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OnEarth Podcasts -- A Talk with Writer and Global Warming Activist Bill McKibben

tags:
globalwarming, activism, stepitup, mckibben, podcast, climatechange, carbon, NRDC, naturalresourcesdefensecouncil, nptech, nonprofits, net2, socialmedia

McKibben talks with OnEarth about StepItUp 2007, his seat-of-the-pants campaign that's knitting together -- very quickly -- a mass movement of global warming warriors. A really interesting conversation.

TreeHugger to Bring You Carnival of the Green (TreeHugger)

tags:
environment, blogs, blogosphere, blogging, news, socialmedia

Blog "carnivals" seem to be popping up in all sorts of cultural niches. Works like so: each week, a different green blogger "hosts" the carnival by writing a round-up of action in other green blogs; sometimes a topic is chosen in advance.

Taking the leap into online social media: an interview with Gillo Cutrupi | NetSquared

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socialsoftware, socialmedia, socialcomputing, socialnetworks, community, conversational+media, nptech, nonprofit, npmarketing

Marshall Kirkpatrick interviews Gillo Cutrepi, a Greenpeace hand now doing social-media work for other nonprofits. Great piece -- two guys very knowledgeable about both np advocacy work and emerging tech talking at a high level.

Carl Pope: Taking the Initiative - Sierra Club

tags:
environment, environmentalism, green+group, blogging, socialmedia, conversational+media, blogosphere, for:iwilker

Sierra Club executive director Pope's blog, started March 05, powered by Blogger. Appears within the Sierra Club website nav, which may not have been the best choice.

GREEN / Green Blogs: The Green revolution moves online

tags:
blogosphere, conversational+media, environmentalism, environment, socialmedia, sustainability

Blogs about the environment approaching critical mass. "At the same time that blogging has taken off, we've also had a real zeitgeist shift where suddenly the idea of living in a green and prosperous way is really hot." -- Worldchanging's Alex Steffen

Make Some Noise - Amnesty International

tags:
activism, wian, socialmedia, nptech

Innovative Amnesty campaign -- lots of music, "million faces" petition, interesting design

Ian Wilker
Ian Wilker
NRDC alumnus
Asheville, NC
I was website managing editor at NRDC for six years, through the end of 2006....
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