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Ally Shares Her Experience in Program

ASU Lodestar Center

My name means River; it is the capital and largest city in the West African country Niger. It is amazing to see young people understanding and owning their identity, especially in a world where being plastic is in fashion. My name represents the essence of power, strength and peace, which I try to embody every day.

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Green Technology Summit Heads to Europe (and It's Kind Of a Big Deal)

Tech Soup

The European Union (EU) is the largest economy in the world and home to over 500 million people who discard vast numbers of electronic devices each year. The summit provides an opportunity for people working in computer reuse and recycling to meet and learn from each other. Million Ton Problem. In 2012, EU countries discarded 10.9

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TechSoup French Partner Leads the Way to Sustainable Tech

Tech Soup

In alignment with the organization's Emmaus Social Movement roots, ADB started as and remains a major employer of chronically unemployed and disabled people. ADB employs 210 people in its workshops, of whom more than half are formerly long-term unemployed. The Circular Economy. ADB by the Numbers.

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Hold my calls

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Last weekend I met Canadian filmmaker Sylvain l'Esperance, whose wonderful documentary about life in the Niger Inland Delta region of Mali was showing at the Toronto Hot Docs film festival. Because of my personal distaste for phone interruptions I've tended to pay very little attention to what people are doing in this area.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

In Uganda, a group of young people made incredible, heartfelt postcards filled with glitter and cut up magazine pictures to send to women in the Congo. The more people who know about Traveling Postcards the better! Lastly we always love to receive an individual card in the mail. Please tell your friends, and "like" us on Facebook.