Hot Dish: New Climate Change News Application on Facebook

Grist.org has partnered with News Cloud to debut a new application on Facebook that allows users to read, discuss, post and share news about climate change. The application, called Hot Dish, also allows 6- to 25-year old U.S. residents who participate in the Hot Dish Action Team can earn points through online and offline actions and compete for rewards.

From News Cloud:

Top eligible participants can win a grand prize trip for two to the Arctic from Quark Expeditions, an Amazon Kindle 2, a “green” Apple MacBook and much more. Prizes will be awarded each week through May 3, 2009. Please read the official rules for full eligibility details.

The Hot Dish application is part of a study being conducted by University of Minnesota researchers to find new ways of engaging young people in current events inside social networks such as Facebook. The research is funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The research results will be published later this year. The software behind Hot Dish will be released to the open source community at the end of the project. A second Facebook application for University of Minnesota students is due in Q2. You can learn more about the research at http://newscloud.com/research

Check it out for yourself – it’s got top climate news, featured stories, and lots of challenges you can take part in. Right now, the grand prize ‘action reward’ is a trip for 2 to the Arctic! Watch the video clip below for more info.

Link [Hot Dish]

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