Two sources tell us the same thing – we need 100mbs internet links and we need them now. The Broadband Stakeholder Group tells us that future internet use in the UK will flounder without an expensive infrastructure upgrade There was little evidence that the UK’s existing telecoms infrastructure would be able to bring such high …
Jobs at WAITS
One of our earlier programmes on the Grassroots Channel was about a Birmingham based organisation called Women Acting in Todays Society. They have also been running the Women’s Empowerment Network in conjunction with b:cen. BVSC tell me that WAITS has three jobs going: a community organiser, a BME women’s capacity builder and a Chinese women …
Radical Impartiality
Thanks to Sunny at Pickled Politics for this quote from Peter Horrocks, the head of BBC News at the BBC: So, the days of middle-of-the-road, balancing left and right, impartiality are dead. Instead I believe we need to consider adopting what I like to think of as a much wider “radical impartiality” – the need …
Friends of the Earth "support us" webpage is a clear and simple example
I just wanted to mention a link I received in an email from a Friends of the Earth staffer. It leads you to a very simple and clear page setting out the different ways individuals can support FOE. Great example of the under rated problem of how to convert all those fresh and exciting new …