Call for jury | WLE 2023

Hey, dear WLE community! Time flies fast!

And very soon, the international team will start the evaluation of the images!

So, for this, we are gathering a fantastic team of the international jury — Wikimedians, experts, and photographers — to evaluate photos and choose winners. Do you have the desire to get this experience?

Please fill out this form to express your interest in joining, and we’ll contact you with details: 👉http://bit.ly/45jCxzj.

Deadline for registration: 10.09.23❗️

Make your contribution to a natural heritage!☘️

WLE on Wikimania

During the Wikimania annual conference, an audience could attend and listen to a session called “Wiki Loves Earth — 10 years of experience” by Olesia Lukaniuk, Project Manager of the contest.🌳

During the speech, there was an opportunity to share with the listeners a summary of the results of the international photo contest “Wiki Loves Earth” for 10 years of its existence. And also inform about the current state of the competition and important updates.

Some of the local teams also shared their perspective and experience in organizing the competition in a video.

After the session, all in-person attendees had the opportunity to receive WLE-branded souvenirs. We are grateful for this opportunity to spread awareness about Wiki Loves Earth with the international community and engage more people to contribute to a natural heritage!💚

You can watch the recorded session here with a timecode 1:20:30👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4zB7S9lEa0&t=4835s…

The first local winners!

The active stage of Wiki Loves Earth is almost done, and we already have a few countries who submitted their local winners!😎

We can enjoy beautiful images from Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Germany, the Czech Republic, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan.

Still, a few countries are having their local contest during August, and we are waiting for the submissions from all participants!

Stay tuned for it, and meanwhile, check all local winners so far here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Commons:Wiki…/Winners.

Wiki Loves Earth — spreading awareness all around the world!🌍

Recently the famous Brazilian newspaper “Folha de S.Paulo” published an article about Wiki Loves Earth project in Brazil and the international part.

It generally says about the project, its rules this year, and timelines of it.

You can reach out to this article here:👉https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/…/wikipedia-realiza….

Don’t forget to upload your unique images and win your cool prizes!🤩

The Wiki Loves Earth 2023 International photo contest devoted to natural heritages is on fire!

Participating countries prepare and take care of their local competition, and participants are uploading their unique and beautiful images.

Meanwhile, we want to remind you not only about the main contest but also the special nomination “Human Rights and Environment”.🔍

Contribute to spreading awareness about environmental problems and human impact on them!

Hurry up to take photos and upload them here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Campaign:wle-special.

And read more about this nomination here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Human_rights_and….

Also, check the previous year’s winning images:👉https://diff.wikimedia.org/…/wiki-loves-earth-2022…/.

In case of any questions, feel free to contact the international organizing team at wle-team@wikimedia.org.ua

Love Earth and good luck!☘️

The first submitted local winners🥳

We have the first submitted local winners for the Wiki Loves Earth 2023 from the Czech Republic🥳

You can see some images below and for more feel free to check this page: 👉https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Commons:Wiki…/Winners.

Meanwhile, most of the countries are in the active stage now.

Stay tuned for more and upload your unique pictures🥰

WLE uploaded images

Woohoo!🤩 Already 9 countries finished their local contest and you can check some of the uploaded images below.

Most of the local teams started their competition this month and more will join in July. Stay tuned and follow your country’s criteria.

In general, 51 countries\territories are taking part this year and it is a great amount! If your country is not on this list, but you would like to participate, you still have time to prepare! Follow this guideline: 👉https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Commons:Wiki…/Organise.

Check all uploaded pictures so far here, which is more than 24 thousand: 👉https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Category:Images_from….

Love Earth and take pictures!🥰

WLE 2023 | First results

Almost one month since the beginning of the contest and we have the first great results😇

▪️ 15, 411 images uploaded so far;

▪️1, 018 images for the special nomination;

▪️ 49 countries and territories that are participating right now or preparing their contest.

You can check all the uploaded files here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Category:Images_from….Stay tuned for more!😎

Love Earth and take pictures!

WLE in Picture of the Year 2022!

We have great news!

Wonderful images from Wiki Loves Earth took place at the top in the competition “Picture of the Year 2022”!🥳

The first place has a picture from Nepal from the author Prasan Shrestha. Congratulations!

Also, there are images from WLE in Bangladesh, Germany, Ukraine, Portugal, Kenya, and Turkey.

We are glad that photos of natural heritages are spreading more and more on Wikipedia🍀

Check the full results here👉https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Common…/2022/Results/All.

Love Earth and upload your unique images!

Wiki Loves Earth 2023 is announcing the special nomination “Human rights and environment”!🌍

In 2023, Wiki Loves Earth international photo contest again supports the initiative WikiForHumanRights, which partners with the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Its goal is to raise awareness of nature protection and human impacts on nature.

When we protect the environment, we also protect the fundamental human rights we all have — rights to water, life, food, housing, and other fundamental rights that rely on a clean, healthy environment. And this year, we accept photos not only from the countries where the main contest is going but also from the whole world!

Technically, participants would be able to upload images through the “wle-special” campaign.

Check out this page for more detailed information such as criteria for images, examples of images, important notes, how to upload, etc: 👉https://commons.wikimedia.org/…/Human_rights_and….

Also, you can check the winners of the previous year’s special nomination here: 👉https://diff.wikimedia.org/…/wiki-loves-earth-2022…/.

Follow our channels for local organizers to be first updated about the main news:

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wlecommunity/;

Telegram chat: @WLE organizers 2023;

A mailing list for local organizers: wikilovesearth@lists.wikimedia.org.

If you have any questions, please contact the international team at wle-team@wikimedia.org.ua.

Don’t hesitate to participate and let’s love our planet together!🌳