Finalists 2008
Environment
Awareness raising and education about Africa and global environmental and sustainable development challenges
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Brief description
- This project organises public education and awareness raising through Internet interactive email groups, e-newsletters, e-bulletins, wiki and e-conferences and websites to disseminate and facilitate exchange of information, debates and learning about the Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs-7), the environment, natural resource management and stainable use (e.g. medicinal plants and biodiversity), sustainable development and climate change impact in Africa and globally . The project activities involves discussion, debates and exchange of ideas, experiences, news, case studies, policies and practices in relation to sustainable development in Africa and globally .This is supported by the collation, processing, storage and dissemination of new information to project beneficiaries by the project coordination. Currently about 350 African NGO members of Conserve Africa benefit from this project, and more than 12,000 subscribers participate in the project with 80 % of from Africa.
Environment Online - ENO
- Country
- Finland
- Brief description
Environment Online-ENO is a global virtual school and network for sustainable development where currently 400 schools in 104 countries study same environmental concerns together, make observations about their local environment and share the results of learning locally during the campaign weeks and globally on the website. In addition to environmental issues, this programme network and encourage schools from developing countries to participate.
Horizon Solutions Site
- Country
- United States
- Brief description
- The Horizon Solutions Site at http://www.solutions-site.org, a collaborative program developed with UNDP, UNEP, UNFPA, Unicef, the IDRC, Yale and Horizon's colleagues at Harvard, provides carefully appraised answers to problems in the interconnected areas of the environment, health, population and development, in case-studies (peer-reviewed), articles and exhibits.
KidsRgreen— Green Web-Magazine for Children
- Country
- India
- Brief description
www.kidsrgreen.org (also known as kidsRgreen, kRg)is a monthly online magazine for children developed and run by Centre for Environment Education. kRg (www.kidsrgreen.org) uses the power of World Wide Web to facilitate and support learning about the environment, and for the environment. It takes children beyond classroom and textbooks. It encourages hands-on approach of engagement.
OpenmindProjects Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, Laos
- Country
- Thailand
- Brief description
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OpenmindProjects was conceived, in 2001, from an idea to bring ICT to where it was most needed, i.e. in the rural areas outside of the main urban towns where much of NGO and volunteer organisations’ concentrate their efforts. Therefore, it was started in Nong Khai in the North East, one of the poorest regions in Thailand. It began with 3 pilot projects and has now grown to encompass around 60 educational and eco projects in 4 countries. The aim in all these projects and countries is to use the minimal resources to achieve the maximum effect and promote sustainable development. This means empowering local people with the right ICT skills to carry on the work once volunteers have moved on.
Saving the Ayuquila River; Video Documentary and E-Case Study
- Country
- Mexico
- Brief description
- The Saving the Ayuquila River video documentary and e-case study detail the struggle faced by stakeholders in the sustainable development of the Mexico’s Ayuquila River watershed over a period of thirty plus years. The website provides the opportunity for learners, educators, policy-makers and the public to explore the geography and history of this important watershed and discover the complex issues that challenge local efforts to balance economic development and environmental protection. The project’s success was supported by collaboration with various organizations, and also illustrates the way that education and effective communication can bring about on-the-ground change.
The World Meteorological Organization’s World Weather Information Service website hosted by the Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong
- Country
- China
- Brief description
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The World Weather Information Service website, available in six different language versions namely English, Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish and French, is developed and operated by the Hong Kong Observatory since 2001 for the World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations to provide a centralized source of authoritative weather observations and forecasts of over 1,200 cities in 117 countries/territories including those from the Least Developed Countries for free access of the international community for planning activities from leisure travel to disaster relief operations.
Using ICT to empower indigenous community involvement in Sustainable Forest Management
- Country
- Congo
- Brief description
- Tropical Forest Trust provide expert advice and guidance in environmentally sustainable forest management, including as a basic criteria, the protection of traditional land use and human rights of indigenous people. Our project in the Congo sees indigenous semi nomadic Pygmy communities (previously discriminated against and disadvantaged by the creation of forest concessions and conservation areas) included in forest management for the first time. This is achieved by communities using specially developed GPS mapping technology as a new medium for communicating their concerns over forest use.
WildlifeDirect.org - Using the internet to empower individuals and organizations to help save the world's wild species.
- Country
- Congo; Democratic Republic
- Brief description
WildlifeDirect provides a host of web based tools for field conservationists to directly interact with a global community of conservation conscious people, who can support initiatives where funds or actions are needed; conservationists contribute online diaries, or blogs, from the frontlines to bring raw news of day-to-day activities and raise awareness and interest, while promoting microdonations enabling swift action when required during crises in remote places, and by doing so we empower individuals and organizations to help save the worlds wild species by enabling them to network, run campaigns, participate, and contribute to specific projects and items and judge how their money works.
World Without Oil
- Country
- United States
- Brief description
- World Without Oil is a serious game for the public good. It enlists the "collective imagination" of Internet users to confront a real-world issue: the risk our oil dependency poses to the climate and our quality of life. It is the first "alternate reality game" to use immersive, collaborative storytelling to build a vivid, realistic vision of a possible future -- one in which the challenges of addressing climate change and developing alternative energy technologies are met through coordinated imagination and collective action.



