NEWS AND EVENTS
[ Press Releases ]
WE'RE EARTH DAY SUPERSTARS!
April 19, 2008 'Tis the season to dispose of your old electronics responsibly. We'll be accepting stuff from: 1-800-GOT-JUNK, Buckman-Kerns Neighborhood Association, PCC Rock Creek, and Gresham Earth Day. Additionally, we'll be staffing booths at City Repair's Earth Day Celebration, Providence Medical Center, and PCC Rock Creek.
RECYCLE YOUR IPOD AT FREE GEEK
January 8, 2008 Portland Tribune, Sustainable Life feature Don’t toss that old iPod in the trash encourages readers to give their iPods to Free Geek for reuse, not just recycling.
E-WASTE FEATURE IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE
January, 2008 High-Tech Trash features information about the global and national e-waste trade, and the human and environmental damage that's possible with the mishandling of e-waste.
FREE GEEK VANCOUVER PARTICIPATES IN HARDWARE DRIVE
December 16, 2007 Free Geek Vancouver, BC worked with Strutta.com to hold a hardware drive in their neighborhood. It made the local businesses happy, and made a bunch of burgeoning geeks happy, too! Read the article here.
HELPING A GEEK KID IN NEED
December, 2007 Leo Westwind is battling some major health issues right now, and we're asking for help. Why is Free Geek involved? Because Leo is our Tech Support Coordinator's kid. Read more here.
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WE'RE WORLD CHANGERS!
November 20, 2007 Free Geek was mentioned in this article on environmental standards for computer manufacturing, and why reusing and recycling your computer is a must.
YUP, E-WASTE SHOULD BE RECYCLED RESPONSIBLY
November 14, 2007 National Public Radio did a story on the dangers of exporting e-waste to third-world countries. Jim Puckett of the Basel Action Network was consulted for the story.
FREE GEEK SAN DIEGO, ANYONE?
October 26, 2007 Anyone want to help Rich Norman start a Free Geek in San Diego? Find his call for volunteers here.
FREE GEEK COMPUTERS SENT TO AFRICA
October 23, 2007 The Global Family NetWork Mission and African Youth Initiative Network (AYINET are working together to send Free Geek computers to Rwanda and Burundi of the Great Lakes region in Africa where AYINET is conducting peace initiatives. Read more here.
FREE GEEK WINS INTERNATIONAL FOSS PRIZE
October 17, 2007 Free Geek has been awarded the international Chris Nichol FOSS Prize for "doing extraordinary work to make FOSS accessible to ordinary computer users." Free Geek shared the prize with NepaLinux, a Debian-based Linux distro in Nepalese. See our press relase and this article from Nepali paper, Kantipur. Portland State University paper The Vanguard also wrote an article about it.
CITY THINKS FREE GEEK COULD PLAY A PART IN REWIRING PORTLAND
October 11, 2007 The Portland City Council is floating the idea of contracting with local non-profits Personal Telco Project and Free Geek to create a free wireless cloud in Portland. Read the story in the Portland Mercury.
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GRESHAM E-WASTE RECYCLING CENTER FOUND TO BE UNSUSTAINABLE (FOR NOW)
August 15, 2007 Due to many reasons, the Gresham Computer Recycling and Education Center closed its doors today. Its funders and supporters said they've learned a lot, and hopefully they'll be able to open another computer recycling/reuse facility in Gresham soon. See the article in The Outlook for more.
LINUX DELAYS OBSOLESCENCE
February 27, 2007 This article announces a report from the UK that finds that computers powered by Linux typically have double the life span of Windows computers. Of course, we knew that already (but we're happy that others are catching on).
FREE GEEK SUPPORTS REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC WASTE DISPOSAL, EMPHASIZING REUSE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
February 23, 2007 Free Geek announces its support and recommendations regarding draft legislation moving through the Energy and the Environment Committee of the Oregon House of Representatives. That committee will recommend a bill to the full House in mid-March.
Read the press release.
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