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Gidget

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The Associated Press: EPA puts out global call for environment photos
Got a camera? The Environmental Protection Agency wants you.

The federal agency has embarked on a yearlong campaign to collect photographs from across the United States and around the world for its State of the Environment Photo Project. Launched just before Earth Day, April 22, the project is modeled after the Documerica effort during the 1970s in which the agency hired dozens of freelance photographers to capture thousands of images related to the environment and everyday life in America. This time, the scope is global and it's driven by social media. The EPA is calling on the masses to post their best photographs on Flickr.
In the first week, about 100 images were posted to a special group page set up through the photo sharing network. The EPA is tweeting about its favorites and sharing some of them on its Facebook page. The images range from a hand cradling a pair of orange newts to wildflowers, fields flanked by wind turbines, smoke stacks, discarded bottles on a Massachusetts beach, school children in South Africa and wildlife at national parks. "We want people to send us images of what they're seeing in their environment," said Jeanethe Falvey, a community involvement coordinator with the EPA. "We hope people join up on the project with the idea that we might have some more work to do but we can also see the beauty and the result of the environmental protection we've done to date."

We have so much to share with the rest of the world - from the breathtaking views to the unfortunate oil spill. Please consider contributing your images.

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