this may be relevant to our community's interests! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Martha Pettit &lt;marthagpettit(a)gmail.com&gt; Date: Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:39 PM Subject: [nerdsfornature] Fwd: Actipedia has launched! To: civic-design(a)googlegroups.com, nerdsfornature(a)googlegroups.com, occupy-design(a)googlegroups.com, occupydata(a)googlegroups.com Awesomeness! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: The Yes Lab &lt;info(a)tmwrk.com&gt; Date: Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:14 PM Subject: Actipedia has launched! To: marthagpettit(a)gmail.com [image: Yes Lab] *"Actipedia" Crowdsourcing Platform Goes Public* *Database of creative activism case studies will inform and inspire a new generation of activists* The Yes Lab <http://yeslab.org/> and the Center for Artistic Activism<http://artisticactivism.org/>are announcing the launch of Actipedia.org, an open-access, user-generated database of creative activism case studies designed to inspire activists. "We designed Actipedia to inspire activists to more creative—and effective—actions," explains Stephen Duncombe, co-founder of the Center for Creative Activism. "Actipedia is about sharing the ways people challenge power and envision a better society," adds Andy Bichlbaum of the Yes Lab. "To change the world we've got to learn from each other." Actipedia is built on an open-source platform and is designed for ease of use, with simple formats for viewing, searching and posting examples. The site draws case studies from original submissions, reprinted news articles, and informal snippets of action reports. Although it is only now launching, Actipedia already hosts over 400 case studies and counting, from countries from all over the world. "Actipedia provides a space for inspiration and for contribution," noted one recent user. "Seeing all the amazing work going on around the world motivates me and makes me realize the potential impact I can have." Contact: Stephen Duncombe 212-998-7327 srd(a)artisticactivism.org http://actipedia.org *The Yes Lab <http://yeslab.org/> helps activist groups carry out media-getting creative actions, focused on their own campaign goals. Through brainstorms and trainings, social justice organizations can take advantage of all that the Yes Men—Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno—have learned, not only about our their own ways of doing things, but those practices they’ve come in contact with over the decade and a half they've been engaging in creative activism and tactical media.* *The Center for Artistic Activism <http://artisticactivism.org/> is a place to explore, analyze, and strengthen connections between social activism and artistic practice. The Center was founded by Stephen Duncombe, longtime activist and professor at New York University and Steve Lambert, longtime artist and professor at SUNY Purchase. Since 2009, the center has has served as a site for artistic activist trainings, actions, research and resources. The Center seeks to foster more creative activists and more effective artists.* Actipedia can be found at http://actipedia.org/ or on twitter @Actipedia<https://twitter.com/Actipedia/>, and the collaborators are available for interviews upon request. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, click here<http://tmwrk.com/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=1&jid=147&am… . To never receive email from the Yes Lab, click here<http://tmwrk.com/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&jid=147&qid… . This email was sent from: 20 Cooper Square Fifth Floor New York, NY 10003 United States [image: This has been a Yes Lab communique.] -- *Martha Pettit * User Experience Designer, Diligent Creative martha(a)diligentcreative.com http://staydiligent.com/ <http://diligentcreative.com/> (415) 283-5733 901 Mission Street, Suite 105 San Francisco, CA 94103 -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NerdsforNature" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nerdsfornature+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nerdsfornature(a)googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nerdsfornature?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.