{"id":2,"date":"2009-04-03T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T15:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.takinggreenvirtual.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2013-04-22T12:24:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T16:24:29","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.awboc.com\/site\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thrives Media\u00a0<\/strong>is a project that is physically located in the Pioneer Valley in MA growing out of over 7 years of pro bono work of TNR Global and is and unincorporated DBA in the state of Massachusetts, currently operating as a division of TNR Global .\u00a0\u00a0 While contributions are not\u00a0 tax deductible as donations,\u00a0 they maybe considered a business expense.\u00a0 You should still contribute\u00a0 since our efforts will directly benefit our community.\u00a0 Our efforts?\u00a0 Yes, through the project Earth Thrives we are taking the collective knowledge of the locally focused green and sustainable community and putting it in one place.\u00a0 If you haven’t seen Earth Thrives<\/a>\u00a0or We Love Museums<\/a> yet you should check them out!<\/p>\n

Our some times staff members:<\/p>\n

Kirsten Bonanza<\/p>\n

a) loves being in the outdoors whether it is running, hiking, rock climbing or kayaking.
\nb) hugged her first tree (a redwood) age 2 1\/2\u00a0 in the Muir Woods.
\nc) only does that for which she has passion.
\nd) five minutes into a conversation already knows several people or organizations that you should talk to about what you are passionate about, as long at it deals with sustainability…
\ne) all of the above and a whole lot more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rich Roth – Publisher<\/p>\n

Don’t worry we’ll have more<\/a> on Rich here soon…<\/p>\n

Sharon A. Roth – Co-publisher<\/p>\n

me\u2026.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I wear a variety of hats: life partner, mother, grandmother, family member (family is first on my list!) \u2014 professor of education, lover of all things beautiful such as children, quilts, sunsets, and clouds \u2014 esoteric reader \u2014 enjoy all things Shaker \u2014 great cook \u2014 love to walk and be at the seashore and in the forests.\u00a0 Looking for more<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Laurel Thorndike –\u00a0Artist\u00a0in residence<\/p>\n

Laurel is our visual specialist as well as an accomplished painter. \u00a0See her work at LaurelThorndike.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Is Thrives Media \u00a0socially responsible business?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes. Thrives Media \u00a0 is actively building socially conscious practices into our business model.\u00a0 The policies that are in place include but are not limited to using locally owned businesses as our providers, making environmentally friendly purchasing, et cetera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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