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Open source information is critical for researchers in developing countries and those who are in institutions with limited resources such as NGOs etc.. It's easy to be critical but schemes like these, though occasionally grandiose, should be supported! S Canning J. wrote: > Cultler Cleveland does aappear to exist, as do a couple of the other I > googled! > John > http://www.bu.edu/cees/people/faculty/cutler/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: A forum for critical and radical geographers > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jon Cloke > Sent: 04 October 2006 16:32 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: FW: Invitation for Geographers to Join the Encyclopedia of > Earth > > True, but if you get an invite from someone calling hisself "Cutler J. > Cleveland, Editor-in-Chief, > Encyclopedia of Earth", I mean it's just got to be genuine and > desperately, desperately important, hasn't it? > > > From: Duncan Fuller <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: Duncan Fuller <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FW: Invitation for Geographers to Join the Encyclopedia of > Earth > Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:08:54 +0100 > > Who'd ha thot it - geographers being invited to such an initiative! > Possibly participatory, possibly public, possibly pompous (not Peck!)... > > -----Original Message----- > From: AAG Economic Geography Speciality Group > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of JAMIE PECK > Sent: 29 September 2006 20:38 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Fwd: Invitation for Geographers to Join the Encyclopedia of > Earth > > > > _______________________ > Jamie Peck > Professor of Geography & Sociology > University of Wisconsin-Madison > > Address until August 2007: > Department of Geography > University of British Columbia > 1984, West Mall > Vancouver, BC > CANADA, V6T 1Z2 > Phone: (604) 822-2663 Fax: (604) 822-6150 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous > content by the NorMAN MailScanner Service and is believed > to be clean. > > The NorMAN MailScanner Service is operated by Information > Systems and Services, Newcastle University. > > > > ==== > This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private > and > confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, please > take > no action based on it nor show a copy to anyone. Please reply to this > e-mail > to highlight the error. You should also be aware that all electronic > mail > from, to, or within Northumbria University may be the subject of a > request > under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and related legislation, and > therefore may be required to be disclosed to third parties. > This e-mail and attachments have been scanned for viruses prior to > leaving > Northumbria University. Northumbria University will not be liable for > any > losses as a result of any viruses being passed on. > > > > > > > From: "Cutler J. Cleveland" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Invitation for Geographers to Join the Encyclopedia of Earth > Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:31:45 +0100 > Dear Dr. Peck > > Please consider forwarding this to your AAG Specialty Group. I think it > would be of great interest to them. > > Thanks > > Cutler > > > Dear Friends and Colleagues, > > I invite you to help build what is fast becoming a seminal reference on > understanding and managing the environment. With the recent public > release > of the Encyclopedia of Earth (http://www.eoearth.org/), scientists from > around the world are joining to create a comprehensive, authoritative > source > of information about the environments of Earth and their interactions > with > society. The Encyclopedia is written and governed by experts working in > a > unique collaborative environment, and it has been released through the > initial work of about 300 Authors and 100 Topic Editors. The > Encyclopedia's > oversight comes from an outstanding group of international scholars, our > International Advisory Board (see below). > > You can write on or edit any topic that interests you and that falls > within > the scope of Encyclopedia. Entries are from 250 to 5,000 words, geared > to a > general audience. Your articles can be drawn directly from existing > material you have written, subject to any copyright restrictions. The > Encyclopedia is built, maintained, and governed by experts like you via > a > specially adapted "wiki," an online resource that allows users to add > and > edit content collectively. Significantly, unlike other wikis, access to > the > Encyclopedia wiki is restricted to approved experts, and all content is > peer > reviewed and approved prior to being published at the free public site. > > Contributing is easy: visit http://www.eoearth.org/, click on BECOME A > CONTRIBUTOR, and follow the guidelines there. The site also contains > additional information about the project. > > I encourage you to circulate this invitation widely within your > community. > > Contact me or editorial assistants Alejandra Roman <[log in to unmask]> > or > Ida Kubiszewski <[log in to unmask]> with questions. > > Thanks for your consideration. > > With best regards, > > Cutler J. Cleveland > Editor-in-Chief > Encyclopedia of Earth > > Professor > Department of Geography and Environment > and > Center for Energy and Environmental Studies > Boston University > > > INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD > Rita Colwell, Chairman, Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc., former Director > of > the National Science Foundation, USA > Robert W. Corell, Chair of the Steering Committee for the Arctic Climate > Impact Assessment > Robert Costanza, Director, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, > University of Vermont, USA > Mohamed H. A. Hassan, President, African Academy of Sciences, Nairobi, > Kenya > Thomas Homer-Dixon, Director, Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict > Studies, > University College, Canada > Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross > School > of Business, The University of Michigan, USA > Steve Hubbell, Distinguished Research Professor, University of Georgia, > USA > Simon A. Levin, Moffett Professor of Biology, Director, Center for > Biocomplexity, Princeton University, USA > Bonnie J. McCay, Distinguished Professor of Human Ecology, Rutgers, the > State University of New Jersey, USA > David W. Orr, Chairman, Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College, > Ohio, USA > Rajendra K. Pachauri, Director-General, The Energy and Resources > Institute, > India > F. Sherwood Rowland, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, University of > California - > Irvine, USA > B. L. Turner, Director, School of Geography, Clark University, USA -- Steven Cummins MSc PhD MRC Fellow Department of Geography Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS T: 44 020 7882 7653 F: 44 020 8981 6276 E: [log in to unmask] W: http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/staff/cummins.html