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Technology and the Environment

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Global climate change is beginning to affect our lives in a real way. Green Hosting. There are a ton of hosting companies claiming that they are “green hosting.&# Green hosting companies are just like any other hosting company. We leave that to China, Ghana, and other countries. Just Google it.

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

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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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Net2Local November Event Preview

Tech Soup

Net2Local is a project of TechSoup Global that invites activists, techies, nonprofits and the social good community together to meet monthly in 50 cities around the world. We’re a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Beijing, China. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Mukono, Uganda.

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How Can Philanthropy and Technology Co-Evolve for Development?

Tech Soup

This was originally posted on the TechSoup Global Blog and was authored by Keisha Taylor. Engaging the imagination, it puts forward four global scenarios, with an accompanying fictional case study that describes how philanthropy and technology may co-evolve for development. Green technology spurs mobile payments development in Africa.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

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. They all represent either a farmer, educator, activist, or chef, but they still share the connection that they're aware of global issues. Sometimes I'll be eating, and I'll ask, "Are there organic greens?"

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Tech for Good at Mobile World Congress

Tech Soup

Mobile World Congress , an annual tech conference in Barcelona, Spain, sets the tone for global technology trends in the coming year. Besides the latest and greatest smartphones and tablets, the conference is a forum for innovation, ranging from green technology to accessibility. Mobile Green Tech. Windows Phone 8.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

According to Park Young-Woo of the United Nations Environment Program, the Asia-Pacific region now produces more than half of global e-waste. On the other hand, the dominant countries of India and China are far behind. region in southern China is the poster child of digital dumps and bad electronics recycling.