Blog Action Day 2011 for Food on 16th October 2011
Fellow Bloggers,
We are happy to announce partnership with Blog Action Day 2011 and present you with an exciting opportunity. Blog Action Day is one of the poignant initiatives in the blogosphere. Read on to know more and to make a difference with your blog.
About Blog Action Day
Bloggers across the world represent a formidable force of fresh ideas, distinct perspectives and candid opinions. The diversity that bloggers bring in is immense and a collaborative effort can be extremely insightful and offers infinite possibilities.
Blog Action Day (BAD) encourages the bloggers across the world to ideate on a common topic on the same day. This year, Blog Action Day 2011 (#BAD2011) will be held on October 16, 2011 and the theme is FOOD. The date coincides with World Food Day.
Useful Links:
Blog Action Day 2011 : http://blogactionday.org/
FB Page : http://www.facebook.com/blogactionday
Official Tag (for FB and Twitter) : #BAD11
Blogjunta partners Blog Action Day : http://blogactionday.org/our-partners/
How it works
An annual event, #BAD has been uniting bloggers around the world (since2007) to ideate about one important global topic on the same day. Past topics have included water, climate change and poverty. The objective of the exercise is to raise awareness and provide a platform for a global discussion around an important issue impacting all.
Blogging on the same day will engage the blogging community in meaningful conversations about the topic. Also, the conversations are sure to catch attention of the online audience spreading awareness and creating actionable opportunities. Last year, 5,600 bloggers from 143 countries took part in the #BAD on the theme of Water, reaching out to over 40 million readers. Organizers hope that these discussions facilitate flow of ideas, advice, plans, and action.
1-2-3 of #BAD11:
1. Pledge your support to the cause by registering your blog
2. Have a look at few of the topics that you may write about
3. Take time out from your busy schedule on Sunday, October 16, 2011 to blog about ‘FOOD’. Please tag your post with #BAD11 to ensure that all the stakeholders can make a note of your opinions/ideas
PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT / REGISTER FOR BLOG ACTION DAY
How is Blogjunta helping?
1. We are running mailer campaigns along with social media campaigns for same. Follow us on twitter and facebook.
2. There is a twitter live stream on Blogjunta Home page for the tag "#BAD11"
3. There will be a special edition of EDITOR'S CHOICE for the participants.
4. Bookmark your articles in SECTION : CONTESTS CATEGORY :BAD2011. You can submit here.
5. There will also be a special blogpost listing for articles submitted in this category.
6. A Junta event has been created around this activity and loads of discussion to happen. RVSP here.
Some topics suggestions (listed on the official site) for your Blog Action Day post.
- * My favorite food
- * The famine in East Africa
- * To be organic or not to be, that is the question.
- * Hunger and poverty.
- * Best and worst food memory
- * Slow Food, Fast Food: What does it actually mean
- * Malnutrition
- * Conflict over Food: Will new wars be about arable land?
- * Is your hamburger hurting the environment?
- * It takes 24 liters of water to produce one hamburger. That means it would take over 19.9 billion liters of water to make just one hamburger for every person in Europe.
- * Vegan, Vegetarian, Meat eater – Which one are you and why?
- * Trading in the future of food. What is the impact of food speculation?
- * Will we be able to feed 9 billion people in 2050?
- * How does Fair Trade food help farmers and communities get out of poverty?
- * Freeganism – eating the things others throw away.
- * The scandal of food waste.
- * What is the best way to farm food?
- * Growing your own – the joys and heartache of growing what you eat?
- * Too much or too little taking food to extremes.
- * Strangest thing you have ever eaten.
- * What food means to your culture.