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Help us document the new reality of a world without oil. Let us know how the latest developments are impacting your everyday reality: your family life, social life, work life, or love life. You have three ways to tell your story: post it on the Internet (blog, video, image), or call us, or send us email.
 

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IF YOUR STORY IS SOMEWHERE ON THE NET

Paste its URL here.    
Blog? URL to Article or Permalink please!
Where’s this story from? ZIP Code or Country Name.
What kind of story is it?
Give it a title.
Tags or Keywords. See the current tag cloud.
If you’re a Netizen Hero, get credit! (optional)
Hero Name Need a Hero Name?
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How do I find the URL to send you?

The URL is the web address displayed in your browser when you are reading or looking at the article, video, image and so on. In the case of a Blog entry, there is often a link labeled permalink, which will work even when that entry is no longer on the blog home page. That’s the address to use.

 

What’s a Netizen Hero?

As a citizen of the network, you're a hero when you tell us your stories. We’d like to keep track of the stories you send us, and give you credit. You can do this by registering your name (or nick name) so we know who you are. The better your stories are, the higher your name appears on our Honor Roll. Woohoo!

1: CREATE SOMETHING

We want your personal story of a world without oil. Use online text, photos, videos, audio or art to tell the world what it’s like for you and your family, co-workers and friends to be immersed in such a sudden, forced upheaval. What is hard for you? How are you coping? Give us some evidence of your life inside the oil shock. (What kinds of things should I document?)

From everyday details to major life drama, your unique experience is an important part of the big picture. So tell us about the changes you’re seeing in your family life, your social life, your work life, or your love life. Show us the strange things happening on your block, or in your school, or in your office, or in your neighborhood, as everyone tries to cope with the energy shortage and its unforeseen ripple effects.

You might want to describe how the crisis is impacting your basic routines, for better or for worse: where you go, who you see, what you eat, wear, and play. Or maybe you want to share original ideas for cutting back on energy consumption, or tips for dealing with the crisis. Maybe you just want to vent about the changes taking place. Be creative!

Whatever you’re thinking, feeling or experiencing in a world without oil — share it. (But remember we are a kid-friendly site!)

2: TELL THE WORLD

People all across the country are working together to understand and document this crisis. Help others find your story by tagging your story "worldwithoutoil." (What’s a tag?)

A tag is a keyword or keyphrase that you attach to online stories, to make it easier for other people to find. Many websites help you use tags to classify your story. For example, if you make a video about the new “car pool with a stranger” stops in Los Angeles, you might upload it to YouTube and tag it “Los Angeles”, “carpool”, and of course “worldwithoutoil”. If you want to see other videos like yours, you could search for the tags “carpool” and “worldwithoutoil” on YouTube. For our site, you can use the "tag cloud" at the bottom of the page (or as Gracesmom calls it, the "word mess").

If you don’t know how to add a tag to a blog post or website, just make sure to type the phrase "worldwithoutoil" somewhere in the body of your text. It will then show up in a Web search for "worldwithoutoil" by Google and other search engines (doesn't happen immediately, however). If you link "worldwithoutoil" to the URL http://www.worldwithoutoil.org, that helps it show up faster!

3: TELL US

We want to show off the most interesting, dramatic, and original World Without Oil stories. So use the form above to point us to the URL of your story. We’ll look it over and add a link to it, so that everyone coming to World Without Oil can easily see your story. And maybe we'll give it one of our coveted Your Story awards! How cool is that?

WHY SHOULD I GET INVOLVED?

Read our manifesto.