2023 on Green World: the stats, our reflections & more || wrap up

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Welcome back to Green World! This year has been amazing for our blog, so today we wanted to share some stats, personal reflections from each of the editors and some important information for 2024!

2023 in stats

52 posts

86 463 views

most viewed post: Geothermal and Hydropower Energy in Iceland || Iceland Series (part 2)

best posting month: August

worst posting month: January

2610% increase in views compared to last year!

How was it for us?

Elsie:

This year has been an incredible experience for me. I'm so grateful for all of your support and have loved writing weekly posts on topics that mean so much to me. My favourite post to write was National Parks post, it made me want to travel to all those amazing places. I've also found writing the energy comparison series really interesting because they required a lot of background knowledge and research and made me think more deeply about the complex topic of electricity production. I can't wait to see what 2024 brings us.

Freya:

I have not written as many posts for the blog this year as I had hoped I would have, but the ones I did write I am very proud of. In particular the post about the importance of nature for our mental health. I found it such an interesting topic to research and write about as it was something that I hadn't really thought that deeply about before. In the past twelve months, the blog has expanded so much, and I am so grateful to be able to be a part of it. I look forward to seeing where 2024 takes us!

Zoë:

I was, once again, not as present as I would have liked to have been on this blog this year. However, I made all the blog graphics, which I thoroughly enjoyed. What I did write for this platform, I am very proud of, such as my posts about electric cars. I've been enjoying taking more time over writing posts, and thinking of posts to write. I have several ideas which I can't wait to write in 2024! I've found making the graphics more consistent very rewarding and I can't wait to keep making them in the new year!

Important info for 2024

The vote for the replacement of the quiz series ended in a draw. The two winners are book reviews and challenges. Therefore we will be alternating these two formats, a different one each month. All other series which we have been writing will be continued into the new year!

We hope you all enjoyed this as much as we did. Thank you so much for reading and following us over the last year. See you in 2024!

Your Green World Blog Team💚

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