New Connecting Cultures Website Goes Live!

The new Connecting Cultures website went live yesterday. UNESCO challenged Connecting Cultures to use the latest technology to bring their desert debates into classrooms and homes around the world; to do this, they have been working for the last two months with IPADIO, an award winning UK based technology company; the end result can be seen at www.connectingcultures.co.uk.

Mark Smith, CEO of IPADIO stated that the company was founded on a simple premise, that anyone, anywhere could make a phone call and stream that call out from a website. 'This simple founding principle is why we are so excited to have helped create the new Connecting Cultures website - because we can not only display our skills at integration of video, audio, text and social media - but also present content live from the actual wilderness experience itself via satellite phones. By literally giving voice to these leaders of the future we hope we can amplify the message of intercultural dialogue'.

People can get involved in the new website in three ways. They can;

1. Have their say on our Global Debate, either via a phone log, or via email.
2. In schools and colleges, use some of the 12 downloadable on-line lesson plans, created by Edexcel, UKs leading examinations organization, to stimulate discussion.
 3. Follow the progress of our desert journeys through our use of Google Earth and Ipadio phone logs.

Mark Evans of Connecting Cultures hopes everyone will enjoy the website, and that everyone can play a part in engaging over the important issues discussed on Connecting Cultures journeys each year.