Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Using TechSoup products or educational resources to stay GREEN ? All three winning stories will also be published on the TechSoup.org blog, and will be promoted in our By The Cup and New Product Alert newsletters, as well as our Twitter and Facebook channels. Not sure which products from TechSoup qualify as "green tech"?

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

Their president and founder Matt Bauer also co-edited the excellent Nonprofit Guide to Going Green. They have a 100% service guarantee, and donate 3% of revenues to causes that benefit children, education, environment, and fair trade. Get a good view of the Betterworld Telecom via their environmental blog.

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JUNE 17, 2021

While going through a global pandemic we also undertook the journey of becoming a B Corp. By harnessing the power of business, B Corps use profits and growth as a means to a greater end: positive impact for their employees, communities, and the environment. Take it from me, as I work on finishing this blog post late at night.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

NEWS Below is a roundup of blog posts and podcast interviews I've published since my last Have Fun Do Good Link Love (where did the month go?): Blog Action Day is October 15th. 4 Steps for Selling Your Art: Interview with Alyson B. Change.org is hiring bloggers. This year's theme is climate change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Among the proposed new gTLDs is.NGO.NGO will be the exclusive domain for local and global non-governmental organizations looking to advance their missions or to inspire their communities. Soon,ECO,GREEN, and.NGO, among countless others, will be introduced into our lexicon, expanding our surfing – and outreach – options in infinitely new ways.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

In June, the Stanford Social Innovation Review published a two-part piece by TechSoup Global Founder and Chief Instigator, Daniel Ben-Horin. I hope you'll pardon me if I start with a green tech thing. A woman named Gail Work stopped by to chat about her new non-toxic green battery company in Silicon Valley called SeaWave Battery.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 26, 2010

You can follow her blog at [link]. The more I learned about the manufacturing of fabrics, though, the more I realized how significant the negative impacts are on the environment, and on the farmers who grow the cottons. Today's guest blogger is Jennifer Moore. Especially beautiful, useful things.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 11, 2009

The WE Volunteer blog I write for, Do Good, Feel Good , was mentioned in WSJ.com's Blog Watch (thanks Beckey Bright!), Share Your WE Volunteering Story Microvolunteer in Minutes What Blogs and Sites About Volunteering Do You Recommend? How Blogging Has Changed Over The Last 3 Years. November was a good month for press.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos. This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

This is a guest blog post by Drew Bennett of Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). There is a clear cost advantage for them to do so, and the fact that it helps the environment and improves human health is a pretty tasty co-benefit. Drew is a MAP Sustainable Energy Fellow.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

This was originally posted on the TechSoup Global Blog and was authored by Keisha Taylor. Engaging the imagination, it puts forward four global scenarios, with an accompanying fictional case study that describes how philanthropy and technology may co-evolve for development. This will be sparked by pandemics.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2016

Connect with OpenDataSF on Twitter @DataSF and check out its blog. The green, yellow, and red colors allow consumers to immediately view a product's level of concern in each of the categories. Tackling Global Issues. Concrn for San Francisco's Tenderloin Residents. Both apps are free and downloadable for iOS and Android.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

I'm slowly inching back into a routine which includes blogging. I knew that if we could understand the connections and visualize the breadth of global efforts on behalf of social and environmental justice, we would recognize the largest movement the world has ever seen. I'm slowly inching back into a routine which includes blogging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

An easy example is green technology. pdf and a wiki with definitions of the lingo [link] Last week I gave a colleague a hard time about aspiring to “create an enabling environment” so I deserved to be surrounded by smart people who are making strides to create the infrastructure needed to drive capital to social change. link] [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

See3 Blog writes about the advantages of the Convio Face App (integration with organization's Convio database) and the limitations (can only run one Facebook app at time). The Non-Profit Tech Blog drills down deeper on the limitations and suggests waiting before adopting. Tools and Strategy Google Earth for Green Activism.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

