Citizen Oversight
Public
A twine dedicated to oversight on government and corporations, including any investigative reporting that can or has been done - looking to capitalize on the citizens' power to make government and corporations accountable!
Please use this twine for sharing not just news of corruption, scandals, environmental wrongs, etc. but also tools to enable citizen action, learn from success stories, and to brainstorm what can be done to enable further citizen action that works!
Please use this twine for sharing not just news of corruption, scandals, environmental wrongs, etc. but also tools to enable citizen action, learn from success stories, and to brainstorm what can be done to enable further citizen action that works!
Tags
democracy, government, corporate, corporations, citizen, communism, oversight, laws, policy, public policyRecent Activity
Items
-
Diffuser la science et la recherche dans la société - Jean-Michel CornuPermettre un véritable débat sur les enjeux de la science et des technologies pour la société nécessite une acculturation des citoyens afin qu'ils comprennent les possibilités offertes par la science mais aussi le mode de production des savoirs et la culture scientifique. On pourrait rétorquer ...
Giorgio Bertini
added
4 days ago
-
Impliquer les citoyens dans la recherche - Jean-Michel CornuQuelle place donner aux citoyens dans la recherche ? Leur rôle n'est sans doute pas de contrôler la science, mais plutôt d'en contrôler ses priorités et ses applications. Mais pour cela, il est nécessaire de comprendre les recherches en cours et leurs implications. Il devient nécessaire de ...
Giorgio Bertini
added
4 days ago
-
Bookmark
WeCommune - building community with the people in your worldWeCommune (as in "we are communing...") is a technology platform, now in early beta testing, that provides aggregated micro-communities the tools they need to share resources and build deeper, smarter forms of community. WeCommune gives users a fast, flexible and fun way to come together with ...
Giorgio Bertini
added
4 days ago
-
Bookmark
Participatory Medicine and Paulo FreireAbout how a classic book on education, Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Brazilian Paulo Freire, radically influenced and inspired him to readjust his career goals. The book postulates that real revolution can occur only when the playing field is leveled between teacher and student, whereby critical ...
Giorgio Bertini
added
11 days ago
-
Document
Environmental Education in the Public Eye: Reconciling Values in an Issues Analysis CurriculumSunnyside Environmental School’s mission is closely aligned with these goals. The school draws in a diverse student body and utilizes an “academically challenging education model intended to develop a sense of community, responsibility and creativity” in its students. SES utilizes both wild ...
Giorgio Bertini
added
2 weeks ago
Comments
-
Open Government Brainstorm - by IdeaScaleOn January 21st, the President issued the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, calling for an unprecedented level of openness in government. In the memorandum, the President outlined three principles for promoting a transparent and open government: transparency, participation, and ...Amanda Rice added 5 months ago
-
2The Last Temptation of RiskA crude analytical paper on how economists and financial engineers were involved on the road to the mess.Giorgio Bertini added 5 months ago
-
2
-
2Gearing Up for the G-20: London Braces for Massive ProtestsThe first round.Giorgio Bertini added 7 months ago
-
2The Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for Low-Income CountriesThis is the time for civil society to develop solidarity networks, directly with the poor people, their grass roots organizations and nonprofits, rebuilding from scratch a new social economy, abroad and at home - be the change you want to see in the world.Giorgio Bertini added 7 months ago
Members
Active
-
Started Nov. 27, 2008
-
Rules of this twine
This Twine has open membership.
Comments are allowed.
Members may ,add items ,invite people
Twine is about discovering, collecting and sharing the content that interests you. Learn More
Join Twine