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  • rafaelmichalczuk 3:11 am on December 30, 2009 Permalink
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    Hello from Chennai, India 

    To make things perfectly clear – a warm welcome to Ali. Just feel free to post on the blog :)

    Its great to see so many from India to have joined Earth.org for a common cause!!

    I’m Ali Asghar from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. I’m a Telecommunications Engineer by education and a budding entrepreneur having started my company some time ago with a friend.

    What brings me to earth.org is the urge to make some contribution to the world we live in. With globalization and industrialization at its peak, the need to preserve and safeguard Mother Nature is more greater today than ever before. Therefore, I believe that it is the collective responsibility of all individuals to ensure that we leave back a world which is inhabitable and safe for our future generations. This can only be possible if we conduct ourselves as responsible citizens of the world.

    My interests include debating, reading, blogging, trekking and travelling.

    You can find me on:

    Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/aliasgharmy
    Facebook: Look for Ali Asghar
    LinkedIn: http://www.in.linked.com/in/aliasgharmy
    Blog: http://www.aliasgharmy.wordpress.com

    Come let’s join hands to make the world a better and safer place to live!

     

  • teresa 9:11 am on November 20, 2009 Permalink
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    “I’ve joined Earth.org to become a citizen of the world beyond the boundaries of countries.” 

    Babu Mohanan is Earth.org Ambassador of Kerala in India. He talked with Rafael, who coordinates the worldwide network of Earth.org Ambassadors, about the Ambassadors mission.

    Rafael: Babu, you are living in Thiruvanathapuram. Can you explain us the long name?

    Babu: Long place names are very common in this part of world. In the Colonial days, the English might have found it difficult so they called the city Trivandrum. The Name “Thiruvanathapuram” can be split into three words “Thiru”, “Anantha” and “Puram” Puram means city. There are at least two opinions about the meaning of the word “Anatha”.Some say it was derived from the the famous temple in the city. Some say it has roots in Jainism. The first word “Thiru” is an honorific which modifies a noun like a persons name (or a place name in some cases). The usage is something similar to the English “Mr.” or the French “Monsieur”. Learn more here

    Babu_EarthRafael: You have joined the Earth.org team as second Ambassador for Kerala State in India. You will cooperate with Mathai Fenn, also Ambassador of Kerala. What expectations do you bring with you?

    Babu: I want to work on providing more knowledge about Kerala to the world. I want to tell the world about its unique cultural past. I also want to post many pictures about its attractive geography.

    Rafael: You are working in the field of customer support. Perhaps you can share with us ideas how to improve the usability of the Earth.org website and how to improve the project?

    Babu: We need to attract more people to our site and also collect feedback from them about its usability.

    Rafael: Why did you join Earth.org? What was your motivation?

    Babu: To become a citizen of the world beyond the boundaries of countries.

    Rafael: What place we have to visit beeing in Kerala State?

    Babu: I will say that this depends on the visitor. Many come here to see the greenery and the backwaters. Some come here to get Ayurvedic treatment. A lot of people are attracted to its culture and dance forms.

    Rafael: And a last but not least question: What is your wish for Earth.org?

    Babu: Earth.org should become a place where people meet and share their knowledge about places in the world.

    Rafael: Thanks for joining Earth.org, Babu!

    You would like to become Earth.org Ambassador for your city or region?
    Join in!

    And now feel free to contact rafael(at)earth(dot)org or via Skype (rafael.michalczuk)

     

  • rafaelmichalczuk 10:42 am on November 6, 2009 Permalink
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    New power from India! Just had a chat with Babu from Trivandrum in Kerala. He has joined the team as second Earth.org Ambassador for Kerala State. He will cooperate with Mathai Fenn, also Ambassador for Kerala State. It must be a perfect location! They will go for it! India, I would said: back to the origins… @Mathai @Devanik – keep in touch with Babu.

     

    • Babumohanan 10:57 am on November 6, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Thanks Rafael for introducing me.

      • teresa 11:07 am on November 6, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Welcome! Indeed Kerala is a perfect location. I’ve been there twice and enjoyed it sooo much! Best from Austria!

      • Rafael 11:09 am on November 6, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Thanks Babu, great to see you here! Super you have joined allready!

      • Rafael 11:14 am on November 6, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        And Babu please look up this suggestion from Imogen how to upload a pic for your profile on the blog: Head to http://www.gravatar.com and get yourself one of these puppies. They are linked to WordPress, so it means every time you comment on a WP site using one of the emails you have linked to your Gravatar account, the picture you uploaded there will automatically display.

      • Rafael 12:07 pm on November 6, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Hi Babu, now Diana from Klaipeda has joined our team!

