I’ve only skimmed the new Pew report by Aaron Smith, Neighbors Online. Steven Clift posted a thorough write-up of it…
According to the just released Neighbors Online report from Pew Internet and American Life, 27% of American adult Internet users (or 20% of adults overall) use “digital tools to talk to their neighbors and keep informed about community issues.”
This is an amazing number and a great starting point.
Today Front Porch Forum launched in a dozen new communities, bringing our service now to 38 Vermont towns in total. Please join and help spread the word. Send people to FrontPorchForum.com to sign up! Here’s the full list. And below are the new ones…
Thanks to Barry Lampke and colleagues at the Champlain Initiative for this video clip explaining how Front Porch Forum works in Vermont (from Sept. 2009)…
From Barry Lampke of the Champlain Initiative…
Enter to Win an iPod Nano 8GB By Participating in Internet Access and Affordability Survey!
Do you have Internet access at home? Is your cellphone prepaid or contract? How much do you pay each month for Internet, phone and TV? As a partner in the Champlain Initiative’s Changing Face of Chittenden County project, we are helping promote a brief survey to better understand how you use and pay for information/communications technologies, such as home Internet, cellphone and TV. Concerned that people without affordable access are being left out of the digital revolution, project partners are exploring changes to improve access and affordability. Please complete the survey, and visit the Champlain Initiative’s website to see what others are saying.
Bill McKibben’s latest book, Eaarth, is excerpted in the June 7, 2010 issue of In These Times, with a focus on Front Porch Forum.
Ghost of Midnight is an online journal about fostering community within neighborhoods, with a special focus on Front Porch Forum (FPF). My wife, Valerie, and I founded FPF in 2006... read more