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Resources
Are you missing out on this FREE resource?
The Great Lakes, Connecting Communities
Toolbox is now available!
The Great Lakes, Connecting Communities Communications
Toolbox provides FREE, focused, ready-to-use tools and
communications products related to water quality and
quantity issues, habitat protection and invasive species in the
Great Lakes Basin.
The Toolbox CD-ROM includes hundreds of organized
royalty-free images, up-to-date media contacts for each Great
Lake state and Canada (thousands of targeted names in print,
radio, television and Web publications); communications tips,
audience research, and more!
If you haven’t already applied for your free copy, you can do so
by visiting glhabitat.org and clicking on “Connecting
Communities Toolbox” or call Jill at 231.347.1181.
Resources to strengthen nonprofit Boards of Directors
"BoardSource: http://www.boardsource.org/, a nonprofit
organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of
nonprofit organizations by strengthening their boards of
directors, provides practical information, tools and best
practices, training, and leadership development for board
members of nonprofit organizations worldwide.
Nonprofit Provides Free Internet Services to Charities
Grassroots.org: http://www.grassroots.org is a nonprofit
organization working to change the world via the Internet at
the local, national, and international level. Grassroots.org
serves other nonprofit organizations by providing free
Internet services, including full-featured web hosting and
email services, as well as free legal consulting on matters
such as incorporation, application for tax-exempt 501(c)3
status, general employment, and tax and risk management
issues.
Green Media Toolshed
Green Media Toolshed (GMT) is a nonprofit organization that
provides online media and communications tools to the
environmental community. In brief, the tools include access to
a comprehensive, searchable online media database that features
over 350,000 contacts in North America and 175,000
international media contacts. GMT also provides access to
over 6,000 photos that members can use in their media work
as well as on their own website, a fully branded online press
room, a community calendar and several web enhancement
tools that allow groups to manage campaigns and volunteers
in a secure, online area.
Contact: Bobbi Russell,
bobbi@greenmediatoolshed.org, 202-326-8709
Website: www.greenmediatoolshed.org
Restoration On-Line Resource:
Tip of the Mitt
Watershed Council
has launched a new
action-oriented
website to promote
G r e a t L a k e s
Restoration. The site
is designed to be a
one-stop-shop for
advocates to learn
more about and get
involved in the current policy initiatives to restore the
Great Lakes. Visitors can also read and submit information
about restoration projects around the Basin at
www.restorethelakes.org.
Helping Citizens Clean Up Polluted Habitats
Help is on the way to former industrial communities in the
Midwest looking to shed their tarnished Rust Belt image. “A
Community Guide to Contaminated Sediment Cleanup,” published
by the Alliance with funds from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, encourages communities to get involved in
local contaminated sediment cleanups. The guide provides
background information on contaminated sediments,
describes the basic steps in a cleanup process, and highlights
the value of strong community involvement throughout the
process. Designed for community leaders or local groups to
refer to at the start of a cleanup, it provides a basic overview of
what to expect and why the community should become
involved. The guide and a companion Power Point presentation
can be downloaded from the Alliance for the Great Lakes
web site at www.greatlakes.org/elimination/guide.asp.
Disclaimer:
The interpretations and conclusions presented in this newsletter represent the opinions of the individual authors. They in no way represent the views of the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, the C.S. Mott Foundation, subscribers, donors, or any organization mentioned in this publication.
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