Thank you for visiting the Earth Island Office Wish List! Donating your
unwanted or unused items is a great way to support Earth Island and recycle at the same time.
Please take a moment to browse through the list below. If you find a wish
that you're able to fulfill, contact us using any of the methods outlined
on this page. (If you have questions as to whether or not a specific item
is right for us, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH with the contact person listed.) We'll get back to you right away to arrange the details, and to provide you with the necessary paperwork so that you can get a tax deduction.
This page is updated on regular basis; please bookmark us and check back often! (Last updated in October, 2003)
Computer/Technology Items:
[Contact Paul Martin at pcmarin_2000@yahoo.com]
Earth Island Institute is primarily Macintosh-based, although we also use
Windows 95/98-based PCs for our database and accounting systems.
Macintosh items:
- PowerPCs, minimum 200mhz
- Powerbooks, minimum 180mhz
- iMacs
- G3s or G4s
- USB Zip Drives
- Ergonomic USB mice and keyboards
PC items:
- Pentium desktop computers, minimum 250mhz
- Pentium laptop computers, minimum 180mhz
- Parallel port Scanners
- Ergonomic keyboards
Cross-platform items:
- Hard Drives, IDE or SCSI, minimum size 2gb
- USB external or IDE internal CD Burners
- Digital Cameras
- Keyboard trays
- Color Monitors (Minimum size 15")
- External Hard Drives (Minimum size 1GB)
- Network Color Printers
And if you would like to (legally) donate licensed software to us, we are especially interested in Macromedia Dreamweaver or similar HTML/Website creation programs, and Adobe products like Photoshop (especially for PC) and Pagemaker.
Connectivity items:
- Network Cards: 10baseT or 100baseT
- 10/100 baseT hubs or switches
Office Equipment:
[Contact Eiko Mitani at admin@earthisland.org]
- Soundstation or other high quality conferencing telephone
- Digital still camera with Mac/PC connectivity
- Digital video camera with Mac/PC connectivity
- DVD player
- VHS (stereo) cassette recorder
- Computer/video LCD projector
- Laptop computers (G4 PowerBook, iBook, Windows)
- Macintosh PowerMac G4 or higher desktop computers
- Projection screen for library
- Paper shredder
Other Assistance and Donation Opportunities:
Bay Area Wilderness Training
Usable Storage Space Needed!
Bay Area Wilderness Training needs some space to store its growing supply
of sleeping bags, tents and backpacks that are available to its clients -- Bay Area Youth Workers! Help us to help them get youth outdoors. Notes: The space must be available for entry at least once a week. The gear will see less use this winter but will pick up in spring. The more shelving the better. Thanks!
Camping Equipment
(Listed in order of importance to BAWT updated 2/13/01)
- Rain Pants (GoreTex preferred)
- Backpacks
- Tents (2-4 person)
- Hiking Boots (good condition)
- Backpacking Stoves and fuel bottles
- Fleece or wool hats
- Fleece or wool mittens (or gloves)
- Binoculars
- Flashlights
- Water bottles
- Fleece pants
- Tarps
- Pots and Pans
- Compasses
- Topographic Maps of California
- Thermorests or Foam Sleeping Pads
- Wool or Fleece Socks
- Bear Canisters
Office Equipment- Computers (Apple or PC but preferably Apple)
- Scanner
- Speaker Phone
- Digital Camera
- Topography CD Roms
Miscellaneous- Back Issues of Backpacker or Outside Magazine
- Field Guides and Related Books for Our Resource Library
- Slide Projector
- 15 Person Passenger Van
In Kind Services- Printing
- Storage Space
- Graphic Design
- Web Page Design
Contact Kyle Macdonald at (415) 788-3666 x125 or by e-mail at <kyle@bawt.org>. For more on BAWT's program, click here.
The Borneo Project
Help Us with the following items!
To keep pace with logging companies, government lawyers and so on, our partners in Borneo need advanced tools to work efficiently. They use GPS units to map village boundaries, computers to perpare legal cases, and much more.
There is a great need to give our partners in Borneo the following:
- GPS units (Garmin 12XL, Trimble GeoExplorer)
- Survey-quality compasses
- 2 PC notebooks (Windows 2000 or higher for compatibility with GIS software)
- Palm pilots or Pocket PCs (to download map data from GPS in the field)
- Cameras (digital especially useful)
- Video cameras (PAL compatibility is essential)
- Hand tools
In addition, our office in Berkeley could use the following:- Mac computers (Power PC or better)
- Large screen Mac monitors
Contact Borneo at borneo@earthisland.org. For more on Borneo's programs, click here.
City Talk
Computer and office equipment!
City Talk needs a digital camera!
Contact Nicola Swinburne at city-talk@earthisland.org. For more on City Talk's programs, click here.
Mangrove Action Project
Macintosh G-4, laptop Computers Needed!
A new or used G-4 Macintosh and a 17' Mac monitor.
Laptops capable of running Windows 98 or higher.
Flat bed scanner with colour slide attachment (600 X 1200 dpi)
CD Writer
VCR Video player capable of playing PAL & NTSC formats
A couple of handphones(To stay in contact in regions where phone lines don't exist.)
Contact Alfredo Quarto at mangroveap@olympus.net. For more on MAP's programs, click here.
West Africa Rainforest Network U.S. (WARN U.S.)
Computers, digital equipment, other items Needed!
Digital video cameras, digital camera, regular camera, laptops (2), laser printer, scanner, zip drive, zip disks, a cheap shipping connection for Nigeria and/or West Africa, and environmental education materials and visuals.
Contact Stephanie Alston at salston@earthisland.org.
Other EII Project Donations
If you'd like to donate an item to one of our projects, please contact that project directly at their e-mail address. Click here for a complete Earth Island project index.
You may reach us by phone at: (415) 788-3666
Correspondence may also be mailed to:
Earth Island Institute
300 Broadway #28
San Francisco, CA 94133
USA
Thanks for your interest, and we hope to hear from you soon!
