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Essay
Those using Flickr are able to share photos in [|groups]. It's a great way to develop social web skills.

Flickr groups are an excellent example of documentation and visual storytelling. They can also be used to show behaviors we'd like to see -- eating more healthy, respecting city parks, connecting museum staff and the public, for example. No one person can be expected to do this alone and groups are a fun way of collaboration.

Several of these groups have developed critical mass including World Museums, World Mountains, World Food, Oaxaca Trees, [|World Parks] and City Parks. Join us!

Tip - Check out Flickr's official [|group guidelines].

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If you are a fan of a certain group, mention this on Twitter and include the link!

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2012 News
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Directories

 * **Photo** || **Group Info** || **RSS** || **Slideshare** ||
 * media type="custom" key="12100629" || [|Workshop 21] compliments Planeta.com's [|World Travel Directory] and show eco practices, including biodiversity conservation, recycling, environmental education and outdoor travel!

Wiki || rss url="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/groups_pool.gne?id=437257@N22&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" link="true" number="5" date="true" ||  ||
 * media type="custom" key="12100621" || [|Taller 21] compliments the [|Directory of Spanish language schools] featured on Planeta.com. Of particular interest are eco practices, including biodiversity conservation, recycling and environmental education.

Wiki || rss url="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/groups_pool.gne?id=437484@N22&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" link="true" number="5" date="true" ||  ||

Conscious, Local, Foodie, Responsible Travel and Ecotourism Around the World
southamerica || rss url="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/groups_pool.gne?id=508730@N21&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" link="true" number="5" date="true" ||  ||
 * **Photo** || **Group** || **Wiki Info** || **RSS** || **Slideshare** ||
 * [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2780592634_3b0f97a159_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/groups/ecotourismeurope/"]] || [|Ecotourism Europe] || europe || rss url="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/groups_pool.gne?id=795050@N24&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" link="true" number="5" date="true" || [[image:http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ecotourismeurope-100917202830-phpapp01-thumbnail-2 link="http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/ecotourismeurope"]] ||
 * [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2417712329_03e4da26bf_t.jpg width="100" height="76" link="http://www.flickr.com/groups/ecotourismafrica/"]] || [|Ecotourism Africa] || africa || rss url="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/groups_pool.gne?id=795048@N24&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" link="true" number="5" date="true" || [[image:http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ecotourismafrica-101013150630-phpapp01-thumbnail-2 link="http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/ecotourismafrica"]] ||
 * [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/3714157141_70471dc7f8_t.jpg width="100" height="72" link="http://www.flickr.com/groups/ecotourismasia/"]] || [|Ecotourism Asia] || asia || rss url="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/groups_pool.gne?id=805761@N20&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" link="true" number="5" date="true" ||  ||
 * [[image:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2617/3772463253_a92b9506f6_t.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/groups/ecotourismoceania/"]] || [|Ecotourism Oceania] || oceania || rss url="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/groups_pool.gne?id=786669@N25&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" link="true" number="5" date="true" ||  ||
 * [[image:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/188135205_6e6307965c_t.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/groups/southamericanecotourism/"]] || [|South American Ecotourism] || southamerica
 * [[image:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2439/3598074515_3b960ac702_t.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/groups/northamericanecotourism/"]] || [|North American Ecotourism] || northamerica || rss url="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/groups_pool.gne?id=484902@N20&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" link="true" number="5" date="true" ||  ||

Featured Groups
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 * **Photo** || **Group** || **Wiki Info** || **What we're looking for ...** || **Slideshare** ||
 * [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2974849762_f4ab2a1b52_t.jpg width="100" height="77" link="http://www.flickr.com/groups/worldclimate"]] || [|World Climate] || World Climate || Book covers and presentations about climate change || [[image:http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/climate-1228611261090461-9-thumbnail-2?1246596374 link="http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/climate-presentation-732903"]]
 * [[image:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2648/3873894069_65905723fc_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/3873894069/in/pool-cityparks"]] || [|City Parks] || City Parks || Pocket parks and urban ecotourism (hiking, biking, bird-watching) || [[image:http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/cityparks-090919181135-phpapp02-thumbnail-2?1253401914 link="http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/cityparks"]] ||
 * [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2737172870_08973a419a_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/2737172870/in/pool-worldparks"]] || [|World Parks] || World Parks || Parks and protected areas, biodiversity, conservation || [[image:http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/worldparks-090919192311-phpapp01-thumbnail-2 link="http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/worldparks"]] ||
 *  [[image:http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3520/5812639863_1077c2be47_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/5812639863/in/pool-worldcrafts%7Cplaneta"]] || [|World Crafts] || World Crafts || rss url="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/groups_pool.gne?id=869967@N20&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" link="true" number="10" date="true" || [[image:http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/craftingourfuture-111122164634-phpapp01-thumbnail-2 link="http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/craftingourfuture"]] ||
 * [[image:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/83/243208719_cc2caa4364_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/243208719/in/pool-worldfood"]] || [|World Food] || World Food || Spotlight on local food ||  ||
 * [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2831164003_84704048c5_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/2831164003/in/pool-worldmarket"]] || [|World Market] || worldmarket || Markets around the world ||  ||
 * [[image:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/31/66485638_370a13cda5_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/66485638/in/pool-worldmuseumsgallery"]] || [|World Museums] || World Museums || Favorite museums and behind the scenes tours provided by museum staff || [[image:http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/worldmuseums-090516072532-phpapp02-thumbnail-2?1252691804 link="http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/worldmuseums"]] ||
 * [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/3089157668_c575260e30_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomwalter/3089157668/in/pool-worldmountains"]] || [|World Mountains] || World Mountains || Mountain culture and conservation || [[image:http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/mountains-1228689549697873-8-thumbnail-2?1233753425 link="http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/world-mountains-presentation"]] ||
 * [[image:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2100/1777343694_4a2aa00f81_t.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/1777343694/in/pool-worldwater"]] ||  ||   ||   || [[image:http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/worldwater-1233785593556203-2-thumbnail-2?1233852072 link="http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/worldwater"]] ||

