Thank you so much for sharing! On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 at 11:47 PM, LiAnna Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Fellow Wikimedians, > > Wiki Education (the organization that runs the education program in the US > and Canada) has been working on a campaign to improve Wikipedia's coverage > of climate finance topics. As part of this campaign, we want to create > articles on climate finance around the world. Climate finance encompasses > investments to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. These > investments are desperately needed globally, but financial flows to the > developing world, and African countries in particular, have fallen short of > what is needed. But documentation is difficult to find for the average > reader, and difficult to interpret. > > That's where you come in! If you're already convinced to help us, sign up > here: > > https://wikiedu.org/courses/global-approaches-to-climate-finance-for-wikipedians/ > > Please join us for a free virtual four-week Wiki Scholars course focused on > improving the article on climate finance in your home country. Our goal is > to fill gaps in Wikipedia's coverage by creating "Climate finance by > [country]" to document financial flows related to climate change mitigation > and adaptation for as many countries as possible, especially in the > developing world. Led by longtime English Wikipedian Ian Ramjohn, the > course will focus on: > > - Just what is climate finance, and why it is an important piece in the > climate crisis puzzle > - Where to find sources on climate finance in your country > - How to create an article on English Wikipedia, including tips and > tricks on English Wikipedia policies > - Using the content translation tool to create it in another language > Wikipedia that you speak > > The course will meet via Zoom on Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 14:00 UTC, from > June 24 to July 19, 2024. > > If you join us, you'll receive: > > - Guidance from an English Wikipedia expert (Ian's an admin who's been > editing for 20 years!) > - Getting to know a cohort of other Wikimedians around the world who > care about how the climate crisis affects their country > - A certificate of completion that can be added to your LinkedIn profile > > Sign up here: > > https://wikiedu.org/courses/global-approaches-to-climate-finance-for-wikipedians/ > > Want to see what an article might look like? Ian's started drafting the > article on climate finance in his home country of Trinidad and Tobago here: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guettarda/Sandbox_55 > > We hope you can join us! > > -The Wiki Education team > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Education mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
