{"id":6333,"date":"2010-03-26T15:04:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T21:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=6333"},"modified":"2010-03-26T15:04:54","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T21:04:54","slug":"lets-get-this-party-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/lets-get-this-party-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Get this Party Started! (PPB #1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5864\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2010\/02\/keyboard-coffee.jpg\" alt=\"keyboard coffee\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/keyboard-coffee.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/keyboard-coffee-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s 4 PM here in NE Missouri, so it&#8217;s time to start blogathoning&#8230; welcome to sustainablog&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/sustainablog-pedal-powered-blogathon\/\">2010 Pedal-Powered Blogathon<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve done our best to get the word out, so you may already have a really good idea of what we&#8217;re doing here. But, in case you&#8217;re just stumbling across the event&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ll be blogging from 4pm today (March 26) to tomorrow at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll have posts coming in from all around the green blogosphere&#8230; at least 21 at this point.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve also got a Tweet Chat open&#8230; you can Tweet from any application with the hashtag <strong>#susbppb<\/strong>, or head to <a href=\"http:\/\/tweetchat.com\/room\/susbppb\">chat space<\/a> itself.<\/li>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<li>We&#8217;re doing this all to raise funds for educational efforts and residential outreach at the Dancing Rabbit <a href=\"http:\/\/dancingrabbit.org\">Ecovillage<\/a> here in NE Missouri. 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