[Teachosm] Geography Awareness Week planning

[Steven Johnson]

Hello list,

Here’s an update on plans for this year’s Geography Awareness Week[1],
which kicks off on 17 Nov. This year’s theme is ‘The Future of Food’ and
we’re targeting colleges/university communities across the country to host
events. If you have an affiliation with a college/university (any school,
really) and can serve as local coordinator for an event, please use the
wiki page[2] to

   1. Add yourself as coordinator and
   2. Describe plans for your event.

This is a great opportunity for TeachOSM to initiate greater connections in
the academic community to increase awareness of OpenStreetMap both as a
tool for geographic education, as well as social science and community
service. Our friends at National Geographic have been very helpfully
assisting the OpenStreetMap community reach their network of educators and
they have granted liberal use of their logos[3] for the event, so please
use them alongside OpenStreetMap logos in your promotional materials.

Suggested activities include mapping groceries, farmers markets, community
gardens, food distribution centers, identification of food deserts. There
may also be things we can digitize for Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team or
US State Dept’s Mapgive. Your suggestions warmly welcomed!

If there is appetite, I'm happy to set up a Google hangout or similar to
coordinate. Otherwise comment and thoughts warmly welcomed. Cheers,

[1]
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/programs/geographyawarenessweek/?ar_a=1
[2] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GeographyAwarenessWeek_2014
[3]
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/geoweek-media-assets/?ar_a=1

-- SEJ
-- twitter: @geomantic
-- skype: sejohnson8

There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate from
incomplete data.
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