This September we introduced Nektarina Daily Blog (and before the month was even half way through, all of us dubbed it "Jessica's Daily Blog").
Who is Jessica, some of you may ask. Jessica is our intern - a green thinking British Arts graduate - and a great blogger. She writes daily posts full of interesting information, new insights, links and sources. She started her blogging with these topics:
- Green Ideas at Sziget Music Festival
- Wangari Maathai - the 1st African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (2004) for her "contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"
- Creativity in Environmental Education
- The mighty bicycle
While we agreed on the general idea of the blog and topics (like environment, sustainability, low carbon life style, saving water and energy, renewables and similar), we let Jess "run the show", pick daily themes, visuals and links she wants to share - so it truly is "Jessica's Daily Blog".
Why daily blog? We think it's an important resource of educational information - a place where young people can learn something new, find out more sources, link to other website and information. And yes, we are targeting young people with this blog - Jessica is, in most of her posts, directing the information to her peers across the region we are active in (Central, Eastern and South Europe, Central Asia, Russia, Central and Eastern Mediterranean), but, as she writes in English, you could easily say that she communicates her messages, ideas and findings to the global online audience, which is fantastic! You gotta love internet :)
We do love the idea of daily posts - we think that creating a place where young people know they can find daily news on sustainable lifestyle will help keep them inspired to make environmentally friendly (and environmentally conscious) choices.
You can read Jessica's Daily Blog (and subscribe to it) here: http://nektarinadailyblog.tumblr.com/ We know you'll enjoy it!
