Communities online UK




 * International and other country information - see main Communities online article

Action Ideas

 * Community web sites
 * Green Maps

New Ideas

 * Project pages in this wiki
 * Sustainable (Your town) pages in this wiki
 * Local sustainability directories in this wiki
 * Local sustainabiity picture libraries (online); share your pictures in this wiki (you need to be logged in to upload files - see Community Portal)

Why it matters
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Related Topics

 * category:Community involvement


 * Participatory journalism
 * Community resources
 * Global connections
 * Digital divide

Related wiki

 * Wikia
 * Towns, Villages and Cities - the Wikia for places that don't have their own separate wikicity
 * Wikipedia Free content encyclopedia
 * 2006-02-14 Teklogs - 30 Technology wiki that is dedicated to covering the topic that is involved in almost every aspect of our lives. Teklogs Newsfeeds

News UK

 * Carbon savings from councils encouraging local people to turn to their website for routine transactions are significantly in excess of the negative impact of extra IT server capacity. Savings nationally could come to over 14,000 tonnes of CO2 or 5,362 return air flights from Heathrow to Malaga each year. Communities and Local Government, January 17 2008 topic


 * Local democracy posters "street clutter", March 6 2006

Resources

 * Wide Open, Open source methods and their future potential, Geoff Mulgan, Omar Salem, Tom Steinberg, 2005, ISBN 1841801429, Demos

UK Links

 * Community Web Developers Arena Self-help group devoted to helping those creating or developing community web sites. Membership is free.
 * www.donateapc.org.uk
 * Communities Online Aims to address issues of sustainability, regeneration, social inclusion and healthier economies by focusing on the use of new communications technologies in communities and neighbourhoods.
 * Making the Net Work Aims to help those planning to get their organisation or neighbourhood online, or create local technology centres. Also interested in virtual teams and networks.
 * Partnerships Online Partnerships, participation and Online Communities
 * SustainIT, initiative of UK CEED, focusing on ICT and sustainable development

London

 * Online Communities Ltd. Independent community network for Richmond upon Thames with 9 years of experience running community websites.
 * LASA Knowledgebase London Advice Services Alliance (LASA)'s free online guide to IT for the voluntary sector

South West England

 * TalkSwindon, Forum includes 'TalkSwindon's Department of the Environment'