Local Groups

 * **Photo** || **Group** || **Wiki Info** || **RSS** || **Presentations** ||
 * media type="custom" key="13409634" || [|Oaxaca Today] || oaxacatoday || rss url="http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/groups_pool.gne?id=62573398@N00&lang=en-us&format=rss_200" link="true" number="5" date="true" || [[image:http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/oaxacatoday-110709082154-phpapp01-thumbnail-2 align="center" link="http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/oaxacatoday"]] ||
 * [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/3211630170_b5859e59b0_t.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/3211630170/in/pool-arbolesdeoaxaca"]] || [|Árboles de Oaxaca (Oaxaca Trees)] || Oaxaca Trees || Native and exotic trees in Oaxaca, Mexico || [[image:http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/arboles-101106080102-phpapp01-thumbnail-2 link="http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/arboles-5686052"]] ||
 * [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/3211630170_b5859e59b0_t.jpg link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/3211630170/in/pool-arbolesdeoaxaca"]] || [|Árboles de Oaxaca (Oaxaca Trees)] || Oaxaca Trees || Native and exotic trees in Oaxaca, Mexico || [[image:http://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/arboles-101106080102-phpapp01-thumbnail-2 link="http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/arboles-5686052"]] ||

More Topical Groups
water conservation and recreation || World water ||  ||   || [|Accessible Travel]
 * **Photo** || **Group** || **Wiki Info** || **What we're looking for ...** || **Presentations** ||
 * [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3307/3273222950_985d9fb18c_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/3273222950/in/pool-birdsoftheworld"]] || [|Birds of the world] || Birds of the World || Birds in their natural environment, conservation measures ||  ||
 * [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/3809031950_f68775fb5f_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/3809031950/in/pool-worldtrees"]] || [|World Trees] || World Trees || Notable, historic and beautiful trees ||  ||
 * [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/2959409058_b766aa8c5f_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/2959409058/in/pool-ruraltourism"]] || [|Rural Tourism] || rural tourism || Travel in rural communities ||  ||
 * <span class="photo_container pc_t">[[image:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/100022265_670352679b_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/100022265/in/pool-worlddeserts"]] || [|World Deserts] || world deserts || Desert wildlife and conservation ||  ||
 * <span class="photo_container pc_t">[[image:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/78/208315532_999afa10d3_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/208315532/in/pool-worldenergy"]] || [|World Energy] || world energy || Spotlight on renewable energy! ||  ||
 * || [|World Water] features
 * <span class="photo_container pc_t">[[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/3424686632_a229b53694_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/3424686632/in/pool-accessibletravel"]] || === ===

|| accessible travel || infrastructure and signage related to accessible travel ||  ||
 * <span class="photo_container pc_t">[[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/3238916214_746152148d_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/3238916214/in/pool-worldastronomy"]] || [|World Astronomy] || world astronomy || Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. ||  ||
 * <span class="photo_container pc_t">[[image:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2489/3890364562_e5da2da39d_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/melisub/3890364562/in/pool-worldsigns"]] || [|World Signs] || world signs || Signs and signage ||  ||
 * <span class="photo_container pc_t">[[image:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/101/280082144_7a71fa3b35_t.jpg width="100" height="75" link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/280082144/in/pool-worldsports"]] || [|World Sports] || world sports || Sports and sporting events around the world ||  ||

Slideshare
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Artwork / Cue Yourself
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Magic Hour = La Hora Mágica A Particular Time, around an hour //before// sunset or //after// sunrise, when light is at its most golden and details emerge across the spectrum. Un momento determinado, alrededor de una hora antes del atardecer o al amanecer, cuando la luz está en su más dorado y detalles surgen en todo el espectro. http://www.flickr.com/groups/magichour/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hour_(photography) http://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/6806348532/

Benefits
Photographs and discussion can be encoded in RSS!

Promotion
To Flickr's credit, there's promotion of groups from the Groups page --http://www.flickr.com/groups -- but it's unclear how the groups are selected or how a group creator might suggest to Flickr, hey, have a look! I've gotten more promotion for my Flickr groups from Slideshare than from Flickr and that just seems odd. [|Promoting Groups]

Country Essays
Australia Flickr Ecuador Flickr Mexico Flickr New Zealand Flickr

Featured
[|Day of the Dead around the World]The focus of this group is the Day of the Dead holiday (November 1-2). Show us the altars and preparation for the Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos holiday. Photos need to be specific to this holiday. If you are taking pictures of people, please ask permission and if you can, give them a copy of your photo.

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Developing
http://www.flickr.com/groups/quito2 http://www.flickr.com/groups/monterrey2

GROUPS (Stats as of December 2008)

 * [|Birds of the World!] (28 members)
 * [|World Astronomy] (1 member)
 * [| Re-Imagining South American Ecotourism] (14 members)
 * [|Re-Imagining North American Ecotourism] (7 members)
 * [|Ecotourism Asia] (1 member)
 * [|Taller 21] (7 members)
 * [|Workshop 21] (10 members)
 * [|World Water] (26 members)
 * [|World Food] (126 members)
 * [|World Science] (1 member)
 * [|World Museums] (121 members)
 * [|Árboles de Oaxaca (Oaxaca Trees)] (55 members)
 * [|Oaxaca Today] (27 members)
 * [|Oaxaca Market Project] (12 members)
 * [|World Trees] (29 members)
 * [|Ecotourism Oceania] (7 members)
 * [|World Market] (69 members)
 * [|World Mountains] (99 members)
 * [|World Climate] (2 members)
 * [|Mexico City Treasure Hunt] (1 member)
 * [|Rural Tourism] (51 members)
 * [|World Energy] (20 members)
 * [|City Parks] (64 members)
 * [|World Parks] (11 members)
 * [|slow travel] (1 member)
 * [|Monterrey 2.0] (1 member)
 * [|Day of the Dead Around the World] (118 members)
 * [|Ecotourism Challenges in New Zealand and Australia] (9 members)
 * [|Ecotourism Europe] (4 members)
 * [|World Crafts] (1 member)
 * [|Ecotourism Africa] (6 members)
 * [|World Sports] (1 member)
 * [|World Environment Day] (21 members)
 * [|World Tourism Day] (17 members)
 * [|World Rugby] (1 member)
 * [|Forum on Latin American Forests (FOLAF)] (3 members)
 * [|Quito 2.0] (5 members)
 * [|Accessible Travel] (6 members)
 * [|Ecotourism Australia] (2 members)
 * [|Mexico Rugby] (3 members)
 * [|Mexico Baseball] (12 members)
 * [|World Deserts] (5 members)

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More Groups (talking points about Australia, Mexico, New Zealand and Sports Tourism)
[|After Wilma] [|Mexican palette] [|West Coast New Zealand] [|Si Mas Bicicletas] [|Sustainable tea and coffee] [|Flickr Hacks] [|Dogs on Roofs] [|Monthly moment in time] http://www.flickr.com/groups/lovesouthafrica

[|Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town] - Please only post your best pictures, and do not post pictures that are very similar to one another, or they will be removed by an admin. Please also note that by joining this group you give permission for any photo added to it to be featured on the official Two Oceans Aquarium website, with no payment (though accreditation will always be given). We assure members that we will not use their images for any commercial purposes other than to showcase the Two Oceans Aquarium on the web.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/capetownliveitloveit - This is the official Cape Town Tourism Flickr group. We welcome images of the world's most beautiful city. In particular, we welcome images of people enjoying the world's most beautiful city. [] []

Museums
[|OurSpace]

Sports
[|World Rugby Cup 2007 - BBC]

Tourism
[|My Australia Holidays] [|We Visit Mexico]

Editing
[|The Value of Collaboration] [|Responsible Travel Photography] [|Fair Trade in Travel Writing and Photography]

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Moderated Groups
Photos submitted to a moderated group generate the following automatic announcement OK. That's been submitted the group. If is approved by the group administrator, it will show up in the group pool.

Questions
If you administer a group with pending photos, is it possible to receive an email stating the group has pending photos?

Are there suggestions of how to nicely let contributors know that their photos have not been accepted in a group?