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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

Here are a few ways you can use technology today to learn more and act for water conservation! The H 2 O Conserve Water Footprint Calculator is an interactive tool designed to help you quantify how much water you use, find out how you use it and what you can do to conserve. Cebu, Philippines. org and others.

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How Drones Are Being Used to Benefit Humankind

Tech Soup

Conservation mapping and 3D imaging. They are perfect for wildlife conservation, search and rescue, and understanding what is needed in disaster relief. In Africa, conservation drones are being used to locate rhinoceros poachers. How Are Drones Being Used for Good? Drones are doing many good things in civilian airspace.

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Blogging To Improve Cambodia's Environment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Born in Roxas City, known as the seafood capital of the Philippines, she graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in mass communications. s mission is to address the problem of deforestation in Cambodia, with a focus on educating the public on conservation of natural resources. Cross-posted on Global s.

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Operation Smile and #BitcoinTuesday

Top Nonprofits

Philanthropy for the global nonprofit, Operation Smile. We had humble beginnings 40 years ago in the Philippines and our founders Bill and Kathleen Magee. He had heard that in the Philippines, there was quite a few kids that needed cleft palate or cleft lip surgery and cleft lip and cleft palate surgery is a specialty.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Craig is a summer associate exploring new applications for Miradi, Benetech’s user-friendly conservation project planning and monitoring software. For the past five years he worked customizing and integrating a single set of software systems that Benetech could use globally. His specialty: user testing.