Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

The session, "Turning E-Waste into Green," focused on how policy decisions handling e-waste can improve the economy. Read about how your community can breathe new life into an old story from Connecting Up, our Australian partner. TechSoup for Libraries. 3D printing at your local library?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project , the digital divide still affects about a third of Americans, particularly low-income Latinos, African-Americans, Native Americans, disabled people, and the elderly. According to the Federal Communications Commission. " In short it's a roadmap for closing the digital divide.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2017

At TechSoup, we love to supply good, solid, low-cost refurbished or remanufactured IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. According to Williams and Kuehr, adding additional life to computers saves 5 to 20 times more energy than recycling over the computer's life cycle. billion humans. " Our Refurbishment Partners.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2015

nonprofits, churches, and libraries at the lowest possible cost. IT devices that are suitable for the RCI program will be fully refurbished and provided at the lowest possible costs to charities and libraries. Items that cannot be reused will be responsibly end-of-life recycled. Image 1: InterConnection. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

One of our missions at TechSoup Global is to supply low-cost refurbished IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. According to Williams and Kuehr, adding additional life to computers saves 5 to 20 times more energy than recycling over the computer's life cycle. The Basis for the Environmental Benefits of Refurbished IT.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Just after the show, Sean Nicholson from Microsoft sent me a roster of new green Windows PCs , including the Toshiba Portégé Z835 ultrabook that has a mercury free-LED display and halogen-free printed wiring board. Ultrabooks are light, thin, laptop computers with long battery life and that cost under $1,000.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

One of our missions at TechSoup Global is to supply low-cost refurbished IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. Adding additional life to computers saves 5 to 20 times more energy than recycling over the computer's life cycle. The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2007

Stacy Surla invited me to participate remotely at the IA Summit taking place this weekend in Las Vegas on a panel about IA in Second Life and informal poster session to introduce Second Life to IA folks. I had skype with a video camera and Second Life application opened (which kept crashing my computer.)

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In a small way we've begun such a process with the new collaborative PhD funding in Oxford's Museums, Libraries and Gardens [link] — Dan Hicks (@profdanhicks) November 11, 2019 Nikhil Trivedi suggested reading Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun's White Supremacy Culture document and reflecting on how those issues relate to management.

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Tech Soup

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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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2010

The program extends the life cycles of commercial-grade IT equipment that comes from corporations and other institutions, and it also provides free end-of-life shipping and responsible recycling when you're done with it. Two Ways to Enter: Earth Day 2010 GreenTech Giveaway: read more.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Britt: For people who aren't familiar with green rooftops, what is a green roof? But literally they're green because it's a garden on a roof. Britt: What are some of the benefits of a green roof? What they've done is these cities have started a really broad program of green roofs. It acts like an insulator.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

New York Public Library: Find the Future. In Find the Future, the New York Public Library pairs online and offline activity to get the audience to explore the library’s offerings by sending them on a scavenger hunt throughout the collection. Purpose: Bringing the cause to life. Purpose: Fundraising, awareness-building.

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Classy

JUNE 17, 2021

Aaptiv : Virtual workouts have taken off this past year and Aaptiv has a massive library of virtual workout classes to keep fitness interesting. Every Thursday, everyone is invited to join this optional meeting and share thoughts on real-life topics like “Gratitude,” “Vulnerability,” and “Mental Health.”.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Our recently completed 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest winners and finalists are an impressive group, showcasing the broad reach and impact of TechSoup member charities doing environmental work. Find our in-depth profile of Information Technology Exchange on TechSoup for Libraries. Shoreline Solar. Images 1 and 3: Braided River.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2012

in schools, libraries, local governments, and nonprofits, it was tough to choose just one to profile this week, but I chose YouthBuild Boston because of my fondness for green tech. This is an after school program that is all about green jobs training and making old things new again. The Mission of After School Programs.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Their volunteers already do trainings in the libraries. ” Her bio in the book sums her up: “She shares her life with happy dogs, grumpy cats, box turtles, and some rare humans. Acquiring Technology GreenTech Recycled and Refurbished Computers Green IT refurbished computers' What’s Next for Nancy Jo.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

One of our missions at TechSoup Global is to supply low-cost refurbished IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. Adding additional life to computers saves 5 to 20 times more energy than recycling over the computer's life cycle.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

" Braided River's Seasons of Life and Land book on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was held up on the floor of the Senate during a debate on a bill proposing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; the bill was ultimately defeated. Learn More About Our Green Tech Winners. Images: Braided River. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

