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It's Getting Hot in Here: Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement

Region

Global

Programme Summary

"It's Getting Hot in Here: Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement" is an online weblog (blog) project supporting a global movement of youth researching and reporting on global warming and its affects in their countries, communities, and individual lives. Originally created by youth leaders specifically to allow youth to report from the International Climate Negotiations in Montreal (2005), "It's Getting Hot in Here" has since grown into a global online community, with over 100 writers from countries around the world.

Communication Strategies

"It's Getting Hot in Here" is a community media blog project supported by the work of a network of Contributing Editors that provide guidance, content, and critical support for an online community working to address and stop global warming. Contributing Editors work with a worldwide network of Contributors focused on various topic areas such as: climate justice; dirty energy; news and media politics; United Nations/international policy; and youth movement/campuses. After having submitted a number of posts that demonstrate a familiarity with the technical and contributor guidelines, Contributors may be promoted to be "Authors," able to publish posts independently.

The blog can be read online or readers can subscribe to receive updates via email or a "Really Simple Syndication"/RSS feed. Topics covered include: clean energy; carbon emissions; "green" jobs; protecting biodiversity; environmental laws, bills, and policies; and political particiaption and local action, among others.

Development Issues

Environment, Biodiversity.

Key Points

"It's Getting Hot in Here" has been recognised as a Best Green Blog, a Top 10 Climate Blog by Climate Progress, is listed as a “Suggested Source” by nytimes.com, and has been nominated for the COM+ Award for Outstanding Climate Change Communications. According to the blog itself, readers of "It's Getting Hot in Here" come from 160 countries around the world.

Source

It's Getting Hot in Here website; and dgCommunities: Water Resources Management posting from Anuradha Bhattacharjee "It's Getting Hot in Here," May 13 2007.


Placed on the Communication Initiative site May 19 2008
Last Updated May 23 2008

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