The Impact of Wiki Loves Monuments

The recent Wiki Loves Monuments contest across Europe was a very interesting example of how you can mobilise citizens to donate time and free images, for other people to use using the Creative Commons licenses. More than 170.000 uploads and a final selection of beautiful pictures that were rewarded with a prize. Now it is up to local communities to start using that material to show their local treasures to the world. The video above is such an example on the positive impact of such a contest.

Using a subtitling collaborative platform the video above is also available with subtitles in many languages including English and Italian.

The power of Bubbles

I'm an eager online reader and I just want to share with you the story of officer "Bubbles", someone who is afraid of 'dangerous detergent' who not only arrested the girl, but is also now suing You Tube and is asking the big G to release details of those who posted the video and made comments. I mean, that is absurd, and please watch the video and spare a thought.

Please read the full story from one of the best blogs around
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GREENPEACE IN AZIONE: IL LIDO DI VENEZIA DIVENTA ANTI-NUCLEARE!

Watch and Share This Please. It's about a Greenpeace campaign to remind Luca Zaia (Northern League) about his promises when he was running for President of the Veneto Region in Italy

Edward Burtynsky

I like these photos, there is a deep meaning behind them. I'd love to see an exhibition of this guy. I wonder why I did not find out about him before. Is he a press photojournalist? Maybe I saw one of his photos in a nice Guardian newspaper article. Anyway time to catch up on the work of the guy. Check him out in the link above and listen to his speech.

Walking Europe

Dr. Paul Gardner, a PhD graduate from Oxford, set off on a journey between London and Istanbul by walking the entire distance of 3280 km, in order to raise money and awarenes about Europe's cultural heritage. Inspired by the Grand Tour, the journey taken by European elites to find out about the great historical and cultural heritage of Europe, as well as two walkers of the 20th Century, he pushed himself into this great effort and ran a blog along the way. This is certainly a different way to experience places as opposed to more immediate forms of travelling that often times make the world a much flatter place. The chance to speak to local communities and spending 137 days to complete the journey made this a life-changing event. Paul raised money by generating interest and made a donation to Europa Nostra, the pan European federation for Cultural Heritage. He experienced various difficulties and harsh conditions. He visited important historical hallmarks in Austria, Serbia, Bulgaria before reaching Istanbul, the ancient capital of two major empires. (source: Europa Nostra magazine)

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