On Friday, 5 October 2012 at 17:39, Takashi OTA wrote:
Good points.
I recommend Makoto Okamoto. After Eastern Japan Earthquake happend on March 11, 2011, he started the activity to save museums, libraries, archives and kominkan (community centers) from the damage of the quake. He deserves 1 and 4 of criteria above (and some of 2 and 3, I suppose). Although he is not a famous person outside Japan, I believe he can share how to connect communities to change the society.
For more details, see: http://savemlak.jp/wiki/saveMLAK/en?lang=en&uselang=en http://savemlak.jp/wiki/saveMLAK:saveMLAK%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A4%E3%81%84%E3%81%A...
That reminds me of HOT, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.
You think building Wikipedia is cool? How about becoming the almost live updating map of choice for humanitarian NGOs and the United Nations during a disaster? ;-)