Info Technology and Sustainable Development
Twenty years have passed since the 1992 Earth Summit, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development that made sustainable development a priority for the UN. In this university podcast, Michael Jones, Google’s chief technology advocate, discusses how connection technologies are now being used to support sustainable development. “Information is not a mirror to reflect the world but a hammer with which to shape it,” he says, urging his audience to think big. Jones spoke at the USRio+2.0 Conference, hosted by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Audio lectures brought to you by Social Innovation Conversations, co-hosted by Stanford Social Innovation Review's Managing Editor Eric Nee.
A Georgetown University and Waggener Edstrom study sheds new light on the debate surrounding the effectiveness of online influence.
A South African foundation is leading the way in creating mobile-phone-based solutions for social change.
Field scans are crucial for providing data about what has been funded and where funding gaps lie.
In the world that's now emerging, pre-modern practices that emphasize personal relationships are returning to prominence.
Connecting information, applications, data, and people—a report from the Stanford 2013 Healthcare Innovation Summit.
A cross-sector initiative aims to develop 21st-century skills in secondary school students—highlights from a recent survey.
A case study on using design thinking to solve governance bottlenecks in Jamaica.
Community-focused approaches disrupting the nonprofit sector.
Read an excerpt from the book.