In February of 2011, TechSoup Global board member and founder of the nonprofit Samasource , Leila Chirayath Janah published a piece in TechCrunch that explores an unusual aspect of telework. In GreenTech we've explored how telework, or working remotely via the Internet, is good for the environment and will likely change the modern office.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 4, 2008

By the time I saw them, they had met with staff at MicroPlace , Lenders for Community Development , IDEO , the Kaiser Family Foundation , the Draper Richards Foundation , Upwardly Global , 826 Valencia , MAPLight , Taoit , People's Grocery , Whole Foods and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. They made 3 lists: a. I don't feel worried.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

She is also co-host of the radio show, The Queens of Green on Green 960 , which you can also be downloaded as a podcast. They all represent either a farmer, educator, activist, or chef, but they still share the connection that they're aware of global issues. What brought you here? It's an eye-opening thing, college.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Anna Jaeger, TechSoup Global By now, you're probably aware that "green technology" exists. You might even be able to name a thing or two that would be considered green. In this article, I can barely scratch the surface of some of the more accessible green technologies. Green Software. Green Hardware.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We need a combination of political action and big personal changes to get the global community moving forward to protect our home. Leading organisations like the UN are telling us unanimously that we need to act now with global systematic change in order to save the planet. For more tips take a look at the Going Zero Waste blog.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We need a combination of political action and big personal changes to get the global community moving forward to protect our home. Leading organisations like the UN are telling us unanimously that we need to act now with global systematic change in order to save the planet. For more tips take a look at the Going Zero Waste blog.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2024

Instead of solely targeting generic keywords like “environmental conservation” or “green initiatives,” you might specifically go after educational keywords such as “impact of deforestation on ecosystems,” “benefits of sustainable agriculture,” or “carbon footprint reduction strategies.” Need support to strengthen your SEO strategy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

I'm creating a powerpiont for the Webinar and an accompanying wikispace, but wanted to put out this blog post for any feedback. Extension programs track blog conversations and respond. Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. Use Technorati , a blog search engine.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Mobile World Congress , an annual tech conference in Barcelona, Spain, sets the tone for global technology trends in the coming year. Besides the latest and greatest smartphones and tablets, the conference is a forum for innovation, ranging from green technology to accessibility. Mobile Green Tech. Windows Phone 8.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

We’ll be continuing this on each of our blogs, with cross-linking. Please feel free to join the dialogue, either in comments, or on your own blog. About 70% of traditional, non-gold, peer-reviewed journals are green. For example, all of Elsevier’s journals went green in 2004. Below is his response.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. They're aware that poverty around the world is not diminishing, they're aware that environment degradation is a looming problem. Climate change is on people's minds. Transcription by CastingWords Fair Trade coffee Transfair

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Kevin Anderson, blogs editor of the Guardian. Annabelle Sreberny, Professor of Global Media and Communication, School of Oriental and African Studies (with special interest in Iran, bloggers & social media). In Iran the regime hasn’t yet shown itself to be as savvy as the green movement. Do we want to keep you?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

She’s been blogging for us. all the green is WhatsApp. Well, probably not obvious because we have a global audience, maybe someone from Japan doesn’t know where Stanford is.” not interactive, but like more comfortable, a comfortable environment for people to participate? She’s awesome, folks.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

Frida, I think, a lot of her work, even though people constantly try to de-politicize it, a lot of it deals with this Mexican identity, it deals with globalization and so, of course, she was one of my inspirations. Even stuff around "green." I think that is really important. We said, "OK. Then we decided, "You know what?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2010

From the global to the local, here are #10Ways geolocation is a positive force for good. It has revolutionized communications on a global scale, and the transformation continues with every status update, blog post, and video stream. The global citizenry has become a global network.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned. For folks who are interested in how you can use blogs and podcasts and other social media things for social change, basically the way I started was, I have always worked for nonprofits and socially responsible businesses, and was not technical at all. Whoa, you must be freaky!"

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