<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Neal Gorenflo</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:neal@shareable.net">neal@shareable.net</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 3:04 AM<br>Subject: Because of Facebook & Google, we need you more than ever<br>To: Michael Bouwens <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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<p><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Dear Michael</font></font><span style="font-weight:400"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">,</font></font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">After 10 years as a nonprofit,
Shareable’s mission to empower people to share is as important as ever
-- if not more so. Increasingly, international organizations like the
United Nations and C40 recognize that consumption patterns, not just
vehicle and building emissions, are a major contributor to climate
change in cities and that sharing can dramatically reduce
consumption.</font></font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">At the same time, it’s become a lot
harder for Shareable to reach the public online with our news
reporting on sharing solutions. Over the last few years, Google and
Facebook, who now control over 70% of all web traffic, made changes
that have significantly reduced the reach of countless websites, but
perhaps especially independent media outlets like
Shareable. </font></font></span></p>
<p><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.sharingcities.net/r?u=jEwrsdSML4cvgLsZN8iFIHb47tWCnJwSMpAKE4sK35k5t0zl3GAE5nSJPAyzjB_O7rp9uyu6xtAl3M-u9ZSyy8s7-fZrVFTd0ZrWEdKIkKs&e=ceceb67696e2ef7bae91b06758c2cd2a&utm_source=shareable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=general_fundraiser_7_1_19&n=2" target="_blank"><strong><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">If you believe independent voices like
Shareable matter, please make a donation today.</font></font></strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">In Facebook’s case, they simply
blocked access to around 90% of all page owner’s fans including
Shareable’s -- except if you pay for access. Google has made many
changes including ones that favor mainstream news sites. As a result,
scores of independent news sites like Shareable have been hurt.
Alternet, also an independent news nonprofit, sees these changes as a
form of censorship. I agree. </font></font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Shareable hasn’t sat idly by in the
wake of these changes. We’ve adapted by increasing the quality of our
solutions journalism, hiring more experienced journalists and editors,
and transitioning our site to Wordpress, which has excellent search
engine optimization features. </font></font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Still, we can’t depend 100% on the
web anymore. It’s clearly being enclosed by Facebook and Google, so
Shareable is using other mediums to further our mission including our
e-newsletter, hosting more events, and starting a new podcast, “The
Response”, which is also syndicated to over 140 radio stations across
the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. We’re also premiering our first
documentary based on “The Response” later this month in Oakland,
California.</font></font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">This new strategy is starting to
bear fruit, but the stark reality is that it’s a lot more expensive
than web publishing. </font></font></span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.sharingcities.net/r?u=jEwrsdSML4cvgLsZN8iFIHb47tWCnJwSMpAKE4sK35k5t0zl3GAE5nSJPAyzjB_O7rp9uyu6xtAl3M-u9ZSyy8s7-fZrVFTd0ZrWEdKIkKs&e=ceceb67696e2ef7bae91b06758c2cd2a&utm_source=shareable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=general_fundraiser_7_1_19&n=3" target="_blank"><strong><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">That’s why the support of our readers is more
important than ever. If you believe in independent voices, if you
believe in news about solutions, if you believe in the power of
sharing -- then please consider making a donation to Shareable
today.</font></font></strong></a><span style="font-weight:400"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> Any amount is
important to us because it says you stand with us. We believe the
world needs an organization like Shareable that relentlessly pushes
sharing forward. If you agree, please put your shoulder to the wheel
with us by making a donation today.</font></font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Thank you for all the good you do
in the world,</font></font></span></p>
<p><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Neal Gorenflo </font></font></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">P.S. In order to fund our work over
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our work and make a commitment to support it moving forward if you’re
able.</font></font></span></p>
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