About the time we were making this video for Be Birmingham, Oxfam were putting up the one below, which uses examples of people in Birmingham who are cutting their CO2. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_1_jGBl550&e] If your taking steps to cut you carbon footprint you might want to register what you’re doing here – so what you achieve can …
Government Consultation on Web Standards and use of social media
Emma Mulqueeny spotted that the Central Office of Information is currently consulting on government use of metadata and social media. The evidence of the consultation existing is here, although, as Emma says, there’s no clear route to join the conversation. Our own Andy Mabbett (by that I mean fellow brummie) commented on the blog post …
Birmingham's Local Strategic Partnership on Youtube: Cutting CO2
[youtube:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gvO4_oT5NQE] Here’s a short film we made last week for Be Birmingham, the city’s recently revamped Local Strategic Partnership. The film is a short piece which includes Dame Ellen MacArthur talking about the launch of the partnerships CO2 challenge for 2008 – that each of us should look for way to cut 100kg of CO2 …
Hands up whose blog helps them learn? The Charity Commission thinks you're wrong.
I’m frowning at a consultation report published in March 2008 by the Charity Commission. Public Benefit and the Advancement of Education March 2008 is the commissioners trying to clarify when an educational institution (private school) can or can’t claim charity status. However on page 18 they write: There are two main aspects to educative merit …