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John Coate 57, Male
Larkspur, CA, United States

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John Coate added the blog post 'What Power Looks Like' Apr 8
teogr left a comment for John Coate Feb 21
John Coate replied to the discussion How Can We Use This Space to Collaborate? Feb 21
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John Coate replied to the discussion How Can We Use This Space to Collaborate? Feb 13
John Coate added the blog post 'Ireland taxes Plastic Bags, use drops 94%' Feb 2
John Coate commented on the blog post Clearcutting and erosion Jan 18
John Coate added the blog post 'Clearcutting and erosion' Jan 17

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Hometown:
Larkspur and Little River, CA
About Me:
1970-1983: Member of the Farm community in Summertown, TN
1986-1991: Community Manager at the WELL, a pioneering online community
1994-2001: Founder and General Manager of sfgate.com
2002-2003: Development Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)
2004-2005: Community Operations Manager, habbohotel.com
2006-2007: Director, techsoup.org
Right Now: Looking to do something that really matters
Website:
http://cervisa.com

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What Power Looks Like

What Power Looks Like is a fascinating and I think important piece from David Rothkopf, the author of a new book called Superclass. He describes the super elite group of people who have vastly more influence and power than I think most of us can really grasp, except in the most abstract way. I think it is important to those of us who want a sustainable world that lives by different rules so to speak. It rings true for me, not because I a… Continue

Posted on April 8th, 2008 at 10:19am — No Comments (Add)

Ireland taxes Plastic Bags, use drops 94%

Sometimes taxes are a useful form of social engineering. From an article in the New York Times:

In 2002, Ireland passed a tax on plastic bags; customers who want them must now pay 33 cents per bag…

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Posted on February 2nd, 2008 at 10:38am — No Comments (Add)

Clearcutting and erosion

We all know how clearcutting causes erosion and we've all seen the pictures. But this, from the Seattle Times, is pretty much the poster pic for it. This is a Weyerhaeuser site in southeastern Washington. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/zoom/syndication/2004076441.html




Posted on January 17th, 2008 at 8:59am — 4 Comments (Add)

Huge Uranium Mine Near Pine Ridge Reservation set to expand

Cameco Corp and their subsidy Crow Butte Reseources (CBR), a Canadian mining company, operates a huge uranium mine at Crow Butte in northern Nebraska, just south of the Pine Ridge Reservation. They just received approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to expand their operation by 70%. The local people, who live in the poorest region in America, were given no input into the process. Last week, their petition for NRC to hold hearings about the health effects of the mine and its expan… Continue

Posted on December 15th, 2007 at 10:38am — 3 Comments (Add)

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At 3:58pm on February 21st, 2008, John Coate said…
my email is tex@well.com
At 3:57pm on February 21st, 2008, John Coate said…
Hi teogr - I did not see that specifically but I could make some inquiries. Maybe you could email me with a few more specifics of what you are looking for and I can ask the development people there.
At 12:28pm on February 21st, 2008, teogr said…
Hi John,

Looking through your background here, I see that you worked with eff & techsoup for a while. I manage the satellite program at Bioneers and am currently looking into some ways to help our satellite partners transition from analog to digital satellite technology. Wondering if during your time at techsoup you came across any similar projects or foundations that support non-profits to make these sorts of transitions.

Thanks for all your participation here, btw.

Teo
At 4:39pm on October 30th, 2007, kenny ausubel said…
John, hey. What an interesting background you have. great work. thanks for joining the web here.
Best

Kenny A.
At 10:48am on October 30th, 2007, Cliff Figallo said…
Yo, compadre! Haven't had much time to visit this place since I first joined up. Hope it's growing.

Meanwhile, back to report-writing.
At 10:27am on October 30th, 2007, Bioneers said…
Hola John, thanks for stopping by! I hope you'll consider our little community a welcoming place to share ideas and discuss salient issues.

Though none of this will be news to you ;-), here's some standard information on how to use this site:

New to this site? Start here.
 
 

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