Volunteer Opportunities and Internships available with EarthThrives: All opportunities are unpaid and run for a minimum of four (4) months. Those interested please contact Kirsten@earththrives.com with the information requested. The subject line of your email should indicate the position of interest. Positions open: – Journalist – Editor – New Media – Website Operations Journalism interns – write between 6 and 12 articles over a 4 month period, depending on...
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Clean Energy Connections at UMass Amherst on November 10, 2009 is a career and business development information and networking event. EarthThrives providing followup beyond the event (see details) • Access resources to build your business or start your clean energy career. • Tour exhibit hall displays about green technologies, services, practices and products. • Meet entrepreneurs and community groups mobilizing around clean energy. • Learn about clean energy trends. What’s hot and...
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Nobel Prize in Economics to Elinor Ostrom: “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons” Ostrom’s pioneering work mostly concerns the governance of common-pool resources — resources that are rivalrous (i.e., scarce, can be used up yet need to be or should be governed as a commons — classically, things like water systems and the atmosphere. This work is cited by many scholars of non-rivalrous commons (e.g., knowledge commons) as laying the groundwork for their field. In the...
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If you have organized a consciousness-raising event for next Saturday—October 24th—the day of climate awareness www.350.org — make sure you post your events there. Search for local events at Earththrives’ PV valley 350 event search(It also has a saved copy of local events since 350.org has been pretty busy) From GREEN Northampton In our community, there is a drive to get 350 homes to pledge to put up clotheslines in their yards. (Dryers are one of the largest users of electricity...
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Saturday, October 3rd, Montague green neighbors will open their doors as part of the NESEA) Green Buildings Open House tour – (Map and Directions inside) Montague, MA – September 21, 2009 – Montague homeowners and town building managers are excited about how they are saving on fuel and electric bills as a result of the efficiency and renewable energy systems they have implemented. On Saturday, October 3rd, these green neighbors will open their doors as part of the Northeast...
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April 22nd is Earth Day — 40th Aniversery – Some local events that happened for Earth Day in Western Mass: More events listed at Earth Day.net Local Events from Mass Live At Smith College: the Earth Day Festival Wednesday, April 22, on Seelye Lawn, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 2009 Sustainable Energy Summit | May 1 – 2 coming next week A reminder of what lead to Earth Day, 39 years...
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For you, the issue of being able to effectively communicate your organizations needs within your community is more than just a website… more than just a training manual… it is more than having a single volunteer that knows what to do… You need someone who can do more for your organization than slap together a website and leave you to figure out how it works. We work with you so that based on our past experience and your needs we can together build or upgrade your...
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Welcome to EarthThrives.com, a virtual neighborhood of the Pioneer Valley that features video clips of the new “local heroes,” residents and businesses in Western Massachusetts that are incorporating greener habits and technologies into everyday life. VIDEOS: The first Earth Thrives episodes are currently in production. Come back to follow our local heroes and watch new stories as they come in. Please write us about the going-greener heroes in your life. We are grateful to...
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7-7-07 – The Music event – Raising Consciousness of the issues – more here
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