As we get closer and closer to the day, we’ve got a brand new video on YouTube for all you bloggers in case you want to post up about Blog Action Day and need some new content. Enjoy!

Since our launch last week, we’ve been contacted by a lot of great organisations and causes. Today we received an email from the people behind the new movie the 11th Hour, a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and which is if you like the unofficial sequel to Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth. In any case, they’ve provided a little video clip which you can watch if you’re interested. Looks like it’ll be a fascinating film:

Update: Thanks everybody, we’ve had translations to 20 languages!! Thank you for your support

Hey folks, with the on rush of people to the site, we’ve had lots of great non-English blogs sign up, but unfortunately many of them are held back by the fact that the site is only in English at the moment.

As a simple solution I’ve prepared a short page of all the crucial information and am looking for anyone who can help translate it into different languages. So far I’ve found an Italian translator, but if you speak some other language fluently and don’t mind spending a little time on it, Email me (collis)!

Here’s the text that we’re using:

Blog Action Day

On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind. In 2007 the issue is the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to get everyone talking towards a better future.

We’re looking for bloggers of all nationalities and backgrounds, writing about all topics to join in. Here’s what you have to do:

Publish on October 15th
Publish a post on their blog which relates to an issue of their own choice pertaining to the environment.

For example: A blog about money might write about how to save around the home by using environmentally friendly ideas. Similarly a blog about politics might examine what weight environmental policy holds in the political arena.

Posts do not need to have any specific agenda, they simply need to relate to the larger issue in whatever way suits the blogger and readership. Our aim is not to promote one particular viewpoint, only to push the issue on the table for discussion. So write in whatever way suits your readers and your blog, just relate it back to the environment and make sure it goes up on October 15th.

Other things you can do
You can also participate in Blog Action Day by posting a banner on your site (http://blogactionday.org/promote) or by donating your day’s blog earnings to an environmental charity of your choice.

Register your blog
We are keeping track of all the blogs that have committed to participating on BlogActionDay.org and it would be very helpful for you to register your blog at http://blogactionday.org/commit

At this time the form is only available in English, but the form fields are as follows:

1 - Blog Title

2 - Blog URL

3 - Approximate RSS Subscriber Number
(This will not be published. It is used to generate an approximate ‘reach’ for Blog Action Day. Simply enter an average, recent feed count from Feedburner or similar service. If you don’t know the audience size, just enter ‘0′. )

4 - Your Email
( You will ONLY receive two emails. The first will be two days prior to Blog Action Day 2007. And a second in August 2008 about next year’s day.)

5 - The final field is to test whether you are a human or spam robot. Simply type in the number written there

Thank you for participating in Blog Action Day 2007! In future years we hope to have the entire site translated in many languages

Our promo video: