In a world where one in five adults is illiterate, someone steps on a landmine every 30 minutes, and a billion people live in abject poverty, ordinary people really can make a difference. This presentation introduces three cases of people using the transnational connections made possible by global civil society and the Internet to achieve a more just and sustainable world—effecting change in unconventional ways with laptops, rats, and taxis.

The talk pages of this site follow the outline of the presentation—covering basic concepts, the subject cases, and making change.

The tools section contains information about the site and offers resources to explore if you're interested in learning more about making change or taking some action(s) yourself.