http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2009/06/02/nomad-green-the-first-workshops/ Helping the global population join the global conversation Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:06:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2009/06/02/nomad-green-the-first-workshops/#comment-54749 Rising Voices » Nomad Green: More Workshops In Ulaanbaatar Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:59:55 +0000 http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=1105#comment-54749 [...] The first workshops of the Rising Voices grantee Nomad Green took place in last May in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. More than 60 participants attended those workshops to learn the use of citizen media tools with which they will be discussing the environmental and public health issues in Mongolia. But only about 20 participants actually commenced posting in the project blog. Portnoy Zheng, cited the main reason as lack of Internet connections to implement the learning practically. He describes that these efforts were taken to overcome the problem: The editor’s team (including me) is encouraging participants to write their first post around themselves and their thoughts on greener and healthier Mongolia, and is also encouraging participants to give us hand written pieces or document file, in order to lower the worries of publishing on Internet. [...] [...] The first workshops of the Rising Voices grantee Nomad Green took place in last May in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. More than 60 participants attended those workshops to learn the use of citizen media tools with which they will be discussing the environmental and public health issues in Mongolia. But only about 20 participants actually commenced posting in the project blog. Portnoy Zheng, cited the main reason as lack of Internet connections to implement the learning practically. He describes that these efforts were taken to overcome the problem: The editor’s team (including me) is encouraging participants to write their first post around themselves and their thoughts on greener and healthier Mongolia, and is also encouraging participants to give us hand written pieces or document file, in order to lower the worries of publishing on Internet. [...]

]]> http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2009/06/02/nomad-green-the-first-workshops/#comment-39052 joan Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:35:04 +0000 http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=1105#comment-39052 keep up the great work friends! This is a strong start for Nomad Green. Don't worry, as long as there are blog posts , even in Mongolian, it is already an open window to this amazing country. keep up the great work friends! This is a strong start for Nomad Green. Don’t worry, as long as there are blog posts , even in Mongolian, it is already an open window to this amazing country.

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