We're putting the fun back into fundraising! Join our game contest and ask your friends to sponsor your play with a donation! You'll raise money and awareness for Solar Electric Light Fund and help in the fight against climate change and energy poverty. Show you care. Play, donate, or sponsor a friend by visiting our Play for Solar P...

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According to the WSJ, the recent draft declaration proposed by the United Status, European Union, and twelve other nations for the G8 summit this week set a $400 million allocation target for assisting developing countries in lowering their emissions. This target has received criticism for being too low. Climate change afflicts many members of ...

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Do you think you know more than your friends do about climate? Put your knowledge to the test! Take the COP15 Climate quiz TODAY at http://en.cop15.dk/climate+quiz! All you need is to create an account and login. New questions will be added each week -- get started now!

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Are you interested in saving money with coupons for such items as Snapple, GoGurt, Betty Crocker products, and Pillsbury products, and helping fight climate change and poverty? Now you can do so simultaneously! If you register for http://CommonKindness.com, you can clip coupons to save money and benefit SELF! Search for and select Solar Electri...

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Do you shop online often? How about searching online? YOU CAN HELP SELF AS YOU SHOP AND SEARCH! On http://www.goodshop.com you can enter and select Solar Electric Light Fund, choose a store (ranging from Apple Store to Best Buy to iTunes to Target and more), and UP TO 30% OF YOUR PURCHASE COULD BENEFIT SELF! On http://www.goodsearch.com you ca...

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You can offset your carbon footprint with a contribution to SELF's Carbon Neutral Club. It’s a quick, easy two-step: Step One: Calculate your emissions by choosing a carbon calculator to work out what your personal emissions were for last year. For one example of a carbon calculator, see www.epa.gov/climatechange. Step Two: After using t...

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Want to donate, but feeling the pinch? Now you can give to SELF while you shop -- support SELF with your everyday purchases! With our new custom credit card from Capital One, 1% of your everyday purchases will go to fighting climate change and ending poverty. Now it's easier than ever to change the world -- learn more and Apply today!

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Now online - you can read Thomas Friedman's chapter on energy poverty and the Solar Electric Light Fund in his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America. Here's the link:  http://tinyurl.com/d6aekk Friedman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, released his latest book late last ye...

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It can be challenging going paperless at home or work, right? But it's worth it. You're not only saving trees, which are the lungs of our ecosystem, you're also saving all the energy that goes into -- and the carbon emissions that come out of -- logging, transporting, pulping, manufacturing and then shipping the finished paper to the ...

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Please check out our Youtube channel, http://www.youtube.com/solarnow2007. We greatly appreciate your comments!

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Check out Josh Ruxin's great article about SELF bringing solar power to health centers in Africa! Here's the link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-ruxin/electrifying-health-care_b_188317.html

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Here are two interesting methods to compare. The second one will show you the impact if you pledge to make changes: http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/ http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html

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What is "Phantom Power?"  Every appliance we keep plugged in draws electricity. Chargers for cell phones, digital cameras, power tools and other gadgets draw energy even when they're not in use. Appliances like televisions, computer monitors, and DVD players can also draw power whenever they're plugged into an outlet. Phantom energy can ...

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SELF is now on twitter! You can follow us ... and help spread the word by tweeting about us! Name: SELF Username: energypoverty Go to: http://twitter.com/energypoverty and click "follow"

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Did you know ... 1% For The Planet is a growing global movement of 1,114 companies that donate 1% of their sales to a network of 1,726 environmental organizations worldwide. Very cool! Every time you shop with a member company, you're helping save the earth. It's an awesome example of corporate social responsibility! SELF is prou...

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Here's the impact: If every household in the U.S. replaced a burned-out bulb with an energy-efficient, ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent bulb, the cumulative effect is enormous. It would prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to that from nearly 800,000 cars. It would also save enough energy to light 2.5 million homes for a year! ...

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Here: https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:Join/signupId:51976. Thanks!

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Learn more about how solar energy is changing the world at www.bobfreling.com.

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Read the Give List -- 71 ways to support your favorite charity, without opening your wallet! http://thegivelist.org/  

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"BoGo" stands for "Buy one, Give one" -- it's the SunNight Solar company's charitable donation program where you buy a super cool solar flashlight for yourself, and donate one to someone in need. You can change a family's life in Africa with just one light -- in areas where there's no electricity, a solar light makes all the difference...

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