Halcyon Identifies

 

The rapid rise in smartphone ownership could lead to rapid growth in micro-volunteering.

A global foundation helps people who are significantly impaired by a physical limitation in their daily lives, and helps improve their integration into the wider society and economy.

 

Global poverty reduction needs broad support across civil society as much as grand goal-setting, via an international social norm that sees the persistence of extreme poverty in as morally unacceptable.

Human Rights Watch aims to focus international attention wherever human rights are violated, give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes.

 

Google Earth Outreach claims to give non-profits the knowledge and resources they need to visualise their cause and tell their story in Google Earth and Maps to hundreds of millions of people.

 

A scientist dedicating his life to informing the world about climate change is one of four 2009 "Right Livelihood Award" winners.