A proposal for a way to share information about all the groups and organizations that are working to make a difference in any particular community

1. Change the World
Community Portal
Guy Dauncey, November 2016

2. I want to change the world,
but where do I begin?

4. 17 Goals for the Planet?
And that’s supposed to
make it easier?
But how can I get
engaged personally?

5. CULTURECULTURE
SOCIETY ECONOMY
NATURE DEMOCRACY
All the change you’ll ever want to see
fits into these four boxes:
SOCIAL
CHANGE
ECONOMIC
CHANGE
OUR EARTH
PEACE &
DEMOCRACY

6. CULTURECULTURE
SOCIETY ECONOMY
NATURE DEMOCRACY
So do the UN’s 17 Global Goals for
Sustainable Development:
SOCIAL
CHANGE
ECONOMIC
CHANGE
OUR EARTH
PEACE &
DEMOCRACY
1 2 7
8 9 10 12
3 4 5 11
6 13 14 15 16 17

7. CULTURECULTURE
SOCIETY ECONOMY
NATURE DEMOCRACY
Now imagine a website, applicable globally
but targeted locally, with the same four boxes
SOCIAL
CHANGE
ECONOMIC
CHANGE
OUR EARTH
PEACE &
DEMOCRACY

8. If you click on any one of the boxes,
it will open…

9. Land
Food
Farming
Energy
Climate
Crisis
Transport
Green
Buildings
Nature
Cities
Community
Regional
State
Provincial
Initiatives
Green
Economy
Events
Education
Schools
Politics
Activism
BIG
IDEAS
Global
Initiatives
YourTown Community Portal
OUR EARTH

10. Walking Cycling
Transit
& LRT
Car
Sharing
Ride
Sharing
Green
Vehicles
Rail
Strategy
& Planning
Long
Distance
Transport
Transport
Click again, and each box will open…

11. Walking Cycling
Transit
& LRT
Car
Sharing
Ride
Sharing
Green
Vehicles
Rail
Strategy
& Planning
Long
Distance
Transport
Transport
Click again, and that box will tell you who’s
doing what locally…
• Local rambling clubs
• Walking MEET-UP Groups
• Best local walks
• Pedestrian planning
• Etc…
Each local organization lists
its website, activities, and
volunteer opportunities.
If it’s walking that interests
you, you can jump right
in.

12. Walking Cycling
Transit
& LRT
Car
Sharing
Ride
Sharing
Green
Vehicles
Rail
Strategy
& Planning
Long
Distance
Transport
Green Vehicles• Electric Vehicle Clubs
• Local campaigning
groups
• Changes needed
• Etc…
Each local organization lists
its website, activities, and
volunteer opportunities.
If it’s electric vehicles that
interest you, jump right in!

13. Maybe you want to make a difference in the
box labeled peace and democracy …

14. GLOBAL
EDUCATION
HUMAN
RIGHTS
IMPROVED
DEMOCRACY
PEACE
IMPROVED
LAWS
POLITICAL
PARTIES
UNITED
NATIONS
SPECIFIC
CONFLICTS
BIG IDEAS
GLOBAL
INITIATIVES
YourTown Community Portal
PEACE & DEMOCRACY

15. Maybe you want to help create
social change…

16. CULTUREEDUCATION FOODHEALTH
COMMUNITY
HOUSING JUSTICEWELLBEING BIG IDEAS
GLOBAL
INITIATIVES
YourTown Community Portal
SOCIAL CHANGE

17. Maybe you want to work for change in the
economy…

18. BANKING
&
FINANCE
INEQUALITY WORKPOVERTY
GREEN
BUSINESS
STARTING
A
BUSINESS
TRADE
&
INVESTMENT
RESPONSIBLE
CONSUMING
LOCAL
ECONOMY
RESPONSIBLE
PRODUCING
BIG IDEAS
GLOBAL
INITIATIVES
YourTown Community Portal
ECONOMIC CHANGE

19. Maybe you want to to help overcome poverty
and disease in Haiti…

20. BANKING
&
FINANCE
INEQUALITY WORKPOVERTY
GREEN
BUSINESS
STARTING
A
BUSINESS
TRADE
&
INVESTMENT
RESPONSIBLE
CONSUMING
LOCAL
ECONOMY
RESPONSIBLE
PRODUCING
BIG IDEAS
GLOBAL
INITIATIVES
YourTown Community Portal
ECONOMIC CHANGE

21. TRAPPED
IN DEBT
HOMELESS
-NESS
RURAL
POVERTY
INNER CITY
POVERTY
POVERTY
AND
FOOD
POVERTY
IN
LATIN
AMERICA
POVERTY
IN
THE
CARIBBEAN
POVERTY
IN
AFRICA
POVERTY
and
MENTAL
ILLNESS
YourTown Community Portal
POVERTY

22. By building the Community Portal, people will
be able to see what’s happening locally, and
learn how they can contribute
to making a better world.

23. In it’s full realization, it’s a huge project:
but everything big starts small—
and why not in your community?

24. The Keys to Success
1.Each local organizer needs to build a personal relationship
with each local organization, to persuade them to enter their
data and update it regularly.
2.Each local organization needs to pay a small annual fee to
enable the organizer to work consistently on building and
retaining those personal relationships.
3.The overall website needs to be set up to include any
community in the world, and provide quality control in
exchange for an initial license fee.

26. Thanks for your attention
Guy Dauncey
Yellow Point, near Nanaimo
guydauncey@earthfuture.com
250-924-1445