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* '''Great combined team''' - Mozilla, [http://www.ecocitybuilders.org/ Ecocity], [http://ushahidi.com/about-us Ushahidi] | * '''Great combined team''' - Mozilla, [http://www.ecocitybuilders.org/ Ecocity], [http://ushahidi.com/about-us Ushahidi] | ||
Mozilla has the opportunity to partner with an open source mapping software company (Ushahidi) and a nonprofit organization dedicated to reshaping cities for the long-term health of human and natural systems (Ecocity). | |||
Together, we will mobilize local Mozillians and other communities to deliver an open technology that leverages boot2gecko, open web apps and open source mapping software. The overall mission is to bring inexpensive, web-powered smart phones into the hands of citizens around the world so they can crowd source the collection of environment and city data in alliance with the United Nations strategies to create sustainable city spaces. | |||
CONTEXT: There is a significant history of these types of ICT4D projects ignoring local organizations, communities, and expertise. (See http://whiteafrican.com/2011/11/02/the-subtle-condescension-of-ict4d/) We have the opportunity to distinguish Mozilla as the technology organization that 'gets it'. Our approach will mobilize, support, and empower local actors, harmonizing with our overall brand and approach to community-based and values-driven technology development. | |||
This partnership and supporting technologies would be debuted at the June United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio De Janeiro that attracts thousands of attendees, including many heads of states, from all over the world. | This partnership and supporting technologies would be debuted at the June United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio De Janeiro that attracts thousands of attendees, including many heads of states, from all over the world. | ||