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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

The Green Climate Fund. Alaska Conservation Foundation. The Green Climate Fun. The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest climate fund, mandated to support developing countries raise and realize their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) ambitions towards low-emissions, climate-resilient pathways.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

Have Fun - Do Good

She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. We do it in a number of ways.

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Greenpeace Nordic Fights to Win the World a Better Future

Saleforce Nonprofit

nuclear tests off the coast of Alaska. The last few years have been pivotal for the environmental movement as the effects of climate change and shifting global weather patterns have become increasingly apparent and driven up public awareness. The Greenpeace story started in 1971 with a group of peace activists protesting U.S.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

sgEngage

This decade also saw the Black Power Movement, American Indian Movement, a further push for women’s rights , rights of farmworkers, and the Green Power Movement. Additionally, this decade saw several environmental disasters at the hands of companies including a massive oil spill in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here are some of their stories: Aleda Schaf fer A student at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, Aleda Schaffer has worked as an American Sign Language Interpreter in Washington, DC, Alaska and Boston. Right now he gets his green fix by tending to an aquarium and houseplants. His specialty: user testing.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

And then another program is Reclaim the Future, which is one our newest projects, that is addressing green-color jobs and building opportunities for low-income people, formerly convicted people, and communities of color in this new green economy. I also produce several podcasts, one of which is called the Big Vision Podcast.

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