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Great video from the Village Bike Project:
Here at Phoneraiser, we like to think of what we do as “social entrepreneurism.” The general idea behind that term is starting a company that is entrepreneurial but also serves the greater good. We take in e-waste that would otherwise be thrown in landfills and then write a check to the organizations that spent the time collecting these items. Another example is our partnership with The Chiapas Project called Recycle to Eradicate Poverty. If you would like to recycle your phone and don’t care to get any money back from it, you can donate it and fund microfinance loans in Latin America. Generally, social entrepreneurism applies to for-profit companies, but since there is no hard and fast definition, it can be used for organizations like the Village Bike Project. It is an innovative way to give people transportation and access to markets, healthcare, etc. and per the video they even have a for-profit venture in Ghana to pay for the shipping of the bikes.
Our picture promotion brought in some great pics of our fundraiser’s being creative and having fun with their fundraising!
Our first two are some great posters from PAWS – OK, a pet adoption service out of Oklahoma. (click on through for more pics)
Here is a student at Williams Township School showing off what they collected.
A couple of guys test out some phones that were donated to Hamilton Holmes Elementary.
Marion County 4-H sent us a picture of a few of their members along with their great looking collection box.
These recyclers are from Northview High School and they know that the responsible way to fundraise is by collecting phones!
Thanks to everyone who sent in photos! Keep up the great work fundraisers! If you want to show of your fundraising efforts, send in your pics and we will post them.
Cnet’s green tech blog sent one of it’s writers on a mission to live a greener life for a year. It is probably safe to say that everyone on staff at an eco-blog makes efforts to be more green all the time, regardless of assignment, but what made this different is that he participated in the Energy Smackdown. This competition is a “Community Outreach Program to Reduce Carbon Emissions.” While participating, Martin LaMonica learned just how much running an extra fridge in the house can cost ($50 a month), what a blower door is, and just how much of a difference you can make just by using a caulk gun.
Read his account here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10221933-54.html?tag=rtcol;inTheNewsNow
Welcome Phoneraiser partners! Looking for a way to be more green or celebrate earth day today? Visit the Earth Day Network: http://earthday.net/search/node