Anatomy of a 24 Hour Webcastathon

The glamorous setup of a 24 hour webcaster. This was my computer setup for Earthcast09 while I was working at my school.

Nothing like the Chris Pirillo setup, but it works. For more information on Internet Radio broadcasting (eg-"Webcasting") visit http://webcastacademy.net.

For more on Earthcast09, visit http://earthbridges.net.

See the photo below for the hardware and software "anatomy of a webcast." Roll over the photo with your mouse to see the notes on the various elements in the photo.

Earthcast 2009 24 Hour Webcastathon!

Well, Earthcast/Earthbridges team member Jason Robertshaw has done it again. View the brief promo/teaser video that he created for this year's Earthcast09 24 Hour Webcastathon at the end of this post.  The Earthcast09 24 Hour Webcast will take place on Wednesday, April 22nd (we're observing the day as it moves through Greenwich, England, so it actually begins on Tuesday, April 21st at 5:00 pm here in the Bay Area). While we have many hours of the day covered, we still have several openings for participation and could really appreciate your help.  If you'd like to participate (even for just a few minutes,  drop us an email at earthbridges (at) gmail dot com or leave a comment on this blog.  We could really use some help from our friends in the Asiatic region of the globe as we have several uncovered hours from 5-9 GMT.  See the schedule as it exists so far at our plannning wiki to see what hours are still available.

Earthcast09 is essentially a 24 hour long live Internet broadcast about all things relating to the environment. Topics will include green energy, green technology, college campus sustainability efforts, an update from environmental law professor Jason Czarnezki, students from schools around the world sharing what they're doing to improve the planet, and live call-in segments where listeners share their thoughts and ideas about environmental issues. We have several hours of the day where elementary, middle, high school, and university students will be leading the conversations.

We'll be streaming this broadcast live over at Earthbridges.net for 24 hours straight, so please support our efforts by tuning in as much as possible throughout the day. And please spread the word about this project. 

Thanks again to Jason Robertshaw for this fantastic promo video!!

Earthcast09 24 Hour Webcastathon

The Earthbridges Community 24 Hour Webcastathon is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009. At this point the community is in the very early project planning phase and more details will follow soon, but at this point we'll pretty much follow the successful recipe that we used last year. If you'll remember, we followed the 24 hour day as it passed through Greenwich, England with folks from around the world taking turns moderating hour long blocks.

If you think you might be interested in participating in Earthcast 09, please go here and fill out this brief online form. My goal is to get the Earthbridges Community together for our first planning session at some point in January. Please note: This is relevant to ANYONE who has an interest in this topic...you don't have to be affiliated with a K12/K20 organization to be involved in this project.

Please pass this along to anyone who you think might be interested.

Below is the YouTube video created by Jason Robertshaw that we used to help promote Earthcast 08. Click here to listen to some of the recorded audio from last year's Earthcast webcastathon.

We Can Solve It

Consider joining and participating in the "We Can Solve It" climate change action campaign. Great video below...consider embedding this video in your blog, myspace, etc in order to help spread awareness about We Can Solve It: