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  2. Mom, Dad, I’m an “Ecosexual”!

    Via TreeHugger The single best feature in Wired this month is its regular Jargon Watch column: Ecosexual: a term known to TreeHuggers via Warren , defined by Wired as ” A person who’s into hybrid cars, low energy lightbulbs, and recycling. Now that environmentalism is hot, ecosexuals are getting increasingly fashionable.”

  3. GreatTurtleRace hits 5 C’s of Viral Marketing (and a Bonus C)

    Marketing Roadmaps Blog posted about the GTR last week: Remember the five Cs of viral marketing? The Great Turtle Race hits on all five. It has the cornerstone pieces of a compelling message, the cause to save the turtles, and an engaged community. And then they successfully weave together the three elements that make viral marketing buzz: contest, comedy and charity. As a comment left on the site says:

  4. Edwards Campaign Goes Carbon Neutral and Helps Voters Do It Too!

    John Edwards is the first presidential candidate to go carbon neutral . Not only has the campaign taken steps to offset its carbon footprint and conserve energy, they have also launched ReduceYourCarbon.com a site that lets people pledge to reduce carbon emissions through concrete steps like changing incandescents to fluorescents, adjust the thermostat, improve fuel economy through reducing driving or keeping tires inflated.

  6. Google Earth and Darfur

    Google Earth has added a Global Awareness Layer that features data from a collaboration with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial on the Genocide in Darfur. It is a very moving presentation of data making Google Earth a valuable tool for education and activism around issues of human rights. The Geospatial data is linked with images and stories of survivors of the Genocide.

  7. Cell Phones Maybe Illusive Cause of Colony Collapse Disorder

    If it is to be believed, we may be totally out of luck as a species. Cell Phones may be the cause of the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder effecting Bees in Europe and the United States. WorldChanging reports that bees provide somewhere between $14 billion and 92 billion in free pollination services. The WorldChanging article is very interesting and worth a read.

  8. Turtles and Galapagos in the news again

    President Rafael Correa ordered his government ministers to meet urgently to discuss ways of preventing environmental degradation in Ecuador’s famed Galapagos Islands. CNN has a story about environmental problems on the Galapagos and the steps that Equador is taking to preserve this unique place on earth. The turtles will be on their way there shortly!

  9. NetSquared and Witness’s Video Hub, and Genocide Intervention Network

    NetSquared has created a Technology Innovation Fund . About 150 projects have been submitted on the site, and NetSquared is asking people to vote for 5 to 10 of the projects. They will then select 20 projects based upon the votes to focus on during the 2007 NetSquared conference in May.