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Everyone in the government, from the top down, could take a hefty pay cut and go without bonuses for a few years; this money could be applied to the national debt. Then the PTB's could immediately withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq. That would be a HUGE step toward greening not only the government, but the world.
Suggested by Jamaka Petzak on 11/04/2009 @ 03:15PM PT
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LISTEN....
Suggested by Jacqueline Bowen on 10/08/2009 @ 06:18PM PT
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Lets save the Planet & its Economy! Help me to give away Green Homes & Green Jobs. Help me help those in need. Lets be the Change. Lets choose to evolove.
Be Helpful, Not Hurtful
Below is my most recent shortest presentation...
http://behelpfulnothurtful.blogspot.com/
Suggested by Charles Hancock on 10/08/2009 @ 06:25AM PT
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October 3rd 2009 10am ~ 4 pm
National Solar Tour & Green Buildings Open House The NESEA Green Buildings Open House offers a unique opportunity for members of the public to see renewable energy and other green building technologies. Basil Brook Organic Pharm & Basil Bandwagon Natural Market ( basilbandwagon.com ) will again be on this year's NJ tour.
We participate every year with Education on Energy Conservation and Solar Home Design. This is a National Event...Hope to see you here.
Where ?
Basil Brook Organic Pharm
50 Back Brook Road
Ringoes, NJ, 08551 908-788-6864
Please Google: Basil Brook Organic Pharm for map and directions
Suggested by Alice Diane Celebre on 09/30/2009 @ 11:39AM PT
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Who are the best bloggers that can find + are willing to share the information to support the research papers and permaculture logistics legislation needed for these students to prevent global ecosystems critical mass cascade failures? Technology Transfer?
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By, Matthew Lane Tripp
Moore, SC 29369
http://www.google.com/profiles/globalcide
Student Social Media Research Assistant: Three cents per minute.
This is a not for profit service and I am willing to help people learn to do the same business if they want to run it as a nonprofit...
(So that the goal of ecological sustainability in global civilization is achieved, it doesn't matter who does the job so long as it gets done right, at a realistic cost, because the people and other life on earth of 15 and 50 years from now do not have a voice to help you make the best effort for their and your future's.)
Ecology/Sociology students only.
Essentially I will be doing for you what the semantic web and research assistants will be doing for you 7 years from now, but for almost no cost to you.
Professional Discipline information tracking; on Twitter, Facebook, Ning, LinkedIN, Delicious bookmarks, et cetera, Professional media sites or databases/journals/blogs.
Call: M.att iPhone# Google Voice #: Twitter = @Globalcide
Developing networking list’s of people / org’s to connect + be followed by on Twitter, Facebook, Ning, etc.
Multiple accounts require different strategies. Example’s: Attacking the opposition, Spying on the opposition, Defending your field or corporate position, Finding opposition’s corporate espionage agents... ***Which could show or hide the time line history / projection of your well thought out sustainability activist communications and thereby provide background information in hiring choices. While more and more older or fundamentalist religious american’s put religious propaganda out against the sustainability efforts of the people (you) who are now trying to deal with the devastation via human created climate change.***
Movies: http://youtube.com/homeproject + http://www.earthcinemacircle.com/
There is not enough time while studying; to sort through thousands of tweets which refer to further information... (and I can find context associations with your curriculum); also; which could require immediate scheduling updates for webcasts or events in the community.
Developing real time active following list for current research paper or group project outline or abstract for more recent dissertation’s on future projects line of sight.
This functions as the transitional increase in functionality that the web will begin to automate the function of real time knowledge base updates of social media cross referencing.
You may or may not have research assistant staff in your new field and this will let you learn to administrate request’s for information on your projects and workflow... like having a secretary that sorts your email by priority for you at work (I think GIST.com has this or is developing this now).
Laundry or Errands service’s
Laundry: 1 dollar per hour if I have wi-fi while doing the laundry (I can work on Multi-media data mining which is productivity) Errand’s will be 2 dollars per hour if I can accomplish errands for 3 or more people at the same store or route) (Motorcycle)
I want to develop the logistics of this for helping with home tasks for: Elderly, Disabled, Poverty Parents, Single Parents, and Students.
Coordinating Volunteer training and Security applications in the community’s surveyed needs.
Coordinating to fill the gaps of current community programs and budgets of manpower, expertise, and tool library’s or funds.
Local grown food and life coaching for gardeners based on GTD, The Art of War FlashCard Deck, Ethics semantic tools, and The 48 Laws of Power.
Life streaming of education automation during neighborhood watch + Yardening, which could integrate development of interpersonal assessment throughput via local and internationally available education programs for localized sustainability. Learning through carefully selected audio.
Suggested by Matthew Tripp on 09/27/2009 @ 10:07PM PT
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How about Reforming Congress since they missed the activities that were going on in the Bush Administration?
Suggested by Jacqueline Bowen on 09/27/2009 @ 01:23AM PT
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My suggestion would be, to get Thomas Kincaid in the White House to sketch pictures of future neighborhoods as soon as possible, put Ty Pennington in charge of the extreme makeover, and let Warner Bros. make a movie about it and spread it throughout the world for an example before we set anymore bad examples. ENOUGH TALK? OR DO WE NEED TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE?
Suggested by Jacqueline Bowen on 09/26/2009 @ 08:01PM PT
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Require every federal building to operate solely on renewable energy. Only purchase hybrid cars for feds. Order refurbished furniture only - no new product. Invest in geothermal energy -- the largest renewable energy supply. - OhMyGov!
Suggested by andrew einhorn on 06/18/2009 @ 04:16AM PT
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There are a lot of ideas on ohmygov.com. They have a blog called greening the gov. Example: http://ohmygov.com/blogs/state_and_local/archive/2008/09/26/greening-the-gov-mayors-push-for-local-solution-to-global-problem.aspx
Suggested by andrew einhorn on 06/18/2009 @ 04:13AM PT
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I work for a Gov agency that sets standards, but does not have a green standard in place. Why Gov agencies and local business are not required to recycle at least the basic items such as: paper, plastic and cans? This is terrible.
Please make the "green enviroment" topic into a federal law.
All agencies should be an environmental friendly business. The same way that safety is an important issue, ecowork should also be. Thanks
Suggested by Suzana Pastori Weaver on 05/16/2009 @ 09:43AM PT
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