This time last year the buzz was beginning to build around COP15 that took place in Copenhagen last year. This was going to be when Europe stood up to the rest of the world and set out its plan and hoped to get everyone else on board. Did it work? Nope. Will COP 16 be any different is the big question. We have witnessed 15 Conference’s of the Parties since the signing of the United Nations Framework Convention on...
The European Journalism Centre is back with the next Th!nk About It Competition. This time it will be focusing again on the Climate Change issue in the run up to COP16 in Cancun, Mexico. Here are the details, The EJC’s long-running TH!NK ABOUT IT blogging competition series gears up for its next evolution. As TH!NK3: Developing World’s final reporting trip prepares to take place in Kenya, a new phase of TH!NK is about to unfold. TH!NK team invites YOU...
A post from the Thinkaboutit.eu Blog! Last month the Maldives Government held a Cabinet meeting under waterto highlight the threat of global warming to the island nation. This month Nepal’s Government will hold a Cabinet meeting at the Mount Everest base-camp to highlight the threat to glaciers. While both of these events are being reported around the world, will they do anything in the lead up to the talks in Copenhagen? While both events can be used to place moral...
Remember round 2 of the blogging competition I was in that I blogged about? Well I have been selected! They were looking for 81 bloggers from around Europe so it will be interested to see in who else gets selected. The competition will be a bit different for me this time round, we will all be given cameras (I need to sort out my shakey hand) and the number of posts per month has increased to 3. I am...
Image of Th!nk about it I have a post up on the Th!nk blog (yes its still going) asking people to keep it going. I am not sure how its going to be received by most Th!nkers now that the competition element in that part of the site is gone. Hopefully some people will get back to blogging on it and make it into a Euro style Irishelection which would be class and might invigorate the Euro blogosphere. Maybe...
Image of Th!nk about it The 2nd round of the Th!nk Blogging Competition is open for applications. They are looking for 81 bloggers from Europe as well as having guests from India, China, Brazil and the USA. The focus of the competition this time round will be the COP15 Climate Change Confrence in Copenhagen, Denmark. You can sign-up for Th!nk2 on the home page as well as finding out more about the competition. PS: There is prizes and I...
Image via CrunchBase So I am back in Ireland after my holidays. It was great so things shall return to normal on the blog. Well until the weekend as I’m off on Cub Pack Camp to Fota Scout Campsite in Co. Cork. So dont expect a lot over the next few days as I work the germanisms out of my system!! I found myself better at German this time round so even though I was there for only a...
So yea, I got sent the link of my th!nk interview! (Thanks Mantas!) So raather then let you people find it, here it is! The questions I am answering are: 1) what you think about the EP election results in your home country and 2) what have you learned from the project. CRINGE! I never realised I sounded so Irish!! Really in my head I dont sound so Irish… Tips for future interviews greatly received!
Jon Worth one of the Th!nk editors and a few others, Julien, Andreas and Joe have an excellent idea. Their are looking for ideas and possibilities for the next commission. So will represent your country? I think Pat Cox will be the Irish Commissioner. Am I right? or is it there a better candidate?
Well I am holidays, well kind of! I am at the thinkaboutit.eu finale. We have a day lined up and a boat trip, its going to fun. So far I have gotten to meet two of my favourite European Bloggers. Julien Frisch and Joesef Litobarski of Citizen-Europe. Today we find out what happens after the competition as well as who won!! Which some people might find important! Some of us were discussing last night what happens after this, and...
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