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Four Food Charities Fighting Hunger Locally During a Pandemic

Tech Soup

We spoke to four food security organizations in Colombia, Portugal, South Africa, and the United States to better understand the challenges facing organizations working in food security and the ways the pandemic has shifted operations for them.

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Carfree Ciclovia in Colombia

Have Fun - Do Good

Earlier this year I posted about how Ode Magazine reported that The Happy Planet Index , a project of the New Economics Foundation , ranked Colombia as the 2nd happiest place for the planet. Bogotá Colombia Ciclovia biking public space Hat tip to Carfree USA Blog for the story.

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Colombia is the 2nd Happiest Place for the Planet

Have Fun - Do Good

According to Ode Magazine , The Happy Planet Index , a project of the New Economics Foundation , ranks Colombia as the 2nd happiest place for the planet. Colombia 3. I'm not sure if everyone in Colombia would agree with this index, but it is nice to see a positive portrayal of Colombia for once. Costa Rica 4. Dominica 5.

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Dr. Karen Ramey Burns

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Over the last 17 years, Kar and I crossed paths in Haiti, Guatemala, Colombia, and many times at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS. Kar was a forensic anthropologist who specialized in human rights cases, and she was a founders of our Colombian partner organization EQUITAS ).

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Counting Deaths in the Rionegro Cemetery

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Although I began reading academic papers that described the social and political climate in Colombia, as I dove into the data, I never saw the names of victims-- only counts of those who had died. And then we went to Colombia. Tags: NNs Rionegro HRDAG human rights Casanare Colombia.

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Nancy White is in Colombia Playing the Social Media Game

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nancy White is doing some workshops in Colombia. Nancy's Flickr Set. Here are some photos. She is using the Social Media Game -- can't wait to read about it! The live stream is here. More here from Stephen Downes.

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Why Toms Shoes And AT&T Are Taking A Virtual Reality Trip To Colombia | Co.Create | creativity + culture + commerce

AFP Blog

Why Toms Shoes And AT&T Are Taking A Virtual Reality Trip To Colombia | Co.Create | creativity + culture + commerce : "Almost seven years after that original ad, AT&T once again teamed up with MyCoskie and Toms to show how far the business had come, with another ad profile, this time during the Oscars.