EPA Marks Earth Day on Flickr
The Environmental Protection Agency invites anyone over age 18 to contribute to its ongoing photo project. Using Flickr, the agency will feature user-submitted photos to celebrate Earth Day on April 22. It chose the photo sharing platform “to encourage participation and provide maximum public access.” Photos can be submitted until April 30. The project (which was promoted on the White House’s blog yesterday) is organized through Flickr’s photo groups and through tags. To date, about 160 photos have been submitted throughout the three main groups:
- EPA Earth Day 2009 Photo Project: People and the Environment
- EPA Earth Day 2009 Photo Project: The beauty of nature
- EPA Earth Day 2009 Photo Project: Wildlife
The photo project is a great example of a government agency using social media to promote its work, though participation is surprisingly low. See finalists from 2008 here.
