What is OneWebDay?
Welcome, all you new OneWebDay-interested people. OneWebDay, every September 22 around the world, is an annual Earth Day for the internet. The idea behind OneWebDay is to: • focus attention on a key internet value (this year, online participation in democracy) • focus attention on local internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills) • create a global constituency that cares about protecting and defending the internet We’re building towards September 22, a Monday this year. OneWebDay, Inc. is a 501c3 based in New York. The members of its board are: Kaarli Tasso, Renee Edelman, James Tierney, Allison Fine, David Isenberg, Gregg Vesonder, David Johnson, David Weinberger, Richard Whitt (chair), Mary Hodder, Doc Searls, and Susan Crawford.
It’s an Earth Day for the web. The idea is to make the collaborative, participatory web visible. Earth Day and the environmental movement didn’t take off until we had a picture of the Earth from space, and the plan is to do the same thing for the web through a variety of projects by people all over the world — every Sept. 22 from now on. FAQ is here: http://www.onewebday.org/?page_id=18. Technorati Tags: vancouver, web, internet SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Vancouver OneWebDay MeetUp”, url: “http://www.fadetoplay.
OneWebDay is an Earth Day for the internet. The idea behind OneWebDay is to focus attention on a key internet value (this year, online participation in democracy), focus attention on local internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills), and create a global constituency that cares about protecting and defending the internet. So, think of OneWebDay as an environmental movement for the Internet ecosystem. It’s a platform for people to educate and activate others about issues that are important for the Internet’s future.
OneWebDay is a day set aside to honor the Internet and the culture that has ballooned up as a result. It was first held in 2006 and again in 2007. Expected to be an annual celebration, OneWebDay is observed on 22 September. In addition to celebrating the Internet and the advances it has provided for humanity, OneWebDay also is a time to spotlight political and other issues surrounding the Internet. In many cases, the Internet created, or at least brought to the forefront, some of these issues. Whether it is censorship, security, connectivity or the role of the Internet in the political process, all will be widely explored on OneWebDay. One of the hallmarks of the 2008 OneWebDay is the planning of a giant global photo collage. Internet users wishing to celebrate OneWebDay, also known as OWD, are asked to submit their photos on CNET Network’s Webshots in an effort to show the collaborative power of the Internet. The final product will be made up of the sum of the submitted photos. The gi
