Search Results for: WLE 2013

«Wiki Loves Earth» winners awarded

«Wikimedia Ukraine» awarded «Wiki Loves Earth» winners. 12 best photos belong to six authors, all of them awarded: Krasnickaja Katya, Serhiy Krynytsia (Haidamac), Balkhovitin, Ihor Dereviahin, Mykhaylo Petzkovych та Slava Leontiev. Main prizes in «The best photo» nomination got the following pictures: 1st place — Katya Krasnytska, Dawn on Ai-Petri Mountain, Crimea 2nd place — Serhiy Krynytsia (Haidamac), Dniester Canyon national nature park, Zalischyky, Ternopil Oblast 3rd … Continue reading “«Wiki Loves Earth» winners awarded”

Human rights and Environment. Wiki Loves Earth photo contest is announcing winners of the special nomination!

Since 2014, dozens of countries around the world have organized annual photo contests devoted to their natural heritage within the international Wiki Loves Earth contest. In 2013 we held WLE in Ukraine for the first time, and in 2014 it went international. Overall, WLE collected 767k free photos of protected areas, with around 180k being … Continue reading “Human rights and Environment. Wiki Loves Earth photo contest is announcing winners of the special nomination!“

Join Wiki Loves Earth 2022!

Nine years of having the photo contest all around the world, almost 800,000 free photos of natural heritage sites, with around 180,000 being used in the wikiprojects — we are committed to continue and make these numbers and impact even bigger this year! The 10th edition of the Wiki Loves Earth photo contest is just … Continue reading “Join Wiki Loves Earth 2022!”

Wiki Loves Earth 2021 starts!

The 9th edition of Wiki Loves Earth photo contest starts to gather photos of protected sites all around the world! Join us to draw attention to protected areas and help to illustrate wikiprojects, find out in our blog post how. Wiki Loves Earth — the biggest international photo contest devoted to nature heritage — has … Continue reading “Wiki Loves Earth 2021 starts!”

Wiki Loves Earth is running around the world!

July is the last month of the Wiki Loves Earth photo contest this year. Let’s take a virtual trip around countries that have ongoing competitions!   May and June have brought more than 70k photos of nature monuments from 25 countries, but more is to come. These photos help to draw attention to protected areas, illustrate … Continue reading “Wiki Loves Earth is running around the world!”

Wiki Loves Earth 2020 starts!

The 8th year in a row Wiki Loves Earth photo contest starts to collect photos of nature heritage sites all around the world. Join us to draw attention to protected areas and help to illustrate wikiprojects! Started in 2013, Wiki Loves Earth has grown to the biggest worldwide contest devoted to nature heritage. From nature … Continue reading “Wiki Loves Earth 2020 starts!”

Winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2019

Photo by Sven Damerow, CC BY-SA 4.0. Warm rays of sunlight that pour through clouds on a snowy mountain. Kayak passing by an enormously still glacier. Two owls staring at you carefully and suspiciously. These are just a few of the breathtaking photographs winners from the international Wiki Loves Earth competition, whose results were announced … Continue reading “Winners of Wiki Loves Earth 2019”

Sixth edition of international photo competition Wiki Loves Earth is open for submissions

In 2013, the pilot version of Wiki Loves Earth was launched in Ukraine, with Wikipedia issuing a call out to the public to contribute their photographs of natural landscape from across the country licence free to their online database. Since then, the photo competition has expanded to over 50 countries and has collected more than … Continue reading “Sixth edition of international photo competition Wiki Loves Earth is open for submissions”

Observation on Wiki Loves Earth from Australia

In this blog post we present you a personal insight on Wiki Loves Earth from the point of view of Australian Wikimedian User:Gnangarra As we near the mid way part of WLE in Australia I thought I would share a few observations about what its like to run the event in a country for the … Continue reading “Observation on Wiki Loves Earth from Australia”