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How Can Philanthropy and Technology Co-Evolve for Development?

Tech Soup

” In this world, philanthropic organisations need greater diplomatic skills to operate effectively because top-down governments will increasingly moderate the environment in which the philanthropists work. ” This scenario unfolds an increase in international collaborations and a dwindling of the power of nation states.

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Interview with Temra Costa, Author of Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

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She is also co-host of the radio show, The Queens of Green on Green 960 , which you can also be downloaded as a podcast. Because we're becoming so dependent on product from China and other countries, it's imperative that we have more farmers. Sometimes I'll be eating, and I'll ask, "Are there organic greens?"

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. don't have a coherent national collection infrastructure. According to Park Young-Woo of the United Nations Environment Program, the Asia-Pacific region now produces more than half of global e-waste.

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Tech for Good at Mobile World Congress

Tech Soup

Besides the latest and greatest smartphones and tablets, the conference is a forum for innovation, ranging from green technology to accessibility. Mobile Green Tech. A China-based company, Beijing Bing Ben Technology, is making SIM cards from recyclable materials. Windows Phone 8. More Resources.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. This is politics – we need the good and the bad; the cyber army, the 10,000 bloggers claimed to be trained by the national guard, etc. In Iran the regime hasn’t yet shown itself to be as savvy as the green movement.

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Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange Talks about the Global Citizen Center

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Kevin Danaher is the co-founder of the nonprofit Global Exchange which co-sponsors the Green Festivals with Co-op America. We started five years ago, a little over five years ago, doing the Green Festival. The Green Festival is a big green economy event that we co-produce with Co-op America.

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

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You don't want to write about everything, because then people won't find you in the same way as when they search on Google about "homelessness issues", or "the environment." How can we uplift people out of poverty with this new green boom and not leave some people out. It's best to pick a topic that's sort of a niche topic, or.

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