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Nonprofits of the Month :: April 2010 :: Earth Day Everyday

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Earth Day 2010 marks the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day held each year on April 22. Facebook: Green Festivals. MySpace: Green America. Related Link: 2-for-1 Webinar Special for Nonprofit Organizations :: Ends April 30, 2010. Happy Earth Day ! Twitter: Next American City. YouTube: NRDC’s ThisIsOurMoment.org.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2010 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In addition to all those wonderful programs, I wrote up 11 more for 2010. Green Gifts by the Natural Resources Defense Council: From Green Energy Boosts to Buffalo Babysitting gifts, the NRDC has a launched a new Green Gifts Online Catalog featuring over 40 gifts that help protect the environment and wildlife.

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What Is Green IT? Take the Greener IT Challenge

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Green technology, particularly green IT has been one of TechSoup’s missions for many years. Green IT Defined. I’m fond of the overly clever antimetabole we came up with a few years ago: green IT uses technology to reduce environmental impact and reduces the environmental impact of technology. Green webhosting.

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Green Products at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show

Tech Soup

I wasn't able to go to the 2010 CES Consumer Electronics Show this year, but I'm assured by TreeHugger , which reviews the show each year, especially the new green tech gadgets, that it was largely nothing much new. Despite few new green tech break-throughs, there apparently was plenty of new interesting stuff.

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Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, and the Cloud

Tech Soup

Microsoft's new version of Office 2010 is interesting in several ways, especially in its approach to green IT and cloud computing. The free online version of Microsoft Office 2010, called Office Web Apps for Home and School is free to anyone regardless of whether or not they use a desktop version of Microsoft Office.

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NTEN and Green IT Consortium Online Green IT Workshop: February 10

Tech Soup

Anna Jaeger and I will be participating in a very interesting online green IT workshop for nonprofits and foundations on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 from 10 a.m. The online event is called Greening Your Nonprofit's IT – How to Save Environment and Money. Pacific time.

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The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show: Not Many New Green Gadgets Under the Sun

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It's one of the best showcases of new green IT devices that we can expect in the marketplace. This year I didn't attend in person, but have been reviewing reports on the show and have to conclude that there's not much new and exciting in the field of green IT gadgets. Last week, I talked about how green these devices are.

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