The Green Umbrella

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#EEF3E2" TEXT="#080000" background=""> <div> <B></B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr>  <tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#EEF3E2" TEXT="#080000" background=""> <div> <B>Best viewed with MSIE 4X or later.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B></B></div> <bR> <div> <B></B></div> <bR> </td>  <A NAME="top"><P></A> <A NAME="anchortop"></A> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#EEF3E2" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <center> <div><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana"><i><b> The Green Umbrella</b></i><B></B></FONT></div> </center> <bR> <bR> <div><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana"><A HREF="media.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Media Page">Media Page</A>   |   <A HREF="photos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Gallery">Photo Gallery</A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <center> <img src=grassgu.gif width=175 hight=54 > </center> <bR> <bR> <center> <div><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana"><i><b>Mission of The Green Umbrella</b></i><B></B></FONT></div> </center> <center> <table summary=""> <tr><td> <bR><div><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana"> The Green Umbrella provides concise facts, news, and anecdotes of the grassroots freecycling world. <p>We measure the excellence of our success by the increased media coverage of 5 Star Networks.<br> For this reason, our focus populations are members of the media, and network administrators. </p> <p></p> <div><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana"><B>TGU 5 Point Rating System</B></FONT></div> <p></p> The 5 Star Networks featured in our pages foster groups which: </p><p> <img src="stfullg.gif" border="0"> are active<br> <img src="stfullg.gif" border="0"> are family friendly<br> <img src="stfullg.gif" border="0"> are local and community based<br> <img src="stfullg.gif" border="0"> allow no cash or barter in group posts<br> <img src="stfullg.gif" border="0"> offer only items which are legal in that locality. <p></p> <p></p> TGU lists only non-commercial Network sites * TGU gives preference to ad-free and "finder" free Networks. </p><p> TGU runs no ads and does not accept cash donations. Our staff is entirely volunteer. </p><p> </td></tr> </p> </center></table> <bR> <BR> <CENTER><H2><font color="black"><i>These are the top networks of independent freecycling groups.</i> </H2></font></CENTER> </B> <p></p> <CENTER> <TABLE BORDER=0 bgcolor="#EEF3E2" cellpadding="" cellspacing="25" > <p></p> <TR><TH>Network Rating</TH><TH><img src="starsgreen.gif" border="0"></TH><TH>Contact Address</TH></TR> <TR><TH></TH><TD><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana"><i> 5 Star Networks</i><br></TD><TD></TH></TR> <p></p> <TR><TH><img src="star5grt.gif" border="0"></TH><TD><a href="http://sharingisgiving.org" target="_blank">SharingIsGiving .org</a><br>"If you also like the concept of freecycling with others without all of the rules and politics, this is the place to do it. Everyone is welcome to put a link to their site here, free. All we ask for is a reciprocal (Live) link on your home/front page. This gives us all more exposure to the web crawlers and potential new members." <br> USA, International </TD><TD><A HREF="mailto:sharingisgiving&#64yahoo&#46com">sharingisgiving@yahoo.com</a></TD></TR> <TR><TH><img src="star5grt.gif" border="0"></TH><TD><a href="http://www.freesharing.org/" target="_blank">FreeSharing.org</a><br>"The sites featured on FreeSharing.org are all locally owned, grassroots groups, working to help their neighbors and the environment by keeping usable items out of the landfill by passing them along to people who can use them. <br> "The Directory has links to over 825 locally managed groups serving over 350,000 members in the USA, Canada and around the world." <br>USA, International<br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/" target="_blank"></a> </TD><TD><A HREF="mailto:eb&#64FreeSharing&#46org">eb@FreeSharing.org</a></TD></TR> <TR><TH> <img src="star5grt.gif" border="0"></TH><TD> <a href="http://www.reuseitnetwork.org/" target="_blank">ReUseIt Network</a><br>"The ReUseIt Network is an on-line forum that serves as a tool to make connections between community members who want to help each other, themselves, and their environment. In a disposable society where many items are discarded long before they have actually outlived their use, The ReUseIt Network helps get things from people who have them but don't want them to people who want them but don't have them."<br> USA, International </TD><TD><A HREF="mailto:helpdesk&#64reuseitnetwork&#46org">helpdesk@reuseitnetwork.org</a><br> </TD></TR> <TR><TH><img src="star5grt.gif" border="0"></TH><TD><a href="http://fullcircles.org/" target="_blank">FullCircles.org</a><br>"Full Circles is a Canadian group that is designed around the circle of life, going from undeveloped simple living to the full benefits of our technological society and back to a simpler way of life, with our society going full circle."<br> Canadian</TD><TD><A HREF="mailto:info&#64fullcircles&#46org">info@fullcircles.org</TD></TR> <TR><TH><img src="star5grt.gif" border="0"></TH><TD><a href="http://www.aroundagain.org/" target="_blank">Around Again Groups <br></a> " A collection of locally based internet "Free Sharing" communities. The main purpose of the groups is to allow members to find people who can use items they no longer need or want. Through offering these items for free they are often saved from going into the local waste collection, as well as helping others to acquire things they may need or want."<br>Regional, Connecticut and New York.</TD> <TD><A HREF="mailto:info&#64aroundagain&#46org">info@aroundagain.org</a></TD></TR> <TR><TH> <H3><font color="black"> </H3> </TH><TD><div><A HREF="links.htm"><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="blue" FACE="Verdana"> <i> Links to some of TGUs favorite Web places.</i></a></font></div> <p> <center>Reduce*Reuse*Recycle</center></p></TD><TD></TD></TR> </table> </center> </body> </html> <bR> <B><P ALIGN="right"><A HREF="#anchortop">Top<img src="arrowsilvertop.gif" border="0" ALT=TOP></A></B></P ALIGN="right"> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div style="text-align:CENTER; "></div> <bR> <p></p> <p> <CENTER> <TABLE COLS=1 cell padding=0 TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="70%" > <TR> <TD> <H5> <P> The umbrella photos are the copyright of TRAY 6 LLC <A HREF="http://www.tray6.com/about.php" target="blank">http://www.tray6</A> <BR> <p> </p> </H5> </TD> </table></CENTER> </p> <p> </p>   <p> <CENTER> <TABLE COLS=1 cell padding=0 TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="70%" > <TR> <TD> <H5> <P><i>Web site © 2008 The Green Umbrella</i> <p> Address comments regarding site maintainance to TGU WebMaster<A HREF="mailto:thegreenumbrella&#64gmail&#46com"> <i> The Green Umbrella </i></A> <BR> Address comments regarding content, or adding your network to TGU Chief Editor <A HREF="mailto:thegreenumbrella&#64gmail&#46com"> The Green Umbrella <i><i></A> </p> </H5> </TD> </table></CENTER> </p> <p> </p>  <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="mailto:thegreenumbrella@gmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:thegreenumbrella@gmail.com"><B>Contact Us</B></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>