Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities(FBSC) Presenter
Glenn McKnight, Director
....some people were told the event will be held on the
beach...
...some were told it will be piece of cake
...and others were told that it will be just HARD Work
The reality is more like this...
Objective
What is FBSC
Our Programs
Our Partnerships
Our Projects
Contact info
FBSC Journey
The Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities
(FBSC):Incorporated in 2003, as for profit organization, and
Operates as a social enterpriseMandate to preserve and repair the
environment and ameliorate the living conditions of the
underprivilegedAdheres to the United Nation's (UN) definition of
sustainable development
Three components of
Sustainable Development
Development that meet the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs.
Programs
Community Development
Collaborative Project Management
Humanitarian Asset Management
Community Development
Earth Hour
Earth day
Energy Conservation Fair
Eco-food and film festival
Edengait Estates and Gardens
Partnerships
University of Ontario Institute of Technolgy
Ontario Ministry of Energy
Gov't of Canada Veterans Affairs
City of Oshawa
Earth Day Canada
Earth Hour
Guerrilla Marketers
ICT Projects
FOSS Business Co-editors with INWENT in Eastern and South
Africa
Oshawa Remembers in Ontario
WOWEM International
InkMedia Computers and Gerry Morgan Foundation-Kenya and
Thailand
Community Broadband Access Initiative-Canada
FOSS Project
FBSC is working with UNU-MERIT as a coeditor for the INWENT ICT
for Innovation program The project is an online collaborative
training initiative to create educational resources for Free and
Open Source Businesses in ten countries in Eastern and Southern
Africa
Oshawa Remembers: Intergenerational Project
Online storytelling site in partnership with Veteran Affairs,
Gov't of Canada
High School students and WW 2 veterans learn from each other
Audio stories distributed to Public Radio Exchange and Internet
Archive
ICT:WOWEM
Women's Open World Empowerment MovementAn international program
created by women in IT to address equity in the technology
sector.
Gerry Morgan Foundation and
Ink Media Computers-Netbooks
Community Bandwith Project
Innovative community access initiative as a private-public
partnership
Providing free computers to libraries and communities in high
priority neighbourhoods
Pilot in Ontario, Canada
