Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2010

This is Part 2 in TechSoup GreenTech's series on buying green IT equipment. Here's my general take on the topic: Buying and using refurbished computers is incredibly green. The longer these devices are in use, the better for the environment. See Part 1 here.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

Pottsboro Area Library in Texas. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. When librarian Dianne Connery came to the library a few years ago, she found a classic small town library situated in a converted post office building with the requisite institutional green paint job.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. Burlington Public Library was one of our test installation sites. It is a medium-sized library about 60 miles north of Seattle in northern Washington State. Internet connectivity is via a T1 line.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2013

Travel also creates huge carbon costs to the environment. In fact, one of the most significant ways that IT can help the environment is that it enables us to meet with each other online or in "virtual meetings. GreenTech Microsoft Green IT online community online collaboration webinars teleconfering virtual conferencing'

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

These features include a Prompt Builder feature, which allows users to create their own directives for the AI assistant, and a Prompt Library, which includes suggested prompts from Glean, as well ones that a company has shared in its own prompt library. Blackbird.AI In 2024 Blackbird.AI

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2015

We like to feature their corporate social responsibility efforts this time of year, especially what they're doing to improve our environment. The company is also greening its supply chain. Symantec: Focusing Even More on the Environment in 2015. Symantec's primary CSR focus in the coming year is the environment.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Jim Lynch is TechSoup's director of green technology (here's the part where I embarrass him — he's also pretty much the man as far as electronics refurbishing and recycling goes). There is extraordinary work being done in EU countries in a complicated regulatory environment. The Greatest Environmental Benefit.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

It's not our first time advocating for charities and libraries in the hallowed halls of the U.S. TechSoup Global's mission is to do whatever we can to provide the IT resources and knowledge that charities, NGOs, and libraries need to operate at their full potential. The briefing was called "Turning E-Waste into Green."

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2009

Tena is the Director of the Milford Public Library in Iowa and she uses Doodle to schedule her meetings remotely. Save time, money, and the environment ," she also discusses how they poll their board members and other constituents using SurveyMonkey. Tags: Green Office GreenTech GreenTips.

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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. 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.

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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. 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. The Basis for the Environmental Benefits of Refurbished IT.

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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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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

On one hand, emulating the virtual worlds of Snow Crash or Ready Player One is less deliberately creepy than naming your tech initiative “Skynet” or your nutrient shake after Soylent Green. To Koster, online worlds are digital spaces — from rich 3D environments to text-based ones — focused on one main theme.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2013

software solution that allows one computer to serve several people in a lab, library, or school at very low cost. A Multipoint Server system provides an overall cost and energy savings of 66 percent compared to a traditional one-to-one computing environment. It is also designed to be energy efficient. Image one: Interconnection.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

The Public Library of Science is a wonderful example of a reputable, respected peer-reviewed journal where articles are freely available to the public. I started promoting the Public Library of Science to the readers of Nonprofit Online News as far back as December of 2002. Going green helps readers, of course.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It is so much easier to start out with tools and processes than to wait for your nonprofit to grow to the point that everything is unwieldy and then try to get a chaotic environment under control. Little Green Light is one of the most popular platforms in the marketplace for small nonprofits.

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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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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 26, 2025

While these needs seem at odds, a thoughtful approach that integrates flexibility and a strong workplace experience strategy can help firms create environments that attract and retain top talent. We worked with them to create specific areas, such as green spaces and cafes, where team members could gather away from their desks.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

“As the venture landscape becomes more a meritocratic environment where resumes and institutional affiliations matter less, these strategies can make the difference between a successful fundraise and a fruitless meeting,” says Agya Ventures co-founder Kunal Lunawat. . I want to apply for a green card on my own.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Basically it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost. It is very useful in nonprofits, libraries, schools, telecenters, and any computing lab environment. Windows MultiPoint Server is regarded as an energy-saving green technology. What Windows MultiPoint Server Can Do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2007

You can see the back of my avatar in the green skirt, the male avatar is Josh Knauer , and my colleague, Susanne Nyrop from Denmark who we bumped into while wandering around Boracay Island. Lori Bell, from information island , gave us an overivew of her impressive work -- and growth of library activities and programming.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

Why Working In Distributed Teams Is Green. Working in distributed groups is in the realm of green IT because it is a form of telework, or work done outside of the traditional on-site work environment. Check out the TweetChat on July 11 for a quick introduction on how it translates to nonprofit and library work.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Why Is Online Collaboration Green? For example, for every short-haul round trip on an airplane (for example, New York to Chicago or Frankfurt to London) you don't take, you'll save the environment around one half of a metric ton of CO2. The TechSoup admin fee for eligible nonprofits and libraries is $40.00.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Microsoft has a very clear language description of how a Window MultiPoint Server environment works. It is an ideal solution for schools, libraries, small nonprofit offices, and computer labs that are on limited budgets. Refurbished host computers run a Windows MultiPoint Server environment very well. Both MultiPoint Server.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

You've heard of the Incredible Hulk and Green Lantern. But you've probably never heard of this green superhero. It's Not Just About the Environment. Green IT greentech hardware Recycled and Refurbished Computers microsoft digital divide' This year the award went to Sean Nicholson. Image: Sean Nicholson.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

A WMS system provides an overall cost and energy savings of 66 percent compared to a traditional 1:1 computing environment. 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. Energy Savings. Combined average is 196 watts.

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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. 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. The Basis for the Environmental Benefits of Refurbished IT.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

They supply charities, libraries and foundations with discounted Cisco and Polycom office phones. TechSoup's Chief Business Development Officer, Gayle Carpentier, had been searching for a way to offer phone systems for nonprofits and libraries for a long time. How It All Started. How Charities Actually Use BetterWorld.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2015

nonprofits, churches, and libraries at the lowest possible cost. Our mission is to provide value to the social sector and to also be good stewards of the environment. IT devices that are suitable for the RCI program will be fully refurbished and provided at the lowest possible costs to charities and libraries. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Some real-world users include: the small Skagit Valley, Washington, library that made its computer lab movable , the Kenyan refugee camp that needed an affordable option for training displaced people, the community center in Seattle ’s Chinatown that added the Chinese language pack for its job search, ESL, and software training, and.

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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. They wrote Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing Their Impacts. The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however. billion humans.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

Just like Dell and HP, we want make sure that our RCI computers are as environmentally responsible as possible at no extra cost to nonprofits and libraries.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

It is looking for people in nonprofits and libraries that have servers and who would be willing to do a short interview with Drew Bennett of NRDC sometime in May to tell your story. There is a clear cost advantage for them to do so, and the fact that it helps the environment and improves human health is a pretty tasty co-benefit.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Basically it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. Recommendations to Others from YMCA of Greater Seattle: Emily recommended MultiPoint Server to YMCAs, Boys & Girls Clubs, and libraries.

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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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