Buzzwords Coronavirus = any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals This page features rolling coverage from Planeta.com of the impacts of the Coronavirus Disease, aka COVID-19, characterized by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic. As the WHO Director-General has said, the pandemic …
Logo Our favorite Word of the Year (#woty) announcement comes from Australia hosted by Macquarie Dictionary. The selection and popular vote have changed over the years. In 2020 the announcement and voting takes place the first few days in December. The committee announces their selection and launches a public vote for readers’ favorite, or favourite. …
Webinar July 3, 2020: The Future of Tourism in Natural Areas: Impact, Governance, Financing The project is developed by the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development and tsm – Trentino School of Management, in collaboration with the OECD Tourism Committee Key Linkshttps://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/tournat.htmhttp://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/tunna.htmhttps://annaspenceley.wordpress.com/2020/06/22/webinar-3-july-2020-the-future-of-tourism-in-natural-areas-impact-governance-financing Planeta
Poster Kunming, China is scheduled to host the 15th Biodiversity COP – cbd.int/meetings/COP-15 – with the theme “Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth.” Delayed until 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Hashtags: #COP15, #Biodiversity2020, #SBSTTA, #Post2020 Planeta.com is updating this guide to the event, making requests of the organizers and …
Hearts Thank you 2020 for a few bright lights around the world as we learned to adapt to the COVID19 pandemic locally and globally. Personally, I learned how to use Zoom and make the most of newfound video conversations with friends, family, and allies. For more passive watching, I tuned into more YouTube and YouTube …
Poster As we unveil our favorite podcasts of 2020, it is a good time to reflect on the act of listening. Podcasts create a world co-created by the listener. The best programs bring the listener in via comments, Twitter, and old-fashioned, landline phone calls. The podcast is not an end to itself but part of …
Hashtags Biodiversity 2020 Hashtag: #biodiversity2020 Questions Are there ways to participate in this conversation? = ¿Hay formas de participar en esta conversación? = Existe-t-il des moyens de participer à cette conversation? Headlines 2020: a truly unimaginable year for biodiversity – Max Benato Embedded Tweets Elsewhere on the Weblearningfornature.org 2020 2021 Planeta
Photo: Hummingbird World Migratory Bird Day sets in motion a number of participant-created events around the world that take place over the next few days. From talks to walks, there are a lot of events. The ‘day’ officially takes place on the second Saturday in May in the USA and Canada and in October in …
Photo: Circus Circus Curating headlines and tweets and your suggestions for top contenders. WOTY, aka the Word of the Year, is given by dictionaries around the world and other literacy-minded organizations to highlight language which reflect the popular discourse in a calendar year. 2020’s top words: Lockdown, Pandemic, Doomscrolling, Zoombombing Some thoughts. One of many …
Hashtags Due to the Coronavirus shutdown, Nevada issued a state at home order. Starting in June, the state has begun to reopen. Planeta.com is curating a wide collection of tweets (March-May and June-) documenting how the state and Las Vegas in particular respond to this new situation. Our rolling coverage is dived into the following …