Introducing the new Earth.org. A good looking and easy to use open travel guide.

Earth.org, the open travel guide, can now be seen wearing a gorgeous new dress. We have launched a new website design that makes it easier for Earth.org Travellers to add and search for reliable travel information.
By: Teresa Brandstetter
 
Nov. 26, 2009 - PRLog -- "Earth.org is a collaboratively written travel guide with a non-profit approach. Think of us like Wikipedia, but focused specifically on travel. What we do is: we write this travel guide all together." – Rob, Marketing Manager of Earth.org. You just add your favourite restaurant in your hometown or some info on your traveling experiences. You share your knowledge - and if we all do this a new way of travel can emerge. You suddenly have free and reliable travel information on the Internet, just like you have it now with Wikipedia for the world of encyclopedia.

Earth.org has a non-profit approach
Earth.org is independent from business interests - and because of this it is a social experiment dependent on your engagement. Our only interest is the traveller, the explorer, the local in the know. We commit to putting our nonprofit approach into action: At least 50% of our net earnings (after taxes) will go into environmental, social or cultural projects.

So what is new at Earth.org?
We have just launched a new website design that makes it easier for Earth.org Travellers to add and search for travel information. We are pretty proud about the latest changes on www.earth.org:

•   We went for a much simplified homepage that now also gives a sense of activity on our website through the Recent Activity Stream. What you get is latest contributions of our Earth.org Travellers in a continuous stream. We also present highlights of the travel guide. Take a look at the new homepage: http://www.earth.org
•   The category structure of Earth.org is one of the main differences to normal wikis. We decided to drastically reduce the amount of hierarchies and subcategories to make it easier for Earth.org Travellers
•   Obviously pictures play a big part in making the travel guide more interesting so we came up with a simpler and pop-up-free, way of displaying our pictures. We managed to minimize loading time and browsing so it is ultra quick.


Earth.org - who are we?
At Earth.org we have no office. We work 100% remote and our team members are placed all over the globe. We work from the beach or in the mountains, in cities or at the countryside, at home with kids or whilst traveling. Our big challenge: How can we communicate in such a remote team? We decided – just open everything!

Visit the Earth.org blog and meet the team - you can see us working live at Earth.org, the open travel guide. We invite you to look around and join the discussion! Learn more about remote work and why we love it: http://www.earth.org/remote-work


Earth.org’s Ambassador program – a worldwide network of travel writers.
At the moment the Earth.org Ambassadors are based in more than 60 locations on our beautiful planet: Singapore, San Francisco, Kerala, Vancouver, Sao Paulo, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Piedmont ... - and it's getting more.

"City by city - region by region - that's how it works. If you are living in Johannesburg, Stockholm, Tyrol, Fiji Islands, Mexico or Sofia - just join in and help making it into a vivid place at Earth.org, the open travel guide. Because you are the local in the know, and you know it best - and that's why you can become an Earth.org Ambassador right away.” – Rafael, coordinator of the worldwide network of Earth.org Ambassadors.

As the name already reveals the Earth.org Ambassadors play a crucial role - in their locations and at Earth.org. Let's get more specific: You are in a honorary position, you know your home or current location best - and you take care of its travel guide content on Earth.org. Learn more about the Earth.org Ambassador’s program: http://www.earth.org/ambassador


Additional sources:
Get the logo, FAQs and latest news at: http://www.earth.org/press-room
General information about Earth.org: http://www.earth.org/about-us

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Earth.org is a collaboratively written travel guide with a non-profit approach. Think of us like Wikipedia, but focused specifically on travel.
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Source:Teresa Brandstetter
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