{"id":3402,"date":"2008-08-27T13:52:37","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T19:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3402"},"modified":"2017-08-02T15:05:26","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T19:05:26","slug":"facebook-applications-that-do-green-good-sunchips-re-green-greensburg-widget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/facebook-applications-that-do-green-good-sunchips-re-green-greensburg-widget\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Applications that Do Green Good: SunChips Re-Green Greensburg Widget"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Have you seen the Planet Green<\/a> program Greensburg<\/a>? The program follows the town of Greensburg, Kansas as they rebuild, in a very green way, after a tornado in May 2007 ripped through the town and devastated it. Nearly the entire community was destroyed.<\/p>\n Sunchips<\/a> is helping the town of Greensburg to rebuild. Their first initiative was to donate $1 million to help build a solar-powered business incubator. It will eventually house 10 local businesses and help Greensburg residents return to their homes (many of them newly replaced).<\/p>\n Now Sunchips is taking another step to help Greensburg. When the tornado hit, it didn’t just destroy homes. It also destroyed the tree canopy in Greensburg. So a Facebook<\/a> application was created called SunChips Greensburg widget<\/a> that will allow Facebook users to add the widget to their profiles. For each widget that is added, SunChips will donate $1 towards replanting the tree canopy in Greensburg. The goal is to raise $50,000.<\/p>\n Of course, I added the widget to my own Facebook page before writing this up, and it was very easy to do. The best thing about it – in order to get the $1 donation all I had to do was add the widget to my own page. I did not have to invite any friends to do the same to get the donation. I was offered the chance to invite friends, but I didn’t have to. It’s just about the easiest way to donate $1 to a worthy green cause I’ve seen in quite a while.<\/p>\n If you’re wondering why Leonardo DiCaprio’s face is in the promo, it’s because he’s the executive producer of the Greensburg television show.<\/p>\n Greensburg, KS to Rebuild as LEED Platinum City<\/a><\/p>\n New Facebook Application, Green My Vino, Helps Vineyards Go Green<\/a><\/p>\nRead More:<\/h3>\n