How we looked in 2006
Like most great things, Earthpages was first an idea.
It was 1997 and I’d just finished my Ph.D. in Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa.
I started using the public library for e-mail because I’d just been unplugged from the university computer room.
This was well before 9/11 and the dot.com winter. The web was still new and many believed the internet could change the world.
While walking along my familiar route to the library, I suddenly got the idea to develop an interfaith, global-village style web site where different viewpoints could happily find expression.
Not only that. I wanted dialogue. And not just from myopic academics who often miss the forest for the trees nor from goofy New Age pundits but from the average woman and man on the street.
Over the years Earthpages has gone through many changes. We’ve transitioned to blog format and adopted the dual-stream approach of Earthpages.org and Earthpages.ca. And we’re now placing less emphasis on world photos with the growth of great sites like flickr.com and photobucket.com.
Amid all this change one thing stays the same. We still believe that well-intentioned dialogue can help make a difference.
To that end, we invite submissions on a wide variety of topics.
Although Earthpages.org is closely connected to Earthpages. ca – Think Free, these two blogs are quite different. Earthpages. ca – Think Free is a spin-off from Earthpages.org. It’s about interactive learning and questioning everything, right down to the ideas of objectivity and balance often implied as valid and true at other educational venues.
Michael Clark, Ph.D. — Administrator
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
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We’re currently in transistion from the ‘old’ earthpages to the ‘new’ earthpages. Mostly the site content will be the same but comments, such as this one, will be incredibly easy to post and read.
We’re very enthusiastic about this change and hope you will be too!
hello earth pages, nice to see you out here,
subscribing now to keep up with your content of positive change.
peace-
Rickbischoff – thanks for the well wishes!