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Amazon is renaming the Seattle NHL stadium Climate Pledge Arena

The Verge

In addition to being the home of the Seattle NHL franchise, the 18,100-seat multipurpose arena will be the home court for the WNBA’s Seattle Storm and will host live events. Whether that can be offset by a green-tinted, environmentally focused sports arena is up for debate. Image: Amazon. Looks like that one guy is offsides.

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Scott Resumes Giving Away Millions In Large Chunks

The NonProfit Times

Coastal Enterprises in Brunswick, Maine received $25 million, the Nonprofit Finance Fund was awarded $22 million, and Craft3 in Seattle announced it received $15 million. It will advance LISC’s plans to connect underserved communities to the emerging green economy. million shares of her Amazon stock.

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The most innovative architecture companies for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Seattle-based NBBJ partnered with North Carolina healthcare provider Atrium Health to expand the niche field of prefabrication, creating the largest prefab healthcare construction in the United States. A key element of the design is its green paseo, located on a former adjacent roadway, which hosts a weekly farmers market.

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Social Media for Nonprofits Conference Series Launches in SF

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Where : The Green Room in the War Memorial, 401 Van Ness Ave., This is the launch event in a seven-city series, which is also touring Washington, DC, New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago and Atlanta. You can get a $20 discount by entering the code “ beth ” when registering for any of the conferences in any of the 7 cities.

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Compounds Foods brews up $4.5M to make coffee without beans

TechCrunch

Backers of the company include Chris Sacca’s climate fund Lowercarbon Capital, SVLC, Humboldt Fund, Collaborative Fund, Maple VC, Petri Bio and angel investors like Nick Green, CEO of Thrive Market.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2014 - The Green Issue

Tech Soup

This time we’ll report on some climate change news, the TrashOut app, the difference between cloud backup and cloud storage, the heartbleed bug, a green energy innovation in Latin America that works – and another one that doesn’t, and the epic digital inclusion drone wars being waged by Google and Facebook. Recycling.

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Interview with Jonathon Colman: Social Media Secrets from a Green Geek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

m also a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Burkina Faso, West Africa), and am even now preparing to move from Washington, DC to Seattle immediately following a two-month fellowship in Australia. I routinely bookmark and comment on environmental news, green blogs, and stories about sustainability and alternative energy technology.