Indian NGO Fifth Pillar have come up with a new weapon in the fight against corruption – a zero rupee note that can be handed to those demanding a bribe. Genius idea. (NB the organisation’s website is temporarily suspended, perhaps because of all the traffic this idea is generating. But you can search to find lots of inspiring stories about the note.)
Overview of 37 innovation principles and inspiring examples for a better world. Made by Marc Heleven from New shoes today, a ídea factory based in Belgium.
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This PSA is from iWatch, the citizen surveillance program from the Los Angeles Police Department. As said in the PSA it is a kind of neighbourhood watch for the whole city. “It is a community awareness program created to educate the public about behaviors and activities that may have a connection to terrorism.”
A neighbourhood watch program can be very useful but I agree with Jim Harper’s comment on opposingviews.com:
Asking amateurs for tips about terrorism will have many wasteful and harmful results, like racial and ethnic discrimination, angry neighbors turning each other in, and—given the rarity of terrorism—lots and lots of folks just plain getting it wrong. People with expertise—even in very limited domains—can discover suspicious circumstances in their worlds almost automatically when they find things “hinky.”
Although the iWatch program is about behaviors and activities, not individuals, it will not work that way.
Great use of media at YouTube from the London Metropolitan Police. You choose the ending: “Take the knife” or “Don’t take the knife”.
When writing this post 199.000 choose for option one and 191.000 choose option two. For what it’s worth, I think most people choose both.
But there are more choices to make. Try it for yourself.
These storytelling video’s are part of a campaign partly aimed to promote a new website: droptheweapons.org. The website from the Metropolitan Police is made to show how real people can turn away from violent crime.
“Know when to say no. Picking up a gun or a knife always makes a situation worse never better.”
The California Department of Public Health in partnership with the California Immunization Coalition, have recently unveiled a website campaign dedicated to being informed about immunization. Staying protected from diseases such as Hepatitis A/B, Chickenpox, and Tetanus is made possible through the use of vaccines – this is what the Why I Choose campaign hopes to make known to the general public.
There is a wealth of information on vaccine safety and more diseases that are preventable through immunization. The great part about the site is that it’s based on real stories and real people in the community – reflecting the need to address genuine concerns that everyday people may have.
Stories from real situations can be powerful tools in improving public health and I think the Why I Choose campaign is onto something.
They have also made it a point to integrate certain social aspects such as Twitter and a photo contest.
This is a guest post by the always enthusiastic Andre Blackman, founder of Pulse + Signal, the blog highlighting new ideas and innovation in Public Health.
I’m a big fan of the ongoing sequence from Sukle Advertising for Denver Water. Simple and effective message, humorous but not silly. Use only what you need.
Grass is dumb, you have to feel guilty watering the lawn 2 minutes less.
And what would a Denver Water summer be without old reliable—the coolest FREE yard sign ever. Let the whole city know that your house is conservation central.
The Ask Yourself campaign from Dropping Knowledge is a series of over 100 digital postcards which promote dialogue on social themes of global significance. Answers can be added as comments by clicking on the postcards and each card can be shared through dragging and dropping into emails. Registered users are encouraged to pose questions as well. See more below.
Q&A at its best: participatory, provocative and pertinent.
Nice catch from Pulse and Signal’s Andre Blackman about the One Small Change campaign from the Salt Lake Valley Health Department in Utah (USA).
The One Small Change campaign focuses on the simple things you can do to improve your health. Through the use of stickers and other community efforts, they encourage Salt Lake County residents to incorporate one small change into their lifestyle this year.
The “center” of the campaign is the YouTube video, created 100% in-house with a budget of $0.00. They shot the video using a tiny Flip camera and edited it using iMovie.
Human trafficking – it is the new slave trade, an action many of us thought be extinct after the US Civil War. But it is worse than ever, not least because many of the victims hand themselves over to get out of economic and political peril. They want to…
I recently had the privilege of being invited to speak and participate in the 2012 Design Ethos Conference/Do-ference at Savannah College of Art and Design. The creator of the conference, Scott Boylston, is a longtime friend in the relatively small socially conscious design community and I was delighted that…
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