Top 5 Green Twitterers

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First, Some TwittFactsTwitter…• was launched in July 2006• has a facebook account• Is available in English, Spanish, Japanese,

German, French, and Italian• Has 190,000,000 visitors monthly

…it can be used as a weapon!!

Twitter News You Can Loose

More Interest FactsBy 2013, there will be 1 billion users!

My task: To find you the Top 5 Green

My task: To find you the Top 5 Green

What R U Interested In?

Energy? Chocolate? Politics? Poop? Environmental News?

@sheagunther “No list of top green twitterers would be

complete without Shea. He’s the founder of the #EcoMonday hash tag and a prolific blogger from Maine who writes about politics, energy, and the earth’s resources. He’s pulled together his own great list of green twitters for his blog on the Mother Nature Network.”

@dothegreenthing “Do the Green Thing is a London-based not-for-

profit public service that inspires people from around the world to lead a greener life by doing seven simple things. Members can join via Facebook and share videos about their journey, kind of like a super green YouTube. The Green Thing’s twitter feed offers a wealth of interesting editorial links, like this story about a chocolate-powered racecar.”

@Litegreen “Texas-based Sebrina Smith writes for Greenopolis where she posts about a wide variety of topics covering the green lifestyle. She tweets about everything from recycling to reindeer poop jewelry. She’s also written her own great list of top 50 green twitterers.”

@greendig “LA-based Karl Burkhardt Green

Dig blog covers the intersection between environmental news and tech. His twitter feed is a veritable treasure trove of thought-provoking linkage.”

@kate_sheppard “As a Washington D.C.-based

environmental reporter for Mother Jones, Kate is at the epicenter of the politics of green. She tweets about all thing environmental from EPA regulations to climate change green-washing.”

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Top Green per TreeHugger

@ecogeek “Hank Green heads up EcoGeek.org, where you can stay optimistic about the fate of the world because, as the homepage says,

“We're in a bit of an eco-mess, but we've got the brains to lick any problem.””

Top Green per TreeHugger@planetrelations “Like a vitamin, you get good once-a-day tweets on cleantech, green tech, alternative energy, water issues and a whole lot more from Planet Relations.

Top Green per TreeHugger@scifri What green geek doesn't enjoy a good episode of NPR's Science Friday? Often covering green technology and science issues, SciFri is a great twitter to follow for fun facts and in depth news.

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Top 5++ Green

there is no such thing It’s subjective

unique and beautiful as each one of you in the room Thank You