Growing Green Communities Together

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Growing Green Communities Together

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Better Open Source Communities Through Data

An anonymous reader writes "Using exhaust data from Bugzilla, David Eaves describes how the Mozilla Metrics team is creating dashboards to improve the contributor experience and give open source community managers better situational awareness."

Better Open Source Communities Through Data

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Fixtures Bring New Life to Old Copper, and to Communities

by Dawn Killough

Native Trails sinks, bath tubs, and range hoods are truly things of beauty, and they contribute nicely to the three Es of the Triple Bottom Line (economy, environment, and social equity). Naomi Neilson Howard, CEO and President of Native Trails, works with artisans in Mexico who are now able to sustain their own businesses thanks to her work. The art of creating copper bowls is not new. It shows up in folk art in Mexico, and can be traced to ancient roots. Native Trails sinks, tubs, and hoods are the result of a process that changes copper wire and scraps (see photo below) into beautiful fixtures. The reclaimed copper is melted and formed into sheets. These sheets are then formed into the fixtures. All are hand made, with some sinks requiring an amazing 30,000 hammer strikes. But the fixtures are only part of the story. Due to the success of the company, Howard is able to improve the lives of the artisans who create them. Many have been able to increase the size of their own shops from home operations to small factories. Howard offers no-interest loans to the artisans for expansion. Her work has brought several families out of poverty and made them business owners and employers. She says the artisans also develop a sense of self-esteem and pride in their work. Native Trails also carriers FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified and reclaimed lumber vanities. Howard says they are running several specials to help buyers out in this tough economy. Reprinted with permission from Green Building Elements

Post originale: http://featured.matternetwork.com/2010/11/fixtures-bring-new-life-old.cfm

A New Map of Online Communities from xkcd

xkcd's updated map of online communities "uses size to represent total social activity in a community -- that is, how much talking, playing, sharing, or other socializing happens there. This meant some comparing of apples and oranges, but I did my best and tried to be consistent." Cut off...

Post originale: http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2010/10/a_new_map_of_on.php