Gardening

Slow adventures

April 2018

Gardening pic.twitter.com/PmEBLtqbcC

— Ron Mader 🌎 (@ronmader) April 4, 2018

The sound of rain on Ustream

January 9, 2018

Hd Streaming

Planeta.com

Soundscape

From stony silence to anger – the response to online critical voices

This gallery contains 4 photos.

Originally posted on Green Girls in Africa:
I have been asked on numerous occasions why we make our #HandsOffOurWildlife campaign so public. Why don’t we communicate with these people by email? Obviously, part of the reason for taking the campaign public…

2018

Hello, 2018

http://planeta.com/2018calendar

SCOvAUS

Waking up to international rugby on ESPN 3.

Some background. It’s always been a challenge to watch rugby in North America. Sometimes on cable, sometimes available via Internet. Sometimes behind a paywall or wall of indifference. I first started watching in the 80s and 90s when ESPN and later Fox had to fill their schedule with something.

My Favorite part of today’s ESPN3 transmissions (via Internet and Apple TV but not yet cable) are the halftime segments. There are no commercials (a rarity) and we hear the stadium soundscape, including announcements in Scottish and bits of music.

As to the game – our friends have deep dive coverage:

Elsewhere on the Web

Wales v Australia

Home

http://www.scottishrugby.org/tickets-events/2017-autumn-tests
http://www.scottishrugby.org
http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/

Embedded Tweets

Saturday morning streaming #SCOvAUS pic.twitter.com/IrAIyYFYrP

— Ron Mader 🌎 (@ronmader) November 25, 2017

Dame Edna Everidge, Mrs Mangle, the Honey Badger, Bouncer the dog, Kevin Rudd, The Flying Doctors, the Cast of Heartbreak High and Round the Twist, Mark Bosnich, Danni Minogue…

…your boys took one hell of a beating!#SCOvAUS

— Jonathan Beardmore (@RugbyPodcast) November 25, 2017

Planeta.com

Livestreaming and archived video

Australia

Scotland

Rugby

11.2017

November, 2017

• Nevada Bicycle and Pedestrian Summit
• Native American Day at the Lost City Museum
• Climate COP 23

Preview

• Responsible Travel Week #rtweek18

• Native American Day at the Lost City Museum

 

 

10.2017

Our calendar for October 2017 features the sand dunes at Sunset Park.

Key Links

http://planeta.com/vegas-parks

An editorial note – the calendars which have long been a feature on my blog will be shifted to Planeta.com. I’ll continue for the rest of this year – even learning how to schedule posts! – but the future of this blog in 2018 is up for reflection.

I started this blog simply to learn how to use WordPress. It became a go-to space for posts when Planeta.com was in transition between platforms.

Now onto October!

 

We are celebrating Oktoberfest.

This month’s highlights include Open Access Week (October 21-27). Why can’t all events be more inclusive, innovative and open?

Foodies, take note of World Food Day on October 16 and World Egg Day, October 14 (second Friday in October).

October 4 World Animal Day

October 12 Indigenous Peoples Day

October 16 World Food Day
@FAOWFD
Hashtag: #WFD2017

October 20 World Statistics Day

October 24 UN Day

October Nevada Day

October 27 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

October 31 Halloween

Improving our communication about parks and tourism

For the past few years I have the director of communications for the IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group (TAPAS). It’s election time and my quandary is how to engage TAPAS members (and voters before August 30). A vote for me would be appreciated but so would engagement with the group as a whole.

We need to hear more from members – current research, findings and most importantly questions – otherwise we have a lot of splintered, inaccessible reports, studies and publications that do not connect to a larger picture.

Likewise, we need to improve our communication with the IUCN and WCPA. Events are scheduled around the world, but rarely do we learn about tourism issues. Summits and workshops only improve when rooted in place. Regarding events, are we learning about the host destinations? Are locals able to connect with visiting dignitaries?

How do we communicate? Where do we communicate? I argued – perhaps contentiously years ago – that our conversation needed to span different platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Slideshare, YouTube – and that the way to go is encouraging our members to creatively use their blogs and wikis and share what they are doing and learning.

2017 is the International Year of Sustainable Tourism and the Year of Open. Personally, I don’t think we’ve asked enough questions or demanded enough answers from government officials, academics, ngos and other stakeholders. We can do better if our communication and collaboration improve. Enough information silos. We can improve our conversations today and cordial chats about parks and tourism should help lead the way.

Update: I lost this election. My response:

Good for us! We have a change of communications lead. Welcome, Jeremy and Sergei.

Elections work if there is a change and this can only motivate TAPAS members and the other fine folk at the IUCN/WCPA to make the process more transparent and accountable. We are in a new learning phase across the physical globe and the social web and I look forward to assisting TAPAS in a different capacity.  

I would like to confirm my interest and support for documenting TAPAS on the Planeta Wiki, supporting the upcoming webinars and the meeting in Seychelles with coverage on Planeta and across the social web. The Seychelles meeting is of particular interest given the recent disaster in Puerto Rico. It’s time for Planeta.com to take a good look at small islands and tourism.

 

With many thanks to all, 

 

Ron Mader

http://twitter.com/ronmader
http://www.youtube.com/user/ronmader

Flickr

Wiki
http://planeta.wikispaces.com/tapas

09.2017

What’s on the calendar in September?

September is mes de la patria in Mexico, biodiversity monthin Australia and tourism month in South Africa.

In the USA, #HispanicHeritageMonth

Mark your calendar! September 8 is International Literacy Daywhich we use to call out attention for digital literacy. September 27 is World Tourism Day and we make our annual call for travel photos on Flickr.

Fun days include September 19 International Talk Like a Pirate Day

First Monday in September is Labor Day in the USA.

Annual

September is biodiversity month in Australia
September is mes de la patría in Mexico
September is tourism month in South Africa

First Monday in September
Labor Day (USA)

September 6 Indigenous Literacy Day (Australia)

September 7 International Day of the Manatee

September 7 Threatened Species Day (Australia)

September 8 International Literacy Day

September 10 Battle of St. George’s Caye Day (Belize)

September 16 Independence Day (Mexico)

September 19 International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Hashtag: #TalkLikeAPirateDay

September 20 Park(ing) Day

September 21 International Day of Peace

September 21 Armenia Independence Day

September 22 World Rhino Day

September 21 Independence Day (Belize)

September 27 World Tourism Day

September 28 International Day for Universal Access to Information
#AccessToInfoDay

September 29 Feast Day of San Miguel Arcángel (Mexico)

Floating

First Monday in September Labor Day (USA)

Last Saturday in September Public Lands Day (USA)

4th Friday in September Native American Day (California)

Last Sunday in September World Rivers Day

Photo: Pittman Wash

08.2017

In August  Planeta.com hosts one of our two tentpole events — Indigenous Peoples Week to celebrate August 9, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People.

Other events and celebrations in August include World Photography Day on August 19. Check out National Heritage Week in Ireland.

August 1 Swiss National Day (Switzerland)

August 6 Independence Day (Bolivia)

August 9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

August 10 Ecuador declares independence from Spain (1809)

August 12 World Elephant Day

August 15 Independence Day (India)

August 15 Ferragosto (Italy)

August 19 World Photography Day
#worldphotographyday

August 24 Día de Parques Nacionales de Costa Rica (National Parks Day) (Costa Rica)

August 25 Founder’s Day, National Park Service (USA)

August 30 Melbourne Day commemorates the day the first European settlers landed on the north bank of the Yarra River from the schooner Enterprize in 1835. (Melbourne, Australia)

August Darwin Festival (Darwin, Australia)

August National Heritage Week (Ireland)