        • Babumohanan 3:40 am on November 7, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

          Hi Rafael,
          I did not hear from Mathai Fenn. Can you please send the mail that we were talking about yesterday?
          Babu

          • Babumohanan 4:48 am on November 7, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

            Also I do not see my status as an Ambassador when I login to earth.org
            Babu

            • otto 11:33 am on November 7, 2009 Permalink

              Will come! This is on our development list. You are one of our first ambassadors – so -unfortunately- time to suffer for you :shock:

            • david 12:45 pm on November 9, 2009 Permalink

              I think Ambassador code is live, not sure if complete. But go to your /my-world page and click on “Register as Ambassador”. This should send a notification to rafael@earth.org who will approve your application. Give it a go, lets see how it goes.

            • Babumohanan 8:10 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink

              David,
              I have already done that. Rafael has contacted me. But my status has not changed.
              Babu

            • Gayathiri 8:44 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink

              @Rafael: You should login to admin panel. There, you have the link to ‘Manage Ambassadors’. You will have an option to approve the Ambassadors there. If you approve them, they can see their status (as Ambassador) in their profile pages.

            • Rafael 9:28 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink

              Hey guys, thanks for your support and advice. Great that you have taken care of Babu. I can not reach the Ambassador panel today, don´t know why – perhaps there are changes now…. @Babu – I will approve your status asap

          • Rafael 9:31 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

            Hi Babu, great to see you so active here on the blog. I have sent the email to your colleagues Ambassadors, but perhaps we have to wait a little for their reaction – sometimes it takes unfortunatelly a bit of time… Thanks for your support!

            • Rafael 9:43 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink

              @Babu – have sent allready a second mail with introduction, you should got it too. Have a nice day!

      • steve 11:19 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        hi babu! warm welcome to the team! i’ve been to kerala too, there’s a couple of places i’d love to go again.

      • Mathias 11:41 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        A warm welcome and thanks for being Ambassador!

    • otto 11:22 am on November 6, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Kerala is “God’s own country” and welcome Babu (which means “father” or “boss”)

      • Babumohanan 11:33 am on November 6, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Thanks Otto. Yes that is the meaning of Babu.. I am father of 2 children.. but do not boss around too much. haha..

        • Rob 2:27 pm on November 6, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

          lol. Well a BIG Namaskaram to you Babu. I lived in Kerala for half a year in 2004. I was intern at CGH Earth (a responsible tourism hotel group) at the time. I was even wearing a Mundu – can you see it already: a white guy wearing traditional Indian robes!

          But besides that ;) -> máááán do I love Kerala. Kerala Ishtamane! I am looking forward to reading your stories.

          • Babumohanan 3:36 am on November 7, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

            Rob,
            Thanks for the message. I had a friend from CA, US now living in Amsterdam, who was here 6 months back. He was a wearing a Mundu too. He also loves the Veg. food here.
            Babu

    • Rafael 11:33 am on November 6, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Now changed to chat with Diana, also new Ambassador, but of Klaipeda. Hey Ambassadors we are spreading the world!

    • valentin 6:38 pm on November 7, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      ez babu :D welcome to the team!

      • Babumohanan 8:07 am on November 10, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Thanks. I am still learning. So sorry for the delayed reply.
        Babu

    • Cristiano 9:27 pm on November 10, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Welcome Babu!

  • teresa 9:39 am on October 20, 2009 Permalink
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    "My dream is to make Earth.org the ultimate online travel guide in the world." 

    Devanik Saha is Earth.org Ambassador of New Delhi in India. He talked with Rafael, who coordinates the worldwide network of Earth.org Ambassadors, about the Ambassadors’ mission.

    Rafael: How is life in the cosmopolitan centre of India?
    Devanik: Its really lively. Like basically the main thing about India is the food. People here are just crazy for eating… One can get any type of cuisine one wants like Chinese, Indian, Thai, Oriental, Mexican,etc… Other than food people are crazy for movies or the BOLLYWOOD as we call it. You can hardly get a place in the theaters if you dont book in advance. So thats pretty much about India.

    Rafael: Why have you decided to join the worldwide network of Ambassadors on Earth.org?
    Devanik from New Delhi, IndiaDevanik: I really love my city Delhi and I feel that people worldwide still haven’t understood the cultural diversity and heritage of Delhi. They only visit the shopping malls and other shopping places which don’t represent the traditional Delhi. Therefore I want to spread the culture and tradition of Delhi worldwide.

    Rafael: You are engineer in New Delhi, how does the city look like from this point of view?
    Devanik: From my point of view, though we don’t have any spectacular buildings constructed recently, smany malls and hotels have come up which can be compared with the best in the world. Like the Taj Mahal Hotel, Leela Kempinski, Hilton, etc. There is a mall called the SELECT CITYWALK which is truly world class and we have the best of the brands available..

    Rafael: Your idea is to link Earth.org Ambassadors together in attempt to connect the virtuality with real life. Please describe your wishes and dreams.
    Devanik: I have many ideas in mind regarding linking Ambassadors like we could have an annual conference where we all meet and get more ideas for Earth.org. Then we could have head of each continents like Head Ambassador, ASIA or maybe Head Ambassador, Europe. This would further motivate our ambassadors to work. My dream is to make Earth.org the ultimate online guide in the world. Like for example Google is regarded as the best search engine on the internet. Similarly, my dream is to make Earth.org as good as Google as a travel guide.

    Earth.org AmbassadorsRafael: What can we do to improve the Ambassador program? Any suggestions?
    Devanik: We need to be more active, organize some more activities like I mentioned above linking all Ambassadors and all those things. And one thing we can do like we could put the photo of each Ambassador on Earth.org and pins on the world map representing the Ambassadors.

    Rafael: Your message for other Earth.org Ambassadors?
    Devanik: Well, my message to them is that we need to work as a team and be active. Only then we can realize our dream for Earth.org. I would like to work with all of you other Ambassadors. So please mail me at devanikthegreat(at)gmail.com with your views and ideas. My skype id is devanik.saha.

    Rafael: Thanks a lot, Devanik!

    At the moment the Earth.org Ambassadors are based in more than 50 cities, regions and countries all over the world.     You would like to become Earth.org Ambassador for your city or region? Join in!

    And now feel free to contact rafael(at)earth.org or via Skype (rafael.michalczuk).

     

    • Rafael 9:58 am on October 20, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      @Devanik – great to have you in team, i hope your new ideas will get feedback soon. @teresa – thanks a lot for publishing

    • teresa 10:22 am on October 20, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      We share the same dream :-D

    • Rob 10:25 am on October 20, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Great stuff Devanik! Namaskar to Earth.org :)

      I’ve lived in Kerala and Bangalore for a total of 1,5 years and I’ve been to Delhi a couple of times. I was especially charmed by the mumbo jumbo of the streets around Chandani Chowk as well as the magnificent Jama Masjid!

      Regarding your ideas for the Ambassador community: fantastic suggestions indeed! Let’s hope we once can organize such gatherings in real life. For the time being we’ll have to do with online meetings, which will be equally interesting I’m sure :)

      Looking forward to reading more about your city on http://www.earth.org/travel-guide/New-Delhi !

    • otto 2:39 pm on October 20, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      @Devanik: Thanks, wonderful interview.

      You will be astonished how many of our team have been long in India :-) And Earth.org started in India. A warm welcome!

      One of you points is more communication, so get an account here on our blog and join the discussion with us! Comment our new design screens and just everything you would like to add to make Earth.org to the ultimate travel guide!

    • valentin 3:33 pm on October 20, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      awesome intro devanik. looking forward to be working with you !!! :D

    • steve 4:03 pm on October 20, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Welcome Devanik! glad to know more about you through this nice interview

    • devanik 9:38 pm on October 20, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      hey people thanks all for your support…By the way I would like to inform you that I am chalking out a plan according to me for the ambassadors as well as earth.org..so please let me know your views at my id..we need to get active..

      • otto 7:14 am on October 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Great Devanik! Best you speak Rafael with regard to Ambassador ideas. He is having a great amount of ideas here.

    • Chandramauli 9:48 pm on October 20, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      great intro devanik……….ur sketch of delhi life is quite right…………

    • Cristiano 11:10 pm on October 20, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      This is pure great stuff. Pure, refined fresh energy.
      Earth.org is the place where such energy does not get wasted at all.
      Welcome Devanik and good work.
      I believe that we all share the dream of having a proportion 1 to 1 google with Earth.or.
      Let’s continue to dream about is and work to make it real!

    • Thomas 3:02 am on October 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hi Devanik — I spontaneously got appetite while reading your India-sum-up! :-) Great enthusiasm and ideas, welcome to Earth.org!

    • Carolyn from Omaha 4:38 am on October 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      I am on board…hope its an awesome ride.

    • devanik 9:04 am on October 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      hey
      @carolyn,thomas,cristiano and all others if u have any ideas and suggestions mail me and moreover we can have a great discussion…

      • Rafael 9:46 am on October 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Hi Devanik,
        it is so cool seeing how warm your ideas have been welcomed in our team. You see people are having the same energy as you and it will be a great challenge to combine our working power and go for it.

    • Mathias 10:49 am on October 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Hi Devanik, last but not least also a warm welcome from me… I’m glad to see your ideas and your committment to the project :-)

    • Adrian 5:05 pm on October 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Great Ambassador ideas Devanik.
      Ambassador profiles, photos etc are a must to show other potential ambassadors that there is a community and other like minded people to bounce ideas off. Ambassadors are probably one of the most important factors when it comes to the image and the message. Lastly welcome from a fellow ambassador in Italy!

      • Rafael 5:56 pm on October 21, 2009 Permalink | Log in to Reply

        Hi Adrian – great to see you here again! Hope you will exchange ideas with us… Could you send me the posts you mentioned (in email to Adrianne) directly rafael(at)earth.org

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