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Re: 5 Green Initiatives Using Social Media for Good This Summer #FindingTheGood

rmsorg — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:08:27 -0000

I love all the green initiatives that are going on in the world. We must not loose focus of the fact that more & more people are having green conversations because of social media & the internet. People are realizing there are small changes they can make to make our world a better, greener place to live for us and for future generations. Green is like a snowball effect, one change at a time begets one more change and so on. The information is available, you just have to look for it.

Re: 5 Green Initiatives Using Social Media for Good This Summer #FindingTheGood

Joe — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:41:43 -0000

Try this, "Google Search for Good" www.bellzar.com, saves energy and gives more than 50% of profits to charity

Re: 5 Green Initiatives Using Social Media for Good This Summer #FindingTheGood

biggreenswitch — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:32:29 -0000

We have been putting an email signature on the bottom of our emails for around 2 years now.

Re: 5 Green Initiatives Using Social Media for Good This Summer #FindingTheGood

Think Before Printing — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:28:40 -0000

I don't know if this counts as Social Media, I guess it's a viral campaign so it could be. It seems more and more corporations are adding a "Please consider the environment before printing this email" to their outbound email signatures, and the site thinkbeforeprinting.org encourages this.

I've been looking into the origins of this signature for some time but haven't been able to find out where it started. I am under the impression that for many corporations it is good "box ticker" for environmental compliance standards.

Like I said, not sure if it's Social Media, nor if it's using it for good!

Personally I wonder if it wastes more paper than it saves.

Re: 5 Green Initiatives Using Social Media for Good This Summer #FindingTheGood

Geoff Livingston — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:18:28 -0000

Robert:

I am not financially beholden to GM. I have never worked for them, nor am I in discussions to work for them. This was about green social media initiatives, and they were willing to share one that is forthcoming. The site links to their current effort to reinvent their image, but there is no link to the green initiative because per the post it has not launched yet. It's that simple.

The viability of the Volt itself is something that only the market can determine, but it is a different vehicle than the ones you mention because it is solely run on electricity. Dare I say, unless you have a bullet proof crystal ball, let's reserve judgment until it launches.

Re: 5 Green Initiatives Using Social Media for Good This Summer #FindingTheGood

Robert Felker — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:07:37 -0000

I do not appreciate finding a direct link to a GM propaganda site ("movement to reinvent itself") from a site claiming to promote green technology. GM has a dismal record of innovation, and their current project, the VOLT automobile, seems destined to be another example of a GM product missing the mark like dozens of others the past 50 years. Nissan and others are bringing affordable electrics to market in 2010-11. At over $40,000.00 the Volt won't be competitive and won't even make a profit, despite all of GMs typically glowing claims. I would post similar comments on the GM site except that there is no way to do so. Are they afraid that people will take exception to their hyperbole. And why the lack of links to other manufacturers which are making progress with green technology on this site? Are you financially beholden to GM? One wonders.

Re: 5 Green Initiatives Using Social Media for Good This Summer #FindingTheGood

BigGreenSwitch — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:16:59 -0000

Big Green Switch has a green Twitter feed @biggreenswitch which provides a green tip of the day, links to great green products and also environment news.

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TrafficBlogger — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:30:21 -0000

Good to see stuff like this happening. America needs clean fuel(highly efficient solar), and healthcare, asap!

And the world needs better birth control policies, whats the world going to be like when the population is 12billion in 20 years? Grim.

Re: 5 Green Initiatives Using Social Media for Good This Summer #FindingTheGood

Zoe Sands — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:51:12 -0000

There's no mention of Cisco's One Million Acts of Green in Canada!!!

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Naomi Trower — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:07:52 -0000

Raising Them (Children) Green - is a great resource that is written by one of my good friends Melissa Hincha-Ownby. She is also a blogger on the Mother Nature Network in the business section. I am excited to see MNN featured here! http://raisingthemgreen.com/ is her site.

Re: 5 Green Initiatives Using Social Media for Good This Summer #FindingTheGood

William Smith — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:21:17 -0000

Might also check out Nike's Reuse a Shoe site - another great resource.

http://www.nikeruseashoe.com