" Braided River's Seasons of Life and Land book on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was held up on the floor of the Senate during a debate on a bill proposing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; the bill was ultimately defeated. Learn More About Our Green Tech Winners. Images: Braided River. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2009

EcoCommons launched this week in Second Life. Article: Go Green with Virtual Meetings and Web Conferencing. Conferencing Virtually : The Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference. From the TechSoup Community: TeleGreen Your Work Campaign (Week One). Ten Tips to TeleGreen Your Work. TechSoup Blog.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for eight years now. We have served more than 12,300 nonprofits and libraries across all 50 states, and we estimate that we have have saved organizations somewhere in the neighborhood of $4.5

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Encourage participants to take advantage of your local public library and get reading! Local gardening experts can have the chance to demonstrate their green thumb and teach others in workshops that cover topics such as organic gardening, composting, or urban gardening.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Candice has a masters degree in library and information science and is Transition Projects’ first formal IT person. We have different agencies that come to assist the individuals in our program with things such as job search assistance and other life skills and basic needs. She has been there just under five years.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Green Technology. In hardware life extension news, the grand award winner for software in Popular Science's Best of What's New 2013 this year is a server/software technology called Neverware Juicebox. It’s also looking like relatively few charities and also libraries are getting the hang of it.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

InterConnection now supplies RCI with warrantied laptops and desktop computers that go to nonprofits and libraries in the United States. InterConnection also runs a free RCI end-of-life Take Back Program , in which nonprofits and libraries that receive RCI computers can have them responsibly recycled at no cost.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

As I reflect on what Literacy Day means, I can’t help thinking about the origins of my interest in Room to Read as an organization, and one particularly sticky literacy-for-development related issue that came up during that season of my life. What a photo find!! in Kenya with Mary, 10, circa 2006]. They cut the scotch tape.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Photo by Topeka Library. So, let's say that as part of your social media strategy - you've hashed out those questions and you've been green lighted for a social media training. ve learned, and experiment with various technology tools so they can easily incorporate them into their daily working life.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

It is roughly 25 times more environmentally beneficial to extend the life of used, three-to-five year-old computers than it is to end-of-life recycle them at that age. Three- to-five-year-old computers are fast, powerful, and adaptable enough to meet the needs of organizations and individuals who need them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

where you vote for one of the finalists in the NTEN Video Content or watch a machinima about Nonprofits in Second Life. We've already spotted a number of ning generated nonprofit related social network sites ( Cool n Conscientious , Stop Cyberbullying , Library 2.0 There's also dogooder.tv What did you learn?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Besides the latest and greatest smartphones and tablets, the conference is a forum for innovation, ranging from green technology to accessibility. You can read about some of these apps in on our Apps for Nonprofits and Libraries page. You don't need any programming experience to build an app for your nonprofit or library, either.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

This means a laptop or desktop with an older operating system can be repurposed as an access device, running Windows Professional, and extend the life of the laptop or desktop. Because only one computer is needed to power a system that serves multiple users, WMS reduces energy consumption and is regarded as a green IT technology.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

If people don’t know you, there’s no real, even my general attitude to life, trust people, it’s always worked out well, with some few exceptions, it’s still worth it. . So Fraser Green, great fundraiser in Canada who was working for an organization, left it. ” . And transformational gifts take time.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Fact Sheet: Volunteering as a Vehicle for Social Support and Life Satisfaction , Public Health Agency of Canada) Volunteering can improve self-esteem, reduce heart rates and blood pressure, increase endorphin production, enhance immune systems, buffer the impact of stress, and combat social isolation. A Candy-Colored Life. Give blood.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

Every week I get to go in and read with the same two children for a half an hour each in the school library. I found out that the kindergartner I'll be working with likes pizza, the color green, pirates, sports and dinosaurs. I find it helps keep life in perspective.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

As life is turning somewhat back to normal, what will fundraising events look like in a post-COVID world? Lock-ins – A lock-in at a school or a library with your supporters and their families can be a fun idea. Intro to gardening classes – Do you know anyone with a green thumb? And, supporters can go home with a fun craft!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 31, 2007

I recently posted in the Beneblog on Barcoding Life, based on a dinner with Dan Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs. Yes, it needs the gadget and it needs the global DNA sequence snippet library for all species. Like when you first discovered an open stack library in second grade. View it from a venture capital standpoint.

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