GreenPolicy360-eOS: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:08, 15 February 2008

Welcome to GreenPRO

GreenPRO is a project of the Green Institute. We seek to provide a broad and diverse set of existing and proposed law as a resource for progressive officeholders and activists. Please review our announcements. Please check back regularly to see what is new.

This product is in the alpha testing phase. Please bear with us, and let us know if you have any problems.

Recently Added Feature

You can now use Google maps to search by location:

Cities, Counties and Educational Institutions

How to use this site:

1) Browse our master Index 2) Browse GreenPRO categories & database entries:

Topic

(examples: Peace, housing, youth, etc.)

Location

(examples: notable cities, U.S. States, etc.)

Entity Type (examples: city governments, labor unions, etc.)
Type of Legislation

(examples: ordinances, resolutions, etc.).

3) Maps of entries by location: cities, counties, and educational institutions

4) Searching the site

Simply enter your search words in the box to the left and click on Policy Search. You can enter subject words, place names, anything you want, and in any combination you want or go to the Index, which has a detailed list of existing policy content.

(Note that searches must be at least three characters long. The database will not search for two-character search strings.)

Recently Added Policy Topics:

Anti-Sweatshop
"Buy Green" Policy
Communications
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Rights
Genetic Engineering
Green Business
Land Use
Nuclear Free
and much more.

More help or ideas

Is there a category that you think should be included in our database that isn't? If so, send your category suggestions to Trey, or leave a public message Trey's talk page

Consult Mark or the User's Guide for information on using this wiki software.

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 : <big>'''[[Map cities|Cities]], [[Map counties|Counties]] and [[Map education|Educational Institutions]]'''</big>
-=== From the GreenPRO Master [[Index]]  ===
+===How to use this site:===
-'''Listing of all current GreenPRO [[Special:Categories|categories]] & database entries''' or
-: '''Browse by''':
+) Browse our master [[Index]]
+) Browse GreenPRO [[Special:Categories|categories]] & database entries:
 * [[:Category:Topic|Topic]]
 :: (examples: [[:Category:Peace|Peace]], [[:Category:Housing|housing]], [[:Category:Youth|youth]], etc.)
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-* Maps of entries by location: [[Map cities|cities]], [[Map counties|counties]], and [[Map education|educational institutions]]
+) Maps of entries by location: [[Map cities|cities]], [[Map counties|counties]], and [[Map education|educational institutions]]
-=== Searching the site ===
+) Searching the site
-To use this database, simply enter your search words in the box to the left and click on "search". ''Note that searches must be at least three characters long. The database will not search for two-character search strings.''
+Simply enter your search words in the box to the left and click on '''Policy Search'''.  You can enter '''subject''' words, '''place names''', anything you want, and in any combination you want or go to the [[Index]], which has a detailed list of existing policy content.
+: <small>(''Note that searches must be at least three characters long. The database will not search for two-character search strings.'')</small>
-You can enter '''subject''' words, '''place names''', anything you want, and in any combination you want or go to the [[Index]], which has a detailed list of existing policy content.