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document Distributed Knowledge, Open InnovationThis is going to be able to populate a database of every tree in the United States. Those millions and millions and millions of trees, so that would be really neat.It's also the first real...
document Crowd Creativity
Official agencies simply don’t have the resources necessary to care for the parks’ trees in the midst of this environmental emergency. Explains Erma Tranter, president of Friends of the Parks,...
document Crowd Creativity
If there was ever any doubt that art could incite advocacy for causes outside of artistic pursuits, Houston Center for Photography's "SPIN8: Put a Tree On It" crowdsourcing party...
article CrowdfundingReforest Patagonia campaign incorporates social media, GPS technology, and the power of crowdfunding to compel people to get involved with the reforestation effort. The first level of participation...
article CrowdfundingCorporate competitive crowdfunding is the hot new buzzword helping to define one aspect of corporate giving, a charitable category that has been on the rise. In fact, according to a 2011 report by...
article ToolsThe AshTag app follows in the footsteps of similar citizen-science crowdsourcing apps for wildlife, such as Pooter! for mapping the distribution of bees, and an imminent app for discovering whether...
document Distributed Knowledge
Created by designer Chacha Sikes and programmer Anselm Hook during the Creative Currency hackathon in San Francisco recently, the game places local residents into three teams based on city – San...
document CrowdfundingThe funds will be used to create a stunning solar tree, designed by sculptor, John Packer, with solar panels for leaves. The tree will be created to raise awareness of the need to make renewable...
document Distributed Knowledge
Chicago, like the rest of the country, is in the grips of record heat and drought.
The situation is so bad that the Chicago Park District and Friends of the Parks is crowdsourcing watering...
article Crowdfunding
The electree+ began life as a concept by French designer Vivien Muller, which he originally unveiled in 2008. Then, three years later, Muller tried to bring the device to market with the help of...
article Distributed KnowledgeThe Play2Plant program uses crowdsourcing, where a task or problem is outsourced to the public to achieve a goal, to contribute to solving environmental issues like deforestation. By planting trees...
document Distributed KnowledgeThe Play2Plant program uses crowdsourcing, where a task or problem is outsourced to the public to achieve a goal, to contribute to solving environmental issues like deforestation. By planting trees...
document Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation
PhillyTreeMap is a web mapping application that solicits citizen input, similar to the successful OpenStreetMap. Robert Cheetham started the project two years ago when he won a government grant...
document Distributed KnowledgePeople will use Google when they want to find solutions to problems. People use social media to chat and socialize. When you combine those two functions, you get "crowdsourcing."...
document CrowdfundingChipkos’ tree planting program is made possible with the oldest national nonprofit conservation organization in the country, American Forests. Since 1990, American Forests’ Global ReLeaf program...
video CrowdfundingChipkos introduces the Tree of Life Pendant, an iconic jewelry piece for both men and women. In celebration of our planet, the design of this pendant takes inspiration from the lungs of our earth...
document Crowdfunding
Players need not have played Fallen London to enjoy The Silver Tree but they’ll likely have a better grasp at the system underlying the game if they’ve played any other titles from Failbetter....
article Distributed Knowledge, ToolsThe Play2Plant campaign uses crowdsourcing, where a task or problem is outsourced to the public to achieve a goal, to contribute to solving environmental issues like deforestation. By planting...
video CrowdfundingIn an effort to highlight Zambia's deforestation and the stories of people on the ground working on solutions, Makhulu aims to raise USD20 000 via crowdfunding on Indiegogo in order to make...
article Distributed Knowledge, ToolsNeighborhood Fruit offers a phone app with the crowd-sourced locations of fruit trees around the city. People are encouraged to harvest fruit from public trees; owners of trees on private land can...