“President Carter was four decades ahead of his time.  He championed the single largest conservation effort in history, protecting millions of acres of Alaskan lands to be experienced as national parks, monuments, wilderness areas and wildlife refuges.

He put solar panels on the White House and climate change on the agenda. Had the nation, and the world, listened to him then, the future would be far brighter now.”

Manish Bapna, president and CEO of NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)

France's new nuclear power plant at Flamanville connected to the grid, 17 years after start of construction. The announced construction time back in 2007 was 4.5 years.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/france-adds-first-nuclear-reactor-25-years-grid-2024-12-21/

In conversation with Kenyan poet and storyteller Njeri Wangari - The Kenyan poet reflects on her life and times

via @globalvoices for GV's 20th anniversary

https://globalvoices.org/2024/12/22/in-conversation-with-kenyan-poet-and-storyteller-njeri-wangari/

There’s something about photos of oil-drowned dolphins that hits unexpectedly hard. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/20/birds-and-dolphins-are-early-victims-in-black-sea-oil-spill-that-s-contaminated-35-miles-of-coastline-and-threatens-region-s-ecosystem-for-years-to-come

The revolving door of Africa's displacement crises
https://globalvoices.org/2024/12/14/the-revolving-door-of-africas-displacement-crises/

Special Coverage of #Syria from @globalvoices https://globalvoices.org/special/forever-is-gone-forever-syria-after-the-dictatorship/

Why is Latin America's birth rate declining?
https://globalvoices.org/2024/12/11/why-is-latin-americas-birth-rate-declining/

Global Voices 20th anniversary. @globalvoices Our mission in 32 languages. Thanks to Gina Yauri for the video. #media #GVSummit2024

“Knowledge is deeply tied to our languages. Research being undertaken into indigenous languages’ presence on the internet”
Maari Maitreyi

“We documented old culture such as folk songs on digital platforms.”
Amrit Sufi

“We have a project to digitise indigenous languages in Nepal. Need to make them available to their users.”
Dristi Manandhar

“Social media used to collect traditional culture such as songs and poetry.”
Zubair Torwali

‘Whose culture? Approaches to protecting digital sovereignty of traditional knowledge’ panel #GVSummit2024

“Security is always the excuse for internet shutdowns in India. Procedures not being followed by government despite Supreme Court decision upholding right to freedom of speech.” Kanav N Saghal

‘Organizing and reporting when the internet goes dark: Protest movements in South Asia’ #GVSummit2024

“In Bangladesh artists and rappers showed solidarity with protests against internet shutdowns. Private university students joined public university students’ protests.” Pantha Rahman Reza

“Pakistan’s widespread internet shutdowns used as political battleground by governments who see internet as as the only source of information for young people” Annie Zaman

‘Organizing and reporting when the internet goes dark: Protest movements in South Asia panel’ #GVSummit2024

Global Voices summit panel- Where have all the bloggers gone?

“Blogging remains useful for sharing thoughts and sharing connections. It’s about community building” Mong Palatino, Filipino activist blogger

#GVSummit2024 #Blogging

🌐 Global Voices’ CMO tracks key themes and narrative frames that emerge around events, trends and other phenomena and explains the context and subtext of local and multilingual media.

The #GVSummit2024 will have a workshop and a panel about It. Register now!

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Today we had a joint Lingua-Newsroom activity for the #GVSummit2024 in which we translated a public domain poem "A Word", by Emily Dickinson.

👀 How would you translate this poem?

🌐We're having fun during the #GVSummit2024 Day 2: discussions about GV's future, gifts and snacks.

The Secret Summitter at the internal #GVSummit2024 brought our #GVCommunity closer! Exchanging gifts between fellows with different backgrounds and interests, we created connections and celebrated the diversity that makes us one global family. 🌍✨

🌐 #GVSummit2024 Today, during our Day 1 internal session, more GVers connected and discussed the different areas and opportunities within Global Voices.

👀Here is a recap of our day!