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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

In a time when climate change and developing the green economy are somewhat passé, nonprofits have not given up on the mission. Find out how they're greening the planet and using the leanest greenest IT possible. The organization has a staff of 40 across three offices (Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California).

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

In a time when climate change and developing the green economy are somewhat passé, nonprofits have not given up on the mission. Find out how they're greening the planet and using the leanest greenest IT possible. Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California). org, a Networked Nonprofit.

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Launching the First Wave of the OF/BY/FOR ALL Change Network

Museum 2.0

We want to share the methods and tools that make it work. We'll provide tools to help organizations meet their goals step by step. As the network grows, more of the tools and knowledge base will come from participating institutions, with our staff focusing on community organizing and connections.

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Bay Localize & Green Roofs: An Interview with Ingrid Severson

Have Fun - Do Good

Ingrid Severson is the lead project organizer of the Rooftop Resources project, a project of the Oakland non-profit Bay Localize. The second one is the Localization Mapping Project that shows on a GIS map all the different localization projects happening in the nine county region of the Bay Area as a tool that other people can plug into.

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I Just Twittered A Critter: Help Dogs and Cats Find Homes

Have Fun - Do Good

While reading one of my guilty pleasure blogs, Ecorazzi: The Latest in Green Gossip , I learned about a fun way to help dogs and cats get adopted in their post, Celebrities Sign up to Twitter a Critter. I just Twittered another critter, a Maine Coon in Oakland named Amos , in the middle of writing this post. I think I'm addicted.

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Blog Action Day: 4 Ways to Alleviate Poverty in Your Community

Have Fun - Do Good

For example, I live in Oakland, CA where according to an August 2008 Oakland Tribune article , 17.6% of Oakland residents are living in poverty. VolunteerMatch is a free tool for finding a volunteer opportunity near you. Here are a few related posts: Four Big Thinkers' Ideas on Going Green, Ending Poverty from Treehugger.

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ILoveMountains.org Blogger's Challenge (You Can Help If You Aren't a Blogger Too!)

Have Fun - Do Good

That's why iLoveMountains.org came up with the What's My Connection tool. For example, when I type in my zip code in Oakland, CA, it tells me, "Your electricity provider, Pacific Gas Electric Co., There isn't much I can do about it from here. It allows you to type in your zip code and see how you are connected to mountaintop removal.

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