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Green Technology Summit Heads to Europe (and It's Kind Of a Big Deal)

Tech Soup

Jim will be there to help kick things off and to report back on the latest industry news from Europe. Since 2005, the organization has sent more than 17,000 computers and mobile phones to schools, small businesses, and NGOs in Burkina Faso, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Madagascar, and Niger. spanhidden.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

Cristi Hegranes: My name is Cristi Hegranes and I am the President and Founder of The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World which is an international nonprofit organization that was founded in order to train women in developing countries to become investigative reporters to report their own news.

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Interview with Jonathon Colman: Social Media Secrets from a Green Geek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

m also a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Burkina Faso, West Africa), and am even now preparing to move from Washington, DC to Seattle immediately following a two-month fellowship in Australia. I routinely bookmark and comment on environmental news, green blogs, and stories about sustainability and alternative energy technology.