Project Survival Media (PSM)

...a collaborative global youth journalism network is using video, photography, and blogs to report from the front lines of the climate crisis. In the lead-up to the United Nations (UN) Climate conference taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December, PSM has assembled and launched 7 global media teams to broadcast the message: "Survival is Not Negotiable"...

Unite for Climate

...through networking opportunities and social tools offered on the Unite for Climate site, young citizens worldwide can connect, share knowledge, learn, and engage in the issue of climate change. Amongst other partners, YouTube and FlipCam have been supporting youth climate debates that will take place in Republic of Korea...

Phones Deliver Doctor's Orders in Africa with FrontlineSMS

...FrontlineSMS:Medic uses one-to-one and group text messaging to deliver health care in disparate and remote parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Begun as a mobile health solutions start-up company in the "independent, grassroots, free and open-source tech movement to create change", this company has a pilot programme in Malawi using donated mobile phones, a computer, and a modem...

Videoconferencing and Low-cost Wireless Networks Improve Vision in Rural India

..."The Aravind Eye Care System reaches remote villages through 50 rural vision centers....After seeing the assistant, patients undergo a five-minute video consultation with an ophthalmologist at an urban Aravind hospital via web camera and special videoconferencing software. The ophthalmologist can diagnose and give treatment advice in real-time, thereby reducing travel costs and time for patients"...