Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Siel writes about all things green in LA and in particular about The Starbucks Challenge and Fair Trade coffee and chocolate. How has your life changed since you started blogging? Photo courtesy of Green LA Girl. green Los Angeles women blog Why did you start blogging? Thus, the blog.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here are signs your work may be in the danger (red) or caution (yellow) zone, rather than full speed ahead (green) zone: Your budget has stayed the same for quite some time, or it has shrunk. Once I had a few donations in hand, I had postcards printed with beautiful photos of the artists’ work. First, assess where you are.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 27, 2007

Seriously, I had almost forgotten what my passion in life was until this article woke me up and reminded me. The Select Committee held a special hearing, entitled: "Economic Impacts of Global Warming: Green Collar Jobs." workers (and would-be workers) access to the skills they will need to compete in the new, green job market."

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AUGUST 12, 2011

Photo by Green LA Girl ) 2. Julie has some good photos from the session in her post, And My Water Didn't Break at All. Photo of Gwen Bell by Joel Longtine. with Gwen Bell As I mentioned in my post, Taking Back Your Time: Is Unplugging the New Green? Hanging out with Siel/Green LA Girl. Siel of Green LA Girl.

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MAY 3, 2011

I can’t think of a lesson, an outlook on life, and a guiding principle for my work that is more about love than this one. I see this work in public maps like Open Green Map. The biggest lesson: Everyone has something to give. I see this lesson in the work of 350.org. I see it in so many places, and it’s working.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

We use Flickr to collect all of the photos for our annual nature photo competition. My advice would be to ask around – see who’s already interested in social media in their personal life. I’d love for people to check out our last social media campaign called Green Gift Monday. I know resources are always a struggle.

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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. The photo above is from the poster session and shows what my screen looked like logging in remotely from in the Boston area.

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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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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here are signs your nonprofit may be in the danger (red) or caution (yellow) zone, rather than the full speed ahead (green) zone: Your budget has stayed the same for quite some time or it has shrunk. Once I had a few donations in hand, I printed postcards with beautiful photos of the artists’ work. What kind of shots are worth taking?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Adding additional life to computers saves 5 to 20 times more energy than recycling over the computer's life cycle. It's much better for the environment to extend the life of a computer for an extra two or three years than to buy a new one every three to four years. Photo courtesy of Flickr user lungstruck.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2011

The policy is designed to increase industrial capacity in electronics recycling, refurbishment, and remanufacturing to increase the number of US-based green jobs and the safe handling of discarded electronics. Electronics refurbishment has truly arrived on the big national stage as an important part of the electronics recycling industry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Says Giller, “Our theory of change is engaging users around content that shows how being green can reshape our world can empower personal behavior change and ultimately impact society at large. Says Erika, once something like this gets started, it takes a life of its own. Source: grist. We pay attention to these only 6 key indicators.”

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 28, 2007

Green LA Girl , Contributing Editor for BlogHer's Green section Morra Aarons , Contributing Editor for BlogHer's Politics and News section Birdie Jawarski , Contributing Editor for BlogHer 's Life section and, of course, Beth Kanter , Contributing Editor with me for BlogHer's Social Change, Nonprofits and NGOs section.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

For example, let''s say you were hoping to sit down at the beginning of this year and map out a BIG plan for your life. Seuss famously bet that he could write a children''s book [ Green Eggs and Ham ] using only 50 unique words. Eliminate some of the things that have been taking up the space we need to create.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2010

I also recommend listening to a podcast interview with Safran Foer on Vegan.com The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones Van Jones was talking about "green jobs" way before it became a buzzword. I gotta say it. Don't listen Glenn Beck. Listen to Van Jones. Read the book.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 19, 2007

Speakers include Julia Butterfly Hill of Circle of Life , John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America , and Jack Kornfield, author of A Path With Heart. If you are a environmentally conscious yoga studio or instructor, you can join the Green Yoga Association, and check out this month's "green" issue of Yoga Journal.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I've also listed all of the interviewees with photos and links below. Listen / Read Elizabeth Pomada Co-Founder, Writing for Change Conference Listen Read Marsha Wallace, Founder, Dining for Women Listen Read Shalini Kantayya, Filmmaker, A Drop of Life. Then, click on Episodes.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2015

