The Great Turtle Race is a fabulous site highlighting conservation efforts with Leatherback Turtles in the Pacific. I love the way that what could be a dry boring site about marine animals is turned into an exciting race (well, hopefully Read more…
As we all know, there are a slew of elections this May: Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, all Local Authorities in Scotland and some in England. As the internet continues to take over the world, there’s more and more of an Read more…
Sam Smith of Disruptive Proactivity, mySociety and other projects has launched a new site this week that provides a comparison of what the UN, the WhiteHouse and No. 10 say on any particular subject. A fine example of how official Read more…
MAPLight.org illuminates the connection between money and politics. We shine a light on campaign contributions and show their related legislative outcomes, which leads to a more informed public and election reform. This site uses a rich (please excuse the pun) Read more…
After all the US presidential hopefuls getting into YouTube and MySpace recently, the Labour Party couldn’t be far behind. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Labour Party Channel! There are several clips there from a month ago, but a Read more…
A few days ago I told you about US presidential hopefuls going on MySpace. Now it turns out that John McCain should have paid a bit more attention to good online manners. Whoever set up his MySpace page nicked Mike Read more…
It was great! During the day there were stalls, lovely food and lots of performances, including African and Cuban dancing, performance poetry and storytelling and our Weakest Think. The African dancers made Shane get up and dance with them, which Read more…
There already has been much said about the news that MPs have awarded themselves £10,000 to spend improving the public understanding of parliament. MySociety have added to the noise with a very sound request for MPs to sign a pledge Read more…
Trinity Arts Centre, Bristol12.30-5pmSat 31st March We will be putting on a show at The Scarman Trust South West’s ‘Increase the Peace’ gala day and benefit gig (go here and you can download the flyer from top right – I Read more…
Following on from a previous post about building risk into playgrounds I see a new formal inquiry into "lost childhood" has been announced. Ultimately it is down to parents to ensure that their children have the right childhood, but it Read more…