Social media networks are used to shed light on environmental issues in Jordan, Jordan Times, reports. As you will remember with the Ajloun Forrest and Birgish, the campaigns took a life of their own on social media but it was also the fact that action was taken offline as well that the campaigns have succeeded so far.

"Environment protection societies and NGOs deem social media networks a "great and exceptional opportunity" to make a positive behavioural change in environment protection and the consumption of water and energy, Shoshan told The Jordan Times. "

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Commentary:
The Atlantic just released a series of best blog stories which can be downloaded for free until the end of the year. The author writes this it's a personal how-to-guide "for producing meaningful, in-depth stories in a resource-starved, time-crunched media age". It is also a great post that gives insight on tech blogs and how they can last.

"But how to create stock in a blogging environment? It may sound crazy as a content strategy, but we developed a worldview: habits of mind, ways of researching, types of writing. Then, we used the news to challenge ourselves, to test what we thought we knew about how technology worked. Embedded in many stories in this volume, you can see us going back and forth with ourselves over the biggest issues in technology. How much can humans shape the tools they use? What is the relationship between our minds and the tools we think with, from spreadsheets to drones? What is the potential for manipulating biology? How do communications technologies structure the way ideas spread?"

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