The charger can restore a smartphone's battery life in just seconds. While it might seem a bit frivolous, imagine the great photos you could take with your staff during a fundraiser event or a volunteer day! Here's a great gadget that combines fitness tech, green tech, and security! " What earns this praise?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 28, 2007

and his wife Rachelle Carson Begley, share how they live a green life, but like many couples, they don't always agree on how it should be done. Even though it is a TV show, where I am sure things are scripted, it is fun to see how two people try to live an environmentally sustainable life, and the inevitable challenges that arise.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Feature photo: Used by permission with grateful acknowledgement to Evan Strong and Jesse Billauer of Life Rolls On (Venice Beach, CA). Our six participants ranged from Blackbaud’s own Grace Strother who surfs the web with a screen reader/magnifier to individuals with difficulty seeing blues, reds, and greens (e.g.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

I took that photo back in 2004 when I had the opportunity to visit Cambodia and observe all programs for a week. Is that cool - the literacy school is green! Heres a recent photo of Jack and Mom taken in December 2007. Try fear: If you don't act now, another child's life will be lost forever in horrible poverty.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Notes from the presentations as well as photos can be found here. Funding for these new initiatives and projects would be freed up by reducing the number of greens by half, recognizing that you can’t solve a problem with the same thinking that got you into it. We finished with a group photo and fun co-creation reflection.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Life is short and surprising. Take a little time each day to write down the things you appreciate in your life in a Gratitude Journal. The Triple Pundit explores some of them in the post, Is There a Green Upside to the Economic Meltdown? , Flickr photo credit: Happy uploaded by Bev Sykes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

Photo by Geodog Speed Geeking Session at Advocacy Dev - complete flickr stream here. " And finally, are cat lovers only to be found in Second Life ? I keep running into NpTechers posting vacation photos and blog posts. If it isn't vacations, it's photos of restaurant and a fun evening out. Green Technology.

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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Photo by Nelson Layag. What's nice is that allows you save paper and be a little bit green, although you do need a couple of key paper handouts (instructions/cards). We had enough time so we could use the "life happens" cards where groups lose or win points based on a real life situation. What's the Hash Tag?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 5, 2008

When you're on your death bed looking back on your life, what will you remember most, the stuff you received as gifts, or the time you spent with the people you care about? On Wednesday I posted 10 Lists of Holiday Gifts That Give Back. Related blog posts: Give the Gift of Time Together This Holiday Season on Treehugging Family.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 24, 2006

Not a very peaceful life for a Nobel Peace Prize winner. It was at that time that she started the Green Belt Movement , which facilitated women planting trees in their communities to combat deforestation, soil erosion and lack of water. Wangari Maathai, Unbowed. She has been in jail four times and beaten on the head twice.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Will you give now to deliver life-saving aid to puppies in need? Multimedia elements like photos, videos, and audio break up long text blocks and allow readers to form a deeper connection with the subjects of your stories. Photos of just one or a small number of people rather than a large group. Incorporate multimedia elements.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

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. Photo: pal_pics. Aside from some of them being used by our staff for internal organization functionality, some of them are used by our program partners.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

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. Photos: InterConnection.org. It is truly an honor for us to have the chance to work with a place like Interconnection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. Now here's a new term: Green Philanthropy. He also shares the key points of his presentation here. Hurry the deadline is today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

The Digital Diner has an excellent post on photo management tools and the limits of consumer projects in an enterprise setting. where you vote for one of the finalists in the NTEN Video Content or watch a machinima about Nonprofits in Second Life. Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Corante , and other topics for The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Worthwhile , and The New York Times.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 2, 2008

Made some changes in my work life to give me more space for creative projects and down time. Here are what some people wrote in the comments of the original post on Have Fun * Do Good and BlogHer that they were going to do : Green LA Girl said she would pack her own chopsticks. Photo by me. Have more fun while doing good.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 4, 2008

During the two-hour session, we did a brainstorming exercise that I learned from Carol Lloyd, author of Creating a Life Worth Living. Photo: The fabu students who participated in the Social Entrepreneurship in the Bay Area spring break (and me). They wanted to integrate social responsibility into their work, and make a decent living.

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