One Day on Earth Crowdsources 11/11/11 Moments Across the World
November 11, 2011 by Kevin Michael Gray
Today's featured article comes from mashable.com and talks about a Ted inspired crowsourced project that was put together by thousands of video clips captured from every country on the planet on the same day! Read more below:
Volunteer videographers around the world are shooting footage Friday for the second “One Day On Earth” documentary, which aims to capture the world in moving pictures. One Day On Earth is an entirely crowdsourced project. Anyone, anywhere in the world can join. Its website, at the center of the operation, has many social layers — members can share updates and photos, blog and connect with others. The project functions in a close partnership with Vimeo. The filming was intentionally chosen for 11/11/11 because it’s such a memorable date, much like last year’s date 10/10/10. One Day On Earth partner organization, the UN Development Programme, has deployed cameras for filming with its teams in more than 120 countries, in locations including Mogadishu, Jerusalem, Colombia and Liberia. Boaz Paldi, head of UNDP’s video unit, revealed they’ve thus far captured footage of Haitian President Michel Martelly clearing rubble in an IDP camp in Port au Prince and a women’s empowerment project in Herat, Afghanistan. Paldi shared this email with Mashable, sent from a team member filming on the ground in Afghanistan.
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