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Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day

Amy Sample Ward

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Dear COVID-19, I’m Breaking Up With You

Blue Fox

Their 24 members estimate Together’s coalition could advance investments in green infrastructure to the tune of 10,500 new jobs across 10 Bay Area counties, improving the environment and access to nature for 7.7 (And hopefully, find toilet paper somewhere in between.) Need inspiration, or a reminder of why your work matters?

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5 Design Techniques That Will Increase the Lifespan of Your Nonprofit’s Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, if someone might be in a worried state while browsing your site, intense colors like red or orange won’t help them; it would be better to choose calming colors like blues and greens. If you offer many different paths on your site, a good strategy is to let users pick their own way forward. In practice: 1) Freely in Hope.

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Three Fabulous Conversations

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This enables great conversations: the serendipity effect is huge. The Waste Concern approach creates good jobs for waste pickers, keeps the city clean, reduces green house gases, and prevents corruption (the auditing process for carbon credits is rigorous and doesn’t leave much room for funny business).

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Eight Social Justice and Advocacy Conferences You Must Attend

Care2

Don't miss the panels Using Technology and Social Media to Build Social Movements with Amy Sample Ward of NTEN, Michael Silberman of Green Peace International, Claire Diaz Ortiz of Twitter, and April Pedersen of Salsa Labs.

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SXSW: Using Social Media to Accelerate Sustainability

Amy Sample Ward

John McElhenney - Clear Green Technologies. You can mount challenges that are effective in spreading the word and making our message accessible to more people who can make their own decisions. Started with mega trends of social media and green living. Green or Sustainability? Presenters: Emily Gertz - Change.org.

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We are what we eat

ASU Lodestar Center

But with increased testing and heightened security, and many other demands on schools and teachers today, are gardens just a green frill, or are they a good use of a school’s time and money? Through a cohort workshop process, organizations prepare to develop and execute effective evaluations. A nice idea?

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