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The Social Media & Web Guide to Going Green

By Melinda Moses | April 22, 2009

This great guide was written by Elsa Wenzel/Mashable.  Elsa writes about green technology and authors a personal blog at Greenerside.net. You can follow her on Twitter.

A new green era is growing, with the Obama family planted in the White House, an organic vegetable garden on its lawn and a “green path” paved in the economic stimulus package. As more people aim to shrink their carbon footprints while conserving energy and natural resources, a bumper crop of online tools can help.

There are so many websites and apps built for green goals that the Earth2Tech blog devoted an entire conference to them in March. Meanwhile, Al Gore and other eco-luminaries are trying to establish the .ECO domain as the virtual parking space for all things green.

How can consumers who want to reduce their impact on the planet find the best social media tools? The following sites are great shortcuts for weeding through the myriad online options.

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