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8 Nonprofits Championing Environmental Sustainability on Earth Day

Classy

Volkswagen, GM, Amazon, and the USPS pledged a commitment to green vehicles. Environmental sustainability is our collective responsibility to protect our ecosystems and preserve our natural resources. The six largest banks in the U.S. cut funding for drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge. Instagram: @energyleaders. SF Parks Alliance.

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Community Science Workshops and Shared Authorship of Space: Interview with Emilyn Green

Museum 2.0

I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. The first one was started in 1991 by a San Francisco educator, Dan Sudran, in his garage. The Mission location is still a useful hub for San Francisco school programs.

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When Your Powers Combine: Why Nonprofit Mergers Should Not Be Feared

NonProfit Hub

With his bright green hair, crystal blue skin and environmentally-focused attitude, Captain Planet was the ultimate do-gooder. A management agreement allows the nonprofits to remain separate, but share leadership and resources. A neutral third-party facilitator is essential to the process. The Long and Winding Road.

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What's Your Moment of Obligation?

Have Fun - Do Good

While re-reading Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , I've been thinking about one of its main ideas--that people have moments of obligation. One of my moments of obligation came during the Green Festival in San Francisco in the fall of 2002. A lot of things have changed since 2002.

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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: SoCap09 - Day 2 Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At Fort Mason on San Francisco Bay investors, fund managers and social entrepreneurs put their heads together to discuss what it will take to do better, and do more, in the space that lies between strictly nonprofit and strictly for profit. An easy example is green technology.

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Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

Have Fun - Do Good

Prior to Inner City Advisors, Jose served as the development director for five years at the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that provides microenterprise business technical assistance and neighborhood planning services to small businesses. I'm going to be green.

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Meetup Recap: Jen Burton from Causes on Fundraising and Online Communities

Tech Soup

" Causes facilitates these communities and combines them together, though Jen was quick to differentiate them from a software as a service. Your Facebook status is a very valuable resource, and Causes realizes someone willing to donate a status update is just as important as someone donating money. Network Effects and Nightlights.

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