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MARCH 5, 2014

section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge. Pottsboro Area Library in Texas. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. She immediately got to work.

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OCTOBER 26, 2014

Jim Lynch is TechSoup's director of green technology (here's the part where I embarrass him — he's also pretty much the man as far as electronics refurbishing and recycling goes). There is extraordinary work being done in EU countries in a complicated regulatory environment. The Greatest Environmental Benefit.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

You've heard of the Incredible Hulk and Green Lantern. But you've probably never heard of this green superhero. It's Not Just About the Environment. One initial reason Microsoft Citizenship got interested in refurbishment was because of the digital divide, which persists today. Image: Sean Nicholson.

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APRIL 21, 2015

nonprofits, churches, and libraries at the lowest possible cost. The proclamation honors "non-profits like InterConnection [that] are bridging the digital divide by giving refurbished computers and technology to low-income families and other nonprofits." Green IT greentech Recycled and Refurbished Computers Green Office'

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APRIL 19, 2012

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. It made us think about ways we could bring good dependable low-cost computers to nonprofits and libraries. How Green Is Refurbished IT Equipment?

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