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Jul272009

Social Media Overview

As social media has continued to explode in the way information is communicated, we outline the top social media sites, their environmental sections and how to interact with them. In order to best leverage the power of the social sites listed, this post provides not only web and Wikipedia links but specific links for three keywords; environment, sustainability and green.  

Twitter

Twitter is a free social messaging utility for staying connected in real-time.
WEB | WIKIPEDIA | ENVIRONMENT | SUSTAINABILITY | GREEN

WeFollow

Find Twitter celebrities, actors, TV personalities, or new Twitter friends in your area. WeFollow is a directory of Twitter users organized by interests.
WEB 
| WIKIPEDIA | ENVIRONMENT | SUSTAINABILITY | GREEN

Digg

Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users.
WEB 
WIKIPEDIA | ENVIRONMENT | SUSTAINABILITY | GREEN

Delicious

Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet.
WEB 
WIKIPEDIA | ENVIRONMENT | SUSTAINABILITY | GREEN

StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. As you click Stumble!, we deliver high-quality pages matched to your personal preferences.
WEB 
WIKIPEDIA ENVIRONMENT | SUSTAINABILITY | GREEN

Technorati

As the leading blog search engine and most comprehensive source of information on the blogosphere, we index more than 1.5 million new blog posts in real time and introduce millions of readers to blog and social media content.
WEB 
WIKIPEDIA | ENVIRONMENT | SUSTAINABILITY | GREEN

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is an interconnected network of experienced professionals from around the world, representing 170 industries and 200 countries. You can find, be introduced to, and collaborate with qualified professionals that you need to work with to accomplish your goals. See Top Down Ground Up's post on"The Top 15 'Sustainability' Networking Groups on LinkedIn".
WEB | WIKIPEDIA | ENVIRONMENT | SUSTAINABILITY | GREEN

In addition to these sites, we are members of countless local and/or specialized social networks.  To connect with The Green Challenges on any of the above platforms find us by searching for "Green Challenges" or by clicking the "Social Links" on the right toolbar. If you have a site or network that we should include in this list, comment and we will add it.  

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