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A Better Planet is a widget for your dashboard which will show up to date news, tutorials and resources from over 30 contributing sites. 
For more information about the project visit the official site: http://abetterplanetwp.com
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And on Twitter : https://twitter.com/abetterplanetwp
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Thanks to WPtips for the code for the widget : http://wpti.ps/functions/make-latest-news-dashboard-widget

A Better Planet

A Better Planet is a widget for your dashboard which will show up to date news, tutorials and resources from over 30 contributing sites.

toddhalfpenny

Adds further source to community events and news to the admin dashboard widget. Currently only supports adding WordPress London events.
<h3>Roadmap or maybes</h3>
<ol>
<li>Order events correctly by date</li>
<li>Support for more than just WordPress London</li>
<li>Support for external news feeds also</li>
</ol>

Admin Events Extended

Adds further source to community events and news to the admin dashboard widget.

A Better Planet vs Admin Events Extended