Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

For Garan, living on the International Space Station (ISS) was a transformative experience – one he believes that can help us solve the world’s toughest crises. On Earth, the former US fighter pilot during the Cold War fought the Russians; in space, the US and Russia worked as allies.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

From her Berkeley-based office, Melinda Kramer facilitates an international network of women leaders. Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world. We do it in a number of ways.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 26, 2015

Subways and metro stations remain a problem. It's looking for people in American cities interested in helping to map every metro system and fix that problem. So far, Metro4All has apps for 14 cities in Russia and other countries in Europe. We are interested and engaged in the international community mapping movement.

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