Digital Redwoods: Cultivating a Sustainable Media Ecosystem

Access Humboldt’s Digital Redwoods initiative is creating a digital ecology to build a healthy, sustainable media ecosystem for rural communities.
July 19, 2010 |
Appropriate network technologies and innovations, including cloud architecture, intelligent spectrum management, and open-source solutions, are incorporated to engage local resources in meeting real human needs.

As old analog media structures evolve or die off, there is a sense of urgency to understand the dynamics of our human communication systems so that we can nurture and create new digital media solutions for future generations. The question remains: "How can new media inform our communities with essential information to sustain democracy for the future?"

Considering the complexity of the question, folks are struggling to find the right language to express the evolving dynamics in a comprehensive way. A popular frame of reference speaks to the digital ecology and information ecosystems at play in the marketplace of ideas.

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