Our World 2.0

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Our World
Type of site
News
Available inEnglish, Japanese
OwnerUnited Nations University
Created byUnited Nations University
URLhttp://ourworld.unu.edu/

Our World 2.0 is an online magazine created by the United Nations University Media Centre, located in Tokyo, Japan. It focuses on climate change, peak oil, biodiversity and food security.[1] It is affiliated with The Guardian's Environment Network.

History and mission

Our World 2.0 was launched in July 2008, in time for the 34th G8 summit.

In August 2009, Our World 2.0 became part of The Guardian's Environment Network.

The central tenet of Our World 2.0 is that humanity can use its collective knowledge, technology and design to facilitate creativity, innovation, and collaboration among people in order to respond to these challenges.[2]

Licensing and platform

Our World 2.0 uses of Creative Commons licensing to enable other interested parties to copy and modify the materials contained in the web-zine. It uses open source software called WordPress.

References

  1. ^ "Our World 2.0 - Webzine for Biodiversity, Climate Change". 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  2. ^ says, Brendan Barrett (2008-11-06). "UNU Media Studio Launches Our World 2.0 VideoBriefs". Creative Commons. Retrieved 2016-10-07.