The meaning and implications of the semantic web have not been understood by many people outside of a very small cluster who have embraced it since World Wide Web Founder Tim Berners-Lee announced at TED in 2009 his idea that it would be useful if the internet did more than hold unrelated documents - if it instead began to hold more data, and link related data together in a logical framework. SpaceforGood takes a look at what Linked Data can do, and what nonprofits can do with it.
Liz Norton stated Stone Soup Films two years ago with two volunteers she found on Craigslist. Now, the DC-based nonprofit that matches volunteer videographers and editors with nonprofits in need has an arsenal of hundreds of volunteers and has made over 13 projects for DC-area nonprofits in need.
While there are still challenges to overcome in getting nonprofit organizations to understand the value of video as a critical communications tool in the new, more visual and immediate online fundraising environment, Norton said that her organization has had an overwhelming response from the nonprofit community and from funders who recognize the potential for video in raising awareness about issues and the organizations who are addressing them.
Uganda's 20-year battle with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). According to the Pentagon, United States Special Operations forces have been assigned to the mission to “bring the experience and technical capability to train, advise and assist partner security forces in support of programs designed to support internal security.”
According to the United Nations, the aim of World Food Day is to "heighten public awareness of the world food problem and strengthen solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty." Since malnutrition is the greatest single threat to the world's public health according to the World Health Organization, it is a very important day indeed.
What gains have been made in fight against hunger and malnutrition?
The good news is that, looking over the long-term there has been a lot of progress - the percentage of malnourished people has declined from 37% of the world's population in 1970 to 16% two years ago in 2009.
The bad news is that, in the shorter-term, there have been substantial set-backs, and the number of hungry people has increased by 80 million since 1990, despite the fact that the world already produces enough food to feed double the world's population.
