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  I Recommend GlobalGiving.org

  Hi Nancy,

  Check out Global Giving (www.globalgiving.org). It serves as a global "marketplace" for supporting local community development and conservation projects around the world. I'm sure you can find one that involves protecting biodiverse land or forests. One of the best things about these windows is that you're connecting directly to the local organizations who are implementing the work - not going through large organizations with their own overhead costs. Global Giving's lean headquarters also vets all projects for due diligence.

  Kiva (www.kiva.org) is a similar option!On Umbra on rainforest-protection gifts posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago 6 Responses

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  A Good Resource, & The Dark Side of Recycling

  No matter where you are, there's a great website that offers consolidated resources on where to go to recycle things and what to recycle (especially hard-to-recycle things, like computers and cell phone):  Earth 911 or http://www.earth911.org.  Enter your zip code to find resources in your area.

  I've heard some unfortunately sketchy things about our so-called electronics-reycling programs, however. A lot of US companies who so helpfully collect our old computers and gadgets contract with overseas companies, particularly those in East Asia, who lack both the facilities and know-how to carefully process the dangerous chemicals concentrated in things like computer processors and monitors.  I've seen videos of poor rural communities processing these chemicals by burning them down in open-air fire pits -- processes dangerous to the health of the individuals and potentially contaminating the water and air resources of the communtiy as a whole.  Perhaps Umbra can clear this up for us some day.  On Umbra on computer recycling posted 4 years, 2 months ago 5 Responses