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Why Every Organization Should Make Sustainability Part of its Mission

Saleforce Nonprofit

The platform provides training and open-source tools and resources for climate activists, links activists to local groups and campaigns, provides a platform for rapidly evolving content, and also supports a Coal Tracker as the group seeks to end the reign of dirty coal in Africa. University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. The MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition includes a "Knowledge-networking" category designed to take good ideas and circulates them widely, taking full advantage of the Web's potential for collaborative thinking.

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BlogHers, Gender Blogging, and Linux Chix in Cambodia!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I observed her sharing her knowledge with other women at the conference. The woman wearing the green t-shirt played the role of my daughter. The day before the conference, I spent some time at the Open Institute , the NGO that hosts the KhmerOS (Open Source Software) project. Dee Dee with the BlogHer bag!

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Green Coworking: An Interview with Chris Messina and Ivan Storck of Citizen Space

Have Fun - Do Good

I talked to Chris Messina of Citizen Agency and Ivan Storck of SustainableMarketing.com about their green coworking space in San Francisco, Citizen Space for the Big Vision Podcast and have posted a transcript of the interview below. Britt Bravo: What is coworking, and how can you make it green?

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How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

How can we talk about technology in social change, while, at the same time, publishing in a format that limits the availability of this knowledge to people privileged enough to pay for it? About 70% of traditional, non-gold, peer-reviewed journals are green. For example, all of Elsevier’s journals went green in 2004.

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A Few Reflections from SXSW Crowdsourcing Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These were (as captured by blogger Marcia Stephanek ): Open Green Map , offered up by Holly Ross, helps communities map their eco-friendly spots, whether it's a bike rack or a solar-heated apartment complex or a public herb garden. Then, we asked the panelists to pick a few to share during the panel.

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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Blog Buzz, NGOS at Demo 07, and Moulin

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Personal Fundraising and Open Source Deductions Article in the Seattle Times about personal fundraising, Hoping To Help Darfur $1 at a Time that focuses on Darfurwall.org that has successfully raiased $30,000 in very small donations - $1 per person. Wikis, Widgets and Social Networking Do you think there are too many freaking widgets

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