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Bifurcated Life

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Right now, I feel like I''m living a bifurcated life. I spend most of my time in West Oakland. West Oakland where the view is of houses, a few trees, and the recycler dragging his four carts full of bottles and cans down the middle of our street. Blog Category: Oakland Personal Tweet'

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Bifurcated Life

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Right now, I feel like I'm living a bifurcated life. I spend most of my time in West Oakland. West Oakland where the view is of houses, a few trees, and the recycler dragging his four carts full of bottles and cans down the middle of our street. Blog Category: Oakland. And right now, that richness seems the right thing.

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29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Blog: Nonprofit Commons: Nonprofits in Second Life. Michelle Murrain: @pearlbear from Oakland, CA. Britt Bravo: @Bbravo from Oakland, CA. Blog: ext337. Rosetta Thurman: @rosettathurman from Washington, DC. Blog: Rosetta Thurman. Susan Tenby: @suzboop from San Francisco, CA. Blog: Tactical Philanthrop. Blog: Getting Attention.

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Living Plastic-Free with Beth Terry (Big Vision Podcast)

Have Fun - Do Good

She writes the popular blog, My Plastic-Free Life , and is a founding member of the Plastic Pollution Coalition. When she's not out fighting plastic pollution, she spends her time with her husband, and two rascally kitties in Oakland, CA. You can follow her on Twitter at @PlasticfreeBeth.

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Open Doors

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I feel the human surfacing quickly increase, as I move from Sonoma, to Marin, and then finally to Oakland. When I take the inevitable and necessary drive back into "civilization" (why is it called that?), I do remember why I left land, why I left the open doors (literally and figuratively), why I left the free flow of quiet into my heart.

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Why Are You Inspired (or Not) by the Occupy Movement?

Have Fun - Do Good

As a Bay Area liberal blogger who lives in Oakland , I feel like I should be taking part in occupations, posting photos, interviewing organizers, and sharing ways to get involved, but I haven't done any of those things. Life is out of balance!" I want to be excited about this global movement, but I'm not. Something is not right!

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Color = happiness

Have Fun - Do Good

I took all of the photos in this post walking on the not always pretty streets of Oakland. How can you add more color into your life this week? Walking around each day on a "treasure hunt" for color has helped me to see beauty in the everyday. Last week, I wrote about the healing powers of different things. Everything.

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