Email & Social Media

250,000 Loonies Make Their Way Across Canada

Sara Freedman — 2009-10-29T00:25:00Z

Have you heard about Dogwood Initiative’s No Tankers Loonies campaign? (Say what?) This British Columbia land reform organization distributed hundreds of thousands of removable decals that say “No Tankers” for people to affix to the $1 Loonie coin. Over 250,000 NoTankers Loonies are already in circulation across Canada. Each decal spreads the word about oil spills from proposed Tar Sands Tankers on the coast of BC's Great Bear Rainforest.

Dogwood Initiative wanted to track No Tankers $1 Loonies as they made their way across Canada and beyond, so we created a form and mapping tool that lets people post their No Tankers Loonies sightings to Dogwood’s website. Those Loonies are everywhere! The goal? 1 million No Tankers Loonies into circulation.

Alaska Conservation Voters Newsletter

jonsayer — 2009-03-26T20:15:00Z

Alaska Conservation Voters (ACV) is a non-partisan, Alaska-based organization that supports pro-conservation candidates and advocates for conservation policy. ACV provides the means to have a strong lobbying presence in Juneau. Through coordination with Alaska Conservation Alliance, ACV also provides the conservation community with the ability to speak with one strong and united voice. ACV is supported by more then 1,000 members and 1,500 supporters throughout the state of Alaska and is directed by a board of committed, knowledgeable Alaskans.

Audubon Society of Portland Newsletter

Kelley Bevans — 2009-10-16T22:15:00Z

Audubon Society of Portland promotes the understanding, enjoyment, and protection of native birds, other wildlife and their habitats. They focus on the Portland area and the Pacific Northwest.

Basel Action Network

jonsayer — 2009-03-26T20:40:00Z

BAN is the world's only organization focused on confronting the global environmental injustice and economic inefficiency of toxic trade (toxic wastes, products and technologies) and its devastating impacts. Working at the nexus of human rights and environment, we confront the issues of environmental justice at a macro level, preventing disproportionate and unsustainable dumping of the world's toxic waste and pollution on our global village's poorest residents. At the same time we actively promote the sustainable and just solutions to our consumption and waste crises -- banning waste trade, while promoting green, toxic free and democratic design of consumer products.

BAN is a 501(c)3 charitable organization of the United States, based in Seattle, Washington

Coast Range Association

jonsayer — 2009-03-26T20:35:00Z

The Coast Range Association was formed in 1991. We work to defend the region's interests, protect its natural and cultural endowments and restore what has been lost. As such, we are deeply committed to the stewardship of our natural resources. The concern for people and the land informs our mission: To build just and sustainable communities that provide for people and the natural world.

Environmental Priorities Coalition

Sam Knox — 2009-04-10T19:45:00Z

The Environmental Priorities Coalition is a collaborative project of dozens of Washington State environmental groups whose mission it is to propose four priorities each year to help make Washington a better place to live.

This action alert is one of the main campaign tools the Coalition uses to engage with the almost 30,000 strong membership base.

Facebook Friendly: Washington Trails Association and Simple Social

Sara Freedman — 2010-05-06T00:25:00Z

Using the tools Facebook provides, we make it easy for people taking action on your site to publicize it to their Facebook pages, encouraging their friends to do the same. What better advertising than word of mouth from a trusted source?

Most of the time, this is used while thanking someone for taking action -- writing a letter to a decision maker, say. ("I just asked my representative to say NO to BPA in baby bottles. You should too!") But at Washington Trails Association, we customized it for a slightly different use. WTA's site allows hikers to post trip reports -- it's enormously popular, with roughly 27,724 trip reports posted to date. Now, after someone submits a trip report on wta.org, they're asked if they want to share it on Facebook.

If they're already logged in to Facebook, it's a single button click; if not, they can login without leaving the page. They can add a brief personal note, and that, along with a picture from their trip report (if they posted one), and a link to the whole thing is added to their FB news stream.

If you want to kick back and watch this all in action, we've put together a video showing all the different parts of Simple Social.

Food Alliance Newsletter

Sam Knox — 2008-12-10T18:50:00Z

Food Alliance is a nonprofit organization that certifies farms, ranches and food handlers practicing sustainable agriculture and socially-responsible commerce in the food industry.

Hollyhock Leadership Institute

jonsayer — 2009-03-27T16:00:00Z

Hollyhock Leadership Institute provides strategic support for organizations advocating for environmental and social change. We are building a community of wise leaders to tackle the urgent issues of our time through a powerful combination of network building, strategic advising, facilitation, leadership development, and skills-training.

Make It Personal: A Video Gallery

Sara Freedman — 2009-10-28T19:20:00Z

To make the issue of climate change more accessible to site visitors to the USCAN (U.S. Climate Action Network) website, we worked with USCAN to create a video-only section of the site where visitors can view clips from USCAN press conferences, stories from communities with a commitment to going green, interviews with political and business leaders working on climate advocacy and policy development, and inspiring days of action from Tck Tck Tck to grab the attention of world leaders on issues of climate.

USCAN is an affiliate network of the Climate Action Network (CAN), a worldwide network of more than 400 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) from 85 countries working to promote government, private sector and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.

USCAN also is a partner of the Global Campaign on Climate Action (GCCA). In 2009, GCCA launched the Tck, Tck, Tck campaign to gain a new climate agreement in Copenhagen. The Tck, Tck, Tck project includes the Union of Concerned Scientists, Pew Environment Group, Oxfam International, Greenpeace International, Christian Aid, World Council of Churches, World Wildlife Fund, 350, Avaaz, E3G, Global Humanitarian Forum, Global Call to Action against Poverty, and other leading NGOs in over thirty nations.

Markets Initiative

jonsayer — 2009-03-26T18:15:00Z

Markets Initiative is a North American based forest conservation organization whose mission is to safeguard intact, ancient and endangered forests worldwide, thereby supporting biodiversity, and helping to fight climate change.

Montana Audubon

Sam Knox — 2008-12-10T17:25:00Z

The Mission of Montana Audubon is to promote appreciation, knowledge, and conservation of native birds, other wildlife, and their habitats. Founded in 1976, Montana Audubon has built effective programs in public policy, education, and bird conservation to serve its members and Montana's nine community-based Audubon Chapters.

Platform: Vertical Response

North Cascades Institute

Sam Knox — 2008-12-10T16:35:00Z

North Cascades Institute seeks to inspire a closer relationship with nature through direct experiences in the natural world. Our mission is to conserve and restore Northwest environments through education. Since 1986 we have helped connect people, nature and community through science, art, literature and the hands-on study of natural and cultural history.

Northwest Certified Forestry

jonsayer — 2009-03-26T20:50:00Z

Northwest Certified Forestry, a project of the Northwest Natural Resource Group (NNRG), is a growing network of landowners, wood products manufacturers and lumberyards that specialize in locally produced forest products that are certified to the high standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).

Northwest Trade Ally

jonsayer — 2009-03-26T20:45:00Z

The Northwest Trade Ally Network helps trade allies grow their businesses through participation in public utility lighting efficiency incentive programs. The Trade Ally Network helps trade allies find utility incentive programs, offers valuable trainings and industry news, and provides useful forms and resources.