Illegal Logging

Illegal Dump Sites

Property Damage

Air Pollution

The problem: limited communication among civil society groups and target communities (aka the affected, the reporters, and the advocates)

The goal: to make advocacy work more inclusive and effective

Proposed Solution: Nature Speaks, a website which allows users to submit reports of environmental impact, and to join and create campaigns

Give Information. Receive Information. Mobilize.

Features of Nature Speaks Submit a report

Registered users can submit reports about industry negatively affecting the environment

Create / Join a Campaign

Campaigns represent advocacy against (or in favor of) a project… submitted reports are linked to campaigns

Users can join campaigns as supporters and vote for the most important issues

Seeing is Believing

Sustainability

After construction…

Resources Required• one part-time technical staff• volunteer moderators• web-hosting• advertising

• Low-cost, no hassle web tool, let’s be real, aren’t too costly to maintain! We’ll be soliciting donations by SMS.

Claiming Users

We go viral. Way viral.

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Outreach through:• public meetings• universities• environmental groups