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Lester Bolicenni

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About Lester Bolicenni

9 posts · joined 2009-09-3

Based in Paris, volunteer translator for Global Voices in French, I now also contribute to Global Voices in English as part of my general obsession and loving dedication to new media.

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October 27th, 2009

Western Europe

Sarah Hay blogs about the French lessons she gives to a group of young Afghan asylum seekers in a park in Paris. “They’re incredibly keen that I learn the Pashto for everything I teach them to the point of comical mishap, for example when I taught them the word metro…”

October 22nd, 2009

Online Tools to Monitor Climate ChangeVideo post

Leading up to the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15) in December 2009, here is a sample of online tools to monitor climate change.

October 15th, 2009

Safeguarding the world's cultural heritageVideo post

Many organisations working to preserve global cultural heritage - both tangible and intangible - have been using online media to support their efforts.

October 4th, 2009

U.S.A.

On October 6, the World Monument Fund will publish the 2010 Watch list, a biennial program drawing attention on endangered cultural heritage sites around the world.

September 23rd, 2009

USA: Pilgrimage into the Wild

Numerous fans of the best-selling book Into the Wild make the treacherous journey to the exact location in Alaska where its main character died in an abandoned public bus. Thankfully, many live to blog about it too.

September 19th, 2009

Americas

Corine Clesnes, on her blog Big Picture, notes [fr] that the US government launched the 2009 Flu Prevention PSA Contest, to promote the best ‘viral' videos' on flu prevention.