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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. We can tap into local knowledge because our reports are coming from the source.

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“Be the Change You Wish to See in the World”

Connection Cafe

Though many thought I was crazy, I persevered with the support of my cofounder David Crooke, our early team members, early adopter clients, investors, and of course my wife. We brought our first product to market in July 2000 working with a local children’s museum as our first client. Over the years we faced many highs and lows.

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3 Ways to Engage Community to Drive Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

The private and public sectors can offer resources and build technology, but to scale in a meaningful way, these solutions need to take into account the nuances of local community needs. It’s twofold: It’s the policies we can set, but how we act upon those comes down to the local community level.”.

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How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. Whilst this is important, it’s not actually the biggest change we can make for the environment. Eleven years to keep climate change under 1.5

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How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. Whilst this is important, it’s not actually the biggest change we can make for the environment. Eleven years to keep climate change under 1.5

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

Have Fun - Do Good

We picked this up and we dedicated a staff person to coordinate a local effort to get Bay Area cities and counties on board to support the national effort, and to contribute their soft fleet orders to the national demand for plug-in hybrids. Environment aside, from a consumers standpoint it makes a tremendous amount of sense.