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Davos Codes: Connecting Students’ Passion for Their Planet with Technology

Saleforce Nonprofit

To meet the growing demand for environmental education and technology use in the context of sustainability, our Davos Codes programme established a Climate Action Lab at Davos Middle School in 2020 and expanded it globally just one year later with additional Climate Action Labs in Bangalore, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Creating Lasting Change.

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Team-Up for Textbooks: Volunteer to Help Students with Disabilities

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

all too many students with print disabilities might not have the textbooks they need for class. When a Bookshare student member with a print disability needs a book for school that is not yet in the Bookshare collection, the member submits a request and Bookshare creates an accessible digital version of that book.

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Philanthropy must prioritize elevating and including Black voices

Candid

Black-led and Black-benefiting organizations are experts in our communities and are aware of the root causes of the issues in our communities. also known as SEM Link, in 2005 because of my desire to ensure that Black children are integrated into the pipeline for the future Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce.

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Why All Companies Must Explore the Role of Ethics in Technology

Cloud 4 Good

For most modern businesses, technology is the engine of transformative change, driving companies toward profit. The savviest companies must learn to understand and embrace the nuances at the intersection between technology and human values as a fundamental building block of their digital transformation. Read it here.

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Empowering Young Voices Globally in the Fight for Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

As a result, educators have an important opportunity to harness and facilitate this passion by connecting students to the global citizen science community. Students have the chance to present the workshops’ findings to the global citizen science community and take part in the WEF’s programming.

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Leveraging Impact through Technology (LIT)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Day aims to raise awareness of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and the benefits derived from their integration in the social, economic, cultural and political life of their communities. The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is today, December 3rd.

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BiGTech India Connects Nonprofits with IT Students

Tech Soup

Nonprofits, government agencies, schools, and corporations organize events bringing awareness to fundraising and volunteering. To celebrate, TechSoup's partner in India, BiGTech , held the Find an IT Partner event in Mumbai to connect local nonprofits with IT students. A representative from each NGO presented his or her project.

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