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description: Welcome To the Greenstand Team

If you are here to contribute to the project the following documentation will get started on your Greenstand journey.

Contributor Porthole

Our work here supports people and our planet. We are glad you want to contribute. You can learn more about what we are doing in the Greenstand Overview

Welcome Message

Is your motivation climate change or poverty? We all have our reasons to be here. Maybe you want to be part of an awesome project or...

maybe you just got a ticket and owe community service. I can’t answer what brought you here - I can only speak for myself.

I once brought someone to a hospital. I wishing for a speedy recovery, saying goodbye, and still holding a warm hand when that stranger died. Thinking back, it leaves a good feeling knowing I’d done everything I could to help. I find it fulfilling to help people. It was good to be there as a stranger, as a friend in someone's last struggle. Making the world a better place brings me joy - it makes me feel good. It is painful and depressing to stand by and do nothing while people suffer and we collectively destroy our planet.

There are hundreds of millions of amazing people on our planet who live on less than I spend on a cup of coffee - they are caught in a perpetual struggle to find food. Basic education is not an option - healthcare is not a priority when you are starving. I've seen it. I've witnessed the plight of a single mother in rural Africa. I've seen the story of a single mom in Central and South America. I understand how our actions in the "developed world" drive climate change and make their lives, the poorest people's lives that much harder. It makes me angry - I cannot and will not stand by and do nothing.

For me, Greenstand is a social project. It’s answering the needs of the most powerful climate activists this planet has. If we support that woman in her struggle, she, together with her neighbors and millions of others like her, will clean our atmosphere; they will build the most effective climate solution possible - forests.

Regardless of why you are here, I am excited to welcome you to a growing and powerful community. We are on this planet together and we are not just standing by. We have a plan; we are making it happen. And we need you.

Thank you for joining.

Ezra Jay

Executive Director

Before you Start

By joining the Greenstand community you confirm that you are familiar with, aware of, and agree to the following Greenstand's policies:

Code of Conduct

Non-Discrimination Policy

To paraphrase these policies:

Be a nice person and help others. You cannot harass, discriminate, or otherwise be mean to anyone here or you be removed from the community. It is also your responsibility to report any such behavior.

If you are publicly associated with Greenstand, you should read this External Communications Policy Other Greenstand's Policies can be found here

Ask "Do I belong here?"

You should be able to commit to the following:

- I commit to being nice to everyone I meet here and creating a warm, kind environment.

- I commit to not being disruptive.

- I commit to not leaving behind a mess and will do my best not to create empty folders, poorly written lines of code, junk pull requests, or a jumble of files that no one else can understand. I will be careful to leave Greenstand cleaner and more organized than when I arrived.

- I commit to seeing whatever task I take through to completion promptly, or if unable to complete the task, I will communicate this.

If you can sincerely read the above, than you are welcome - if can not, you do not belong here so please leave now.

Benefits to Contributing

Learn new skills, build your resume, expand your professional Network, have a positive Impact, and have the opportunity to be a Leader, You can read more about these benefits here

And when you are ready get your Greenstand Recommendation Letter here: Recommendation/Verification Letter link

To Start

You must be:

• Self-driven. You are expected to direct yourself to a task within your skill level and do it.

• Outgoing. There is a community to support you as you go, don't be afraid to ask questions, dive in, and read documents. If you can't find an answer, someone else can't find it as well. Ask and keep on asking.

Your FIRST TASK:

1. Orent yourself - take a look around - you should be able to find a team or channel you would like to join or lead.

2. Understand the technology Greenstand is creating. Map.treetracker.org, you can also view apps, and other dashboards - find a problem to report and if you can't find where or who to report it to ask.

3. Improve documentation - if you got stuck or lost it is mostly a documentation issue! Improving documentation is critical to our success and is great first github commit to the project. Documentation on documenaion

Choose A Path

Engineering

Operations

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