroots aims to remedy this situation by providing
details of local examples of renewable energy in action
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31. Today’s cutting-edge
technology is tomorrow’s
grassroots' plaything
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43. “Gone are the days when businesses existed to make
money and nonprofits focused only on making the world
better. Now both organisations are influencing each
others’ practices and finding ways to work together.
Katherine Pickus
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44. Philanthropy need not only be about charity,
social responsibility and doing “good”
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45. It should create change to address the
inefficiencies in the systems that shape our lives
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