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Your Official 17NTC Local's Guide to DC

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It recently gained national attention for the #FakeNews story that became widely-known as #PizzaGate. The hottest ticket in DC has to be the National Museum of African American History & Culture. The National Zoo. If you are an animal lover and need a break during NTC, take a walk through the National Zoo.

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How Can Philanthropy and Technology Co-Evolve for Development?

Tech Soup

Technology innovation is also driven by government and national security concerns, and surveillance technology is increasingly used to monitor citizens, leading to the “fracture” of the World Wide Web as we know it and to decreased entrepreneurship. 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

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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. World Snapshot.

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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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Alexandra Rampy, Guest Post: The Cool Factor About Mobile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Objective : Get the word out about National HIV Testing Day. Objective : 1) Measure the effectiveness among 18-45 year olds of event sponsorship and advertising in real-time and 2) Measure this audience’s interest in green issues raised by the global concerts and sponsors. But, for creative juices, let’s show off some coolness.). *.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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For us, that means everything from the events that we do at home, where we have completely green events, to how we live our own lives, the things that we buy, the way that we run our office -- all of these things, to us, are important as we move forward and truly model what it means to create a world that we want to live in.