http://mediastudio.unu.edu Sharing knowledge through media for a sustainable world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 JA This year's IDFA (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam) is off and racing. For those interested in keeping abreast with documentary's new media "genre", check out their rich IDFA Doclab 2009. Their blog says "IDFA’s Doc Lab investigates the relationship between documentary film-making and new media. The program is open to all media ... http://mediastudio.unu.edu/ja/2009/11/20/great-new-media-ideas-this-year-idfa-doclab-2009/ We are delighted to announce that for the third year in a row we have been recognized with an award from the Society for New Communications Research. This prestigious awards programme honors individuals, corporations, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and media outlets that are pioneering the use of social media, ICT, mobile ... http://mediastudio.unu.edu/ja/2009/11/13/third-time-lucky-award-for-new-media-creation/ TIAN SHAN MOUNTAINS, KYRGYZSTAN – Outside, the hot sun beats down. A flock of sheep, horses, and cows munch summer highland grasses. Inside our little felt yurt, it is cosy. Kyrgyz shepherd Dootkasy and his wife Anarkul, head our small circle. We sit crossed legged around a smorgasbord of ... http://mediastudio.unu.edu/ja/2009/10/20/in-the-fields-with-the-locals-documenting-and-raising-awareness-of-climate-change-in-central-and-inner-asia/ In the last months the Media Studio team has been exploring the mountains and valleys of Central Asia to produce a series of videobriefs dealing with energy, land management and climate change issues. Two of the videobriefs are part of the activities of the Sustainable Land Management in the High Pamir ... http://mediastudio.unu.edu/ja/2009/10/14/videobriefs-in-central-asia/ In 2008, the world faced rapidly rising oil prices peaking at US$147 per barrel and a global food crisis with riots and unrest in a number of countries as prices increased. At the same time, total annual emissions of CO2 stood at 31.5 billion tons, the highest ever ... http://mediastudio.unu.edu/ja/2009/09/15/course-on-climate-change-energy-and-food-security-in-asia-pacific/ The United Nations University-Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP)  is delighted to announce the 2009 Advanced Seminar Series on ‘Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs’.  The Course is offered under the aegis of ‘Asia-Pacific Initiative (API)’ which is a multi-institutional/university collaborative education programme.  This Course has successfully been offered for the ... http://mediastudio.unu.edu/ja/2009/09/09/course-on-disaster-management-and-humanitarian-assistance-2/ It has been a busy few weeks and a very hot summer. The good news is that Our World 2.0 is now part of the Guardian Environment Network. The purpose of this network is to bring "together the world's best websites focusing on green topics. The network connects sites from across ... http://mediastudio.unu.edu/ja/2009/09/06/making-connections/ The First International Undergraduate Conference on Climate, Water, Weather and Society was held last week in Shanghai, China.  The conference was attended by about 50 talented students from countries including China, Korea, Indonesia, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Australia and the United States. The students learned about climate systems and society’s responses, including ... http://mediastudio.unu.edu/ja/2009/08/05/our-world-2-0-in-china-just-another-country-just-another-conference/ In recognition of World Environment Day 2009 which takes place on 5 June, UNU is collaborating with YouTube Japan to support a special channel called Think Green. More than 15 million users access YouTube each month in Japan. In order to help this community find videos that encourage them to think ... http://mediastudio.unu.edu/ja/2009/06/02/unu-and-youtube-think-green/ The UNU is delighted to announce that it has adopted Moodle as the online learning management system (LMS) to support the 2009 International Course. Moodle is one of the most popular open source LMSs with other 56,000 sites in 211 countries. To access the UNU's Moodle installation visit: learn.unu.edu Currently four courses ... http://mediastudio.unu.edu/ja/2009/06/02/unu-adopts-